The Iron Road Approaches
Booster predictions anticipate the arrival of the Great Northern railway in Yakima within the year.
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A telegram from St. Paul says that the engineers of the Manitoba claim that road will be completed across country from Butte to Puget Sound before the end of twelve months. As Yakima commands the mountain passes it is bound to come through this city. This statement is right in line with the claim of Chester A. Congdon, who says that the road from Gray’s Harbor through Chehalis to North Yakima will be built this coming year. Mr. Congdon is closely counseled with the Manitoba people and has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in this city and on Gray’s Harbor.
“As Yakima commands the mountain passes it is bound to come through this city.”
In 1889, Yakima’s growth was tethered to the promise of transcontinental rail lines, a common obsession for frontier towns. Today, logistics and high-speed transit remain the primary engines of Yakima’s regional economic development.
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