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16 stories matching sherwood
- The Quarry Owner Who Vanished Twice
Albert H. Sherwood once reappeared after a London trip claiming to have discovered his identity. Now he is missing again—just as a land contest needs his testimony.
- The Mysterious Disappearance of the Grindstone Man
Prominent businessman A. H. Sherwood vanishes from his Seattle quarters, leaving behind a web of property interests and speculative theories.
- The Gauntlet Thrown in the Land Office
A settler, claiming he was robbed of his homestead, issued a dramatic challenge to the land office register.
- A Shingle Mill on the Hook: Creditors Move In as Debt Comes Due
A thousand-dollar claim and five cars of shingles seized — the Sherwood mill's creditors act fast before the season turns.
- The Union Label Battle
Everett printers and pressmen revolt against a city attorney’s attempt to strike down a mandate for union-made office supplies.
- The Great Border Horse Smuggling Escape
A persistent carpenter tries to outrun the law through a blind canyon to avoid customs duties on his prize stallion.
- A New Industry: Grindstone Quarry Near Maple Valley Begins Shipping
The first grindstones produced in Washington or Oregon are now being turned out from a quarry near Maple Valley, employing eighteen men and shipping to Seattle.
- Aberdeen’s Industrial Pivot
A report on the town's shifting economic tides as new mills take root on the south side.
- The Elma Iron Rush
Local prospectors are convinced they have struck it rich in the hills east of Elma, filing claims for iron deposits by the wholesale.
- The Mountain That Spilled a Flood
An eyewitness watches a mysterious, cataclysmic burst of water tear through a mountain ravine near Colville, obliterating trees and tracks.
- Broken Promises at the Spokane Council
A failed federal attempt to force Spokane tribal members onto reservations leaves a legacy of distrust and looming conflict.
- The Caucus Chaos
A local political meeting descends into a shouting match, resulting in two competing tickets for city council.
- Music, Sunshine, and Pretty Girls at the Seattle Theater
The Carleton Opera Company concludes its popular engagement with a final performance of 'Dorothy,' leaving audiences enchanted.
- Newport's Telephone Revolution: A 600-Line Exchange Built for Growth
A Wisconsin telephone man bought out the old exchange, discarded it, and spent $11,000 to give Newport one of the most modern switchboards in the Northwest.
- Sell the Bonds, Build the Furnaces: Seattle's Steel Gamble
A 1902 prospectus asks ordinary Seattle savers to finance a Pacific Coast iron and steel empire — a furnace at Irondale, open-hearth works on the West Seattle waterfront — with a hundred dollars of stock thrown in free with every hundred-dollar bond.
- When Seattle Was Coal Country
A detailed 1895 survey shows King County leading Washington's coal output, with Seattle shipping fuel to California, Oregon, and the Midwest—while labor troubles and spontaneous mine fires shadowed the boom.