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349 stories matching vancouv
- The City of Vancouver Helps Seattle Rebuild
A neighboring city responds to Seattle's devastating fire with a generous donation of $500.
- The Demise of the Vancouver Telegraph
A bitter editorial feud ends with the folding of a rival newspaper, revealing the fierce competition between Olympia and Vancouver for regional influence.
- Vancouver Barracks Soldier Arrested for Embezzlement
After serving two weeks at the Vancouver barracks, A. L. Miller was apprehended and returned to Tacoma to face charges of larceny by embezzlement.
- Vancouver’s Heart of Flame
A catastrophic fire destroys the business district of Vancouver, Washington, leaving small shopkeepers destitute and the city in shock.
- The Soldiers’ Barracks at Fort Vancouver Burn
A fire destroys the barracks at Fort Vancouver; soldiers are hurt fighting the flames, but no lives are lost.
- Vancouver Beavers Outplay Tacoma Tigers in Season Opener
A tough weekend at the Tacoma Athletic Grounds sees the home team fall in back-to-back losses to the Vancouver Canucks.
- Vancouver’s 1792 Exploration of Port Orchard
A historic excerpt from Captain George Vancouver’s 1792 journals describing the discovery and naming of the harbor we know today as Port Orchard.
- The Great Vancouver Land War
A government ruling unravels decades of competing claims between the St. James Mission, the U.S. Military, and the heirs of Amos Short over the heart of Vancouver.
- Vancouver Devastated by Blazing Inferno
A massive fire has razed the entire business district of Vancouver, Washington Territory, leaving the community in shock and rebuilding efforts underway.
- Nineteen Japanese Immigrants Arrested After Trek from Canada
Destitute group walks from Vancouver, B.C., to Whatcom in hopes of finding work in Seattle.
- A Fatal Miscalculation in the Vancouver Timberlands
A logger is killed at his work, a grim reminder of the high human cost of the Pacific Northwest’s booming timber industry in 1886.
- The Morning Glory Fizzle
A group of Vancouver Southern sympathizers attempted to print a campaign paper in Portland, only to have their equipment and their vanity locked away in a safe they couldn't open.
- A Railroad Plots Its Path Across the Yakima Reservation
Engineers for the Vancouver, Portland & Northern have staked a route straight through tribal land — and will soon sit down with the Yakima to ask for a right-of-way.
- A Father’s Tragic Fall at the Vancouver Barracks
While working in the tower of the government water works, an engineer slipped and fell to his death in full view of his son.
- The Temperance Stand Against the Liquor Interest
A political meeting in Vancouver, Washington, sparks a fierce debate over the influence of the liquor trade, the liberty of the press, and the character of local leadership.
- The Capitol Betrayal: Olympia’s Seat of Power Shipped to Vancouver
In a stunning political maneuver, the Territorial Legislature has voted to move the capital from Olympia to Vancouver and the penitentiary to Port Townsend, sparking outrage among local editors who see it as a betrayal of trust.
- The Dream of an All-Rail Path to the North
A proposal for a massive rail corridor connecting Vancouver, B.C., to Alaska is being hailed as the natural evolution of Pacific commerce.
- A Doctor, a Bigamist, and a Fleeing Quack
A medical man practicing without a license flees Vancouver for Seattle after his double life is exposed.
- A Desperate Act at the St. Elmo
A Seattle electrician is hospitalized in Vancouver after a suicide attempt follows significant gambling losses.
- Clark County's Country Districts Will Vote the Saloon Up or Down
A local-option petition puts license-or-no-license on the November ballot outside the incorporated towns—where only Battle Ground has a saloon.
- The Health Board Fights Smallpox Scare
City officials seek to prevent Vancouver, B.C., from enacting a quarantine against Seattle by providing a status report on local smallpox cases.
- Matrimonial Tangle at West Seattle
A physical altercation erupts in West Seattle when two men, a Tulalip man and a Vancouver miner, both claim the same woman as their wife.
- Vancouver Goes Dry: The Day the Saloons Quit
In a display of industrial solidarity, Vancouver's saloon keepers shut every business in town to protest the enforcement of Sunday closing laws.
- The Iron Road Comes to the Columbia
A massive railway infrastructure project—the North Bank Road—is set to bridge Kennewick to Vancouver, reshaping the region's economy.
- The Surrender Demand That Came Before Peace
Father De Smet escorts Kamiakin, Skloom, and other chiefs to Vancouver to meet Gen. Harney—but the terms are blunt: the 'ringleaders' must be handed over first.