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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1918-06-17


    • Last Chance men join Bunker Hill working forces

    • 1918

    • Last Chance men join Bunker Hill working forces - All employes of the Federal Mining company at the Last Chance mine at Wardner were given the opportunity to go to work for the Bunker Hill company in the latter's workings when the Bunker Hill took...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1918-06-17
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1936-06-08


    • Death takes last of famous family

    • 1936

    • Death takes last of famous family. - David Lookingglass, Jr., only male descendant of famous Chief who fell in last Nez Perce war. - The death today of David Lookingglass, Jr., meant the passing of one of the most famous names in the tribal history...
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1936-06-08
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1918-12-27


    • Deeper shaft on last chance.

    • 1918

    • Deeper shaft on last chance. - Attain 700-foot depth februaru 1 -- resume shipments on that date. - Spokane men quit quilp. - Take, Dodson, Hooker and Finucan leave board -- knob hill shipping. - Preparations for sinking are being made on the Last...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1918-12-27
    • State history. Native Americans. Historical. 1935-11-04


    • Real "Last Men" being studied

    • 1935

    • Real "Last Men" being studied. - Two Indians sole survivors of their tribes--Both are near death. - Speak dead tongues. - Scientist quizzes them to record language and songs of peoples. - There are two candidates for a new "Last Man's Club," two...
    • State history. Native Americans. Historical. 1935-11-04
    • State History. Native Americans. Sports. 1937-06-22


    • River cruiser wins last Fort Benton race up Missouri

    • 1937

    • River cruiser wins last Fort Benton race up Missouri. - The upper photo shows the Glasgow-Fort Peck cruiser winning the last race that ever will be held up the Missouri river to Fort Benton, Mont. The Fort Peck dam will cut off river traffic from...
    • State History. Native Americans. Sports. 1937-06-22
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Visitors. General. 1937-08-28


    • Coulee dam visited by 9500 last week

    • 1937

    • Coulee dam visited by 9500 last week. - Peak attendance at the grandstand at Coulee Dam in the last week was reported by Douglas MacRae, special representative at the dam for the Spokane Chamber of Commerce, in a report Friday to the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Visitors. General. 1937-08-28
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Railhighway. 1935-05-24


    • Grand Coulee - Rail line work on last phase

    • 1935

    • Grand Coulee - Rail line work on last phase. - Final mile soon to have steel--Grant county to count area's noses. - Work on the last stage of the United States construction railroad, the last mile between the mouth of the coulee and the dam site,...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Railhighway. 1935-05-24
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Railroad. 1935-05-24


    • Grand Coulee - Rail line work on last phase

    • 1935

    • Grand Coulee - Rail line work on last phase. - Final mile soon to have steel--Grant county to count area's noses. - Work on the last stage of the United States construction railroad, the last mile between the mouth of the coulee and the dam site,...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Railroad. 1935-05-24
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Transportation. 1937-07-18


    • N. W. lumber shipping gains; sound leads - 25 million feet increase registered over last year; salmon, wheat, flour fall off

    • 1937

    • N. W. lumber shipping gains; sound leads - 25 million feet increase registered over last year; salmon, wheat, flour fall off - Waterborne lumber shipments from Puget Sound, Grays Harbor and Willapa Harbor during June, 1937, scored a gain of nearly...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Transportation. 1937-07-18
    • State history. Native Americans. Aged Native Americans. 1936-02-21


    • Last full-blooded Palouse Indian poses for camera

    • 1936

    • Last full-blooded Palouse Indian poses for camera. - Sam Fisher, center, last full-blooded Palouse Indian, is pictured here with his wife, Helen, and B. F. Manring, author of the accompanying article. The photograph was taken in front of Sam's...
    • State history. Native Americans. Aged Native Americans. 1936-02-21
    • State history. Native Americans. Allotments. 1937-03-26


    • Last Kitsap Indian town near extinction.

    • 1937

    • Last Kitsap Indian town near extinction. - The last Indian village in Kitsap County and possibly the last in Western Washington, Little Boston, will be deserted soon. The government will furnish the six remaining families with land and money to...
    • State history. Native Americans. Allotments. 1937-03-26
    • State history. Native Americans. Customs. 1937-04-28


    • Last Death Feast attracts Spokanes

    • 1937

    • Last "Death Feast" attracts Spokanes. - The Spokanes are gathering!
      From all points of the compass, Spokane Indians have been passing through the city for the last two days. They're traveling in modern automobiles, but they're bound for what...
    • State history. Native Americans. Customs. 1937-04-28
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Silas B. Mason. 1936-01-24


    • Mrs. Mason's star last.

    • 1936

    • Mrs. Mason's star last. - West Main, C. A. Peck's six-year-old gelding, won the $1200 Del Mar handicap Thursday, stepping the seven furlongs in 1:23 3-5. Mrs. Silas Mason's Head Play, the favorite, put on one of his usual disturbances at the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Silas B. Mason. 1936-01-24
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Publicity. 1935-07-10


    • Coulee benefits to last forever

    • 1935

    • Coulee benefits to last forever. - Construction contracts on Grand Coulee dam will last only a few years, but benefits of the completed dam will last forever--a permanent and gigantic asset to the entire northwest, Ashley Holden told members of the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Publicity. 1935-07-10
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1926-10-18


    • Last of clatsop Indians.

    • 1926

    • Last of clatsop Indians. The Clatsop tribe of Indians is believed to have passed into history with the death here yesterday of Bob Salikee, 100 known as its last full-blood member. The Clatsops emigrated to this district from Oregon 40 years ago....
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1926-10-18
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1929-01-31. p. 2.


    • Wa-Win-Tip-Yah-Le Ka-Set, Chief Joseph's last widow, succumbs to attack of "Flu"

    • 1929

    • Wa-Win-Tip-Yah-Le Ka-Set, Chief Joseph's last widow, succumbs to attack of "Flu". - Aged Indian woman was nearly 100 years of age. - At the Colville Indian agency yesterday morning Wa-win-tip-yan-le-ka-set, the last surviving widow of the Nez Perce...
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1929-01-31. p. 2.

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