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| 1899 | 1 |
1 story matching snowfield
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- The Outlaw Who Robbed a Colonel: A Seattle Man’s Wild Tale of Army Gold
A former quartermaster recounts how he and fellow officers were held up at gunpoint in Kansas by masked bandits who demanded government funds.
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- The Forgotten Women of the Lodging-Houses
A sympathetic, if patronizing, look into the harsh, itinerant lives of women surviving in the depths of Seattle’s 19th-century urban poverty.
- Winter Thaw Damages Yakima Valley
A rapid melting of snow causes significant disruption to irrigation infrastructure and roads.
- The Snowbound Expedition to Find a Cascade Pass
State road commissioners and a private party set out from Whatcom County to discover a practical route over the Baker Range, with three feet of snow already on the ground and no certainty a pass exists.
- The City Under Siege: A Holiday Snow Riot
A rare snowfall in Seattle turns into a chaotic gauntlet of snowball fights, targeting the Salvation Army and unsuspecting pedestrians.
- Snowbound in the Dosewalips
Isolated by record snowfall, pioneers in a rugged valley face the threat of starvation before a desperate trek to safety.
- The Snow That Stole the Gold: Snohomish County’s Mining Boom Hits a Wall
Arthur Hank, a prominent local investor, returns from Snohomish County with news of rich ore deposits—but warns that an unprecedented winter is halting development just as the region stands on the brink of becoming a major mining center.
- The Snow That Crushed a Schoolhouse Flat
A February storm buries Mason and Kitsap counties under four and a half feet of snow — flattening Seabeck's finest schoolhouse and a Lilliwaup hotel while its owner was away in Seattle.
- Commuter Struck by Streetcar in South Tacoma
A Spanaway man was sent flying into a snowdrift after attempting to flag down an outbound trolley.