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51 stories matching tout
- The Push for Statehood
Governor Newell of Washington Territory lobbies in Washington D.C., touting the region’s timber, coal, and agricultural potential as proof of readiness for statehood.
- The Price of Disposal: Colville Reservation Opens to Homesteading
Federal authorities announce the opening of 350,000 acres of the Colville Reservation to white homesteaders, touting the financial management of tribal wealth.
- The Political Schemer of Tacoma
How a local industrialist bought a newspaper to build his own influence and secure public contracts.
- The 'Reform' Administration’s Open Secret
While the police publicly touted a permanent closure of gambling, four major houses reopened under a new protective arrangement.
- Seattle's Fight to Land the Army Post at Magnolia Bluff
In 1895, the Chamber of Commerce touted a federal garrison as a monthly windfall—if Tacoma did not steal it first.
- The Dream of a Gateway to the Lakes
In 1892, Senator Watson Squire made a bold pitch to Congress for a ship canal connecting Puget Sound to Lakes Union and Washington, arguing it would be a strategic marvel for the U.S. Navy and the region’s commercial might.
- The City's Cruel Moral Crusade
While Seattle’s leadership touted its own 'progress,' a wave of arrests and displacement targeted the city's Chinese population and the vulnerable on the margins of society.
- The Forgotten Dreams of Steilacoom City
In 1880, a visionary booster pitched a grand transcontinental railroad terminus that he claimed would transform a quiet Puget Sound town into the 'metropolis' of the Pacific.
- The Price of Laundry in 1885 Seattle
As anti-Chinese sentiment surged in 1885, a local steam laundry operator touted the business growth of his 'all-white' enterprise as a replacement for Chinese-run labor.
- Inside the Mammoth Port Blakely Sawmill
A reporter visits the industrial powerhouse of Bainbridge Island, where steam-fed saws and massive shipments connect the Pacific Northwest to the world.
- Turning the Sagebrush Into Gold
Colonel John G. Boyle touts the transformation of Yakima's arid land into a booming agricultural paradise through new irrigation projects.
- The Building of South Aberdeen
Real estate developers promote the rapid expansion of rail infrastructure and 'land-locked' deep water port access in the booming industrial town.
- Selling the 'Magic City': Fairhaven’s 1890 Development Boom
Boosterism was at its peak in Fairhaven as the Fairhaven Land Company touted steel furnaces, electric lights, and an inexhaustible connection to Skagit coal.
- Olympia’s New ‘Keeley Cure’ Promised to Break Drink and Opium Habits in Three Weeks
Dr. Watt opens a Keeley Institute in the Union block, touting a round-the-clock regimen of medicine, hypodermic injections and baths — and applications are already arriving from across Puget Sound.
- The Pend d'Oreille Valley Sells Itself as the Next Fruit Country
A Spokane Chronicle report touted Stevens County fruit, $10-an-acre land, and a new railroad from Newport to the Metaline mines—and predicted a land rush.
- The Boom-Town Pitch: Selling Washington’s Future
In 1877, a local politician’s grand argument for statehood painted Washington Territory as a bustling industrial powerhouse—and a future 'granary of America.'
- The Divine Sarah Bernhardt’s Theatrical Meltdown in Seattle
When the legendary French actress discovered her grand stage at the Columbia Theater had been booked for a minstrel show, she didn't just walk off—she unleashed a legendary, multi-lingual tantrum.
- The Fake Canal Subscribers That Exposed a Seattle Newspaper War
In 1892 the Seattle Telegraph touted a popular subscription fund for the Lake Washington canal. The Post-Intelligencer called the list a confidence game built on the names of prominent citizens who never pledged a cent.
- The Baker Who Ran for Mayor
Seattle's Populist Party convention devolves into 12 hours of bickering before selecting a German baker to lead their ticket.
- The South Tacoma Campaign Rally
Republican candidates for city office tout fiscal management, lower indebtedness, and a 'purified' city during a South Tacoma gathering.
- Will Walla Walla Become an Industrial Powerhouse?
The president of the Stockton-based Holt Manufacturing company scouts the city for a potential Northwest production hub, promising hundreds of jobs.
- The Tigers Break Their Losing Streak on Ladies' Day
After a dismal week in the cellar, the Tacoma baseball team credits their surprising win over the Vancouver Beavers to the inspiration of their female fans.
- Seattle’s Fire Department Answered 197 Alarms in 1893 — Nearly Half Were False
The chief’s annual report counted 98 false alarms, touted small losses, and asked the city for a fire marshal and better alarm wires.
- A Senate Candidate Brings Home the Bacon
Congressman John L. Wilson stops at Seattle's Butler Hotel to tout federal money for Washington—and admit he wants the Senate seat.
- The Lumber Bottleneck
High freight rates and logistical hurdles leave Pacific Northwest lumber barons desperate for new markets.
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- The First Independence Day in Tolt
Tolt settlers celebrate the Fourth of July with a mounted parade, a Goddess of Liberty, and a community feast.
- A Farmer Dams a Ditch, and Neighbors Build a Dike
In the town of Tolt, a landowner’s waterway blockade turns into a muddy standoff, with farmers throwing up dikes to keep their fields from flooding.
- The Tolt Ditch Dispute
A local landowner writes to the editor to clarify his role in filling a ditch, contradicting previous reports.
- Tide Flat Rescue
A local man is rescued after an alcohol-fueled fall into the Tacoma tide flats leaves him trapped in the muck.
- A Tolt Farmer Grows Tobacco Good Enough for Eastern Cigar Wrappers
Charles Nelson's tobacco samples from Tolt draw flattering reports from Eastern houses, with buyers calling it the finest wrapper leaf grown in the United States.