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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1 |
| 1892 | 4 |
| 1893 | 4 |
| 1894 | 2 |
| 1895 | 4 |
15 stories matching shelbi
- The Tragedy of a Seattle Musician
A broken-hearted musician attempts suicide in a Seattle lodging house after a public quarrel with an actress.
- The Railroad War Ends at a Theater Box
After three years of crossed tracks and near-violence, Seattle's rival railroads signed a truce that opened Jackson Street to the Great Northern terminal.
- The Senator Who Came to Bless the Canal
Illinois senator Shelby Cullom tours Seattle's proposed Lake Washington ship canal, flirts with a presidential run, and tells boosters their city needs 'a little Chicago push.'
- The Iron King Comes to Town
James J. Hill, railroad magnate, plots the Great Northern's arrival in Seattle and the future of regional freight rates.
- The Death of Whitechapel: Great Northern’s Seattle Land Grab
A major expansion of the Great Northern railway threatens to erase the working-class district of Whitechapel to build a central passenger depot.
- Railroads Clash in Court Over Seattle Waterfront Tracks
Great Northern's subsidiary sues to condemn a right-of-way through the industrial heart of Seattle's waterfront.
- A Rockefeller Tells Seattle It Is Destined to Be the New York of the Pacific
Visiting Cleveland iron magnate F. Rockefeller—brother of John D.—says the harbor beats New York's and the ore is right here, if only the city will manufacture instead of import and steer clear of the boomers who killed Wichita.
- Clearing the Tracks for Progress
A deal is struck between city industry and the railroad to move a major obstacle, clearing the way for new lines.
- The Cedar Shingle Bottleneck
A transportation crisis hits the Pacific Northwest as railroads fail to provide enough empty cars to meet the soaring Eastern demand for Washington timber products.
- Four Railroads, One Street Grid, and a Deal Seattle Had to Approve
Great Northern, Northern Pacific and rival lines nearly settle how their tracks will cross south of downtown—if the city council will rewrite their franchises.
- The Infinite Forests of Washington
How Washington State’s cedar shingles and massive timber began to replace the nation's dying pine supplies in the 1890s.
- Great Northern Celebration Halted by Financial Panic
James J. Hill postpones the grand celebration of the Great Northern railway’s completion as financial instability grips the nation.
- James J. Hill Tells Seattle the Strike Never Should Have Come West
The Great Northern president calls the Pullman boycott pointless on the Coast, warns idle men will struggle to find work again, and stays coy about his deal with the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company.
- Great Northern Insists Seattle Won't Be a Branch Line
Portland's Oregonian claimed the railroad would demote Seattle to a spur. Company officials call it a 'canard' — but the fight over which city the rails terminate at is real.
- A Rash of 'Skips' in South Bend
Local business owners face a string of losses as customers flee town without paying their bills.