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    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. T. 1929-01-02


    • Spokane as he saw it in '79
      Howard Tilton, born at Olympia in 1858, was here when population was 400.
      Region was barren
      Says city was founded in "Two Township," in which he figured.

    • 1929

    • Spokane as he saw it in '79
      Howard Tilton, born at Olympia in 1858, was here when population was 400.
      Region was barren
      Says city was founded in "Two Township," in which he figured.
      Howard Tilton, who first came to Spokane in 1879 as a...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. T. 1929-01-02
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1937-04-20


    • Mighty Columbia shifted again in Coulee job

    • 1937

    • Mighty Columbia shifted again in Coulee job. - Man has made another shift in the course of the Columbia River, second largest in the United States. As part of the stupendous job of building the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington, the river has been...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1937-04-20
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. D. 1928-02-11


    • Frank Dallam.

    • 1928

    • Frank Dallam.
      The death of the founder of the Spokane Review is reminder that pioneering in the Inland Empire was more than homesteading, essential as that was. The pioneer spirit, strong in Frank Dallam's heart, found expression here 45 years...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. D. 1928-02-11
    • Northwest history. Mining. Conventions. 1920-02-17


    • Dennis visioned mountains of rich ore then fathered dreams of grand reward - had faith in Inland Empire and backed it with everything he had- came with first mine- "never backed a failure

    • 1920

    • Dennis visioned mountains of rich ore then fathered dreams of grand reward - had faith in Inland Empire and backed it with everything he had- came with first mine- "never backed a failure - Probably no one in attendance at the 1920 northwest mining...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Conventions. 1920-02-17
    • Northwest history. Mining. Feature articles. 1906-12-23


    • Untold riches in mines untouched

    • 1906

    • Untold riches in mines untouched.
      Cheap mining facilities, wrought by nature's own hand, ground as solid as the rock of Gibraltar, ample timber and water where required, values in excess of the most favored camps in the country and costing less...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Feature articles. 1906-12-23
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Photographs. 1937-05-16.


    • How the Grand Coulee dam looks today
      Blasting in the wake of jackhammer drilling
      Completed foundation section of the river barrier
      Rocks are trucked away from their age-old home
      Blocks of concrete and steel rising to form a 150-mile...

    • 1937

    • How the Grand Coulee dam looks today
      Blasting in the wake of jackhammer drilling. - Left--Several times daily dynamite is set off in holes drilled into the former river bed. This blast scene is in area B.
      Completed foundation section of the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Photographs. 1937-05-16.
    • State history. State of Washington Government. Finance. 1932-08-01


    • State broke?--Not with $10,000,000 in cash on hand

    • 1932

    • State broke?--Not with $10,000,000 in cash on hand--Gasoline tax money rolls in at rate of million a month, says Assistant Treasurer--Bonded debt four million--Speaker invites Pullman folks to "Take look at that vault holding $60,000,000 in...
    • State history. State of Washington Government. Finance. 1932-08-01
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1918-12-12


    • Find good ore body in Tarbox - best strike in mine on 100-foot level, says Wallace report - runs rich in silver - drift in 10 feet discloses an ore body of eight feet of solid ore

    • 1918

    • Find good ore body in Tarbox - best strike in mine on 100-foot level, says Wallace report - runs rich in silver - drift in 10 feet discloses an ore body of eight feet of solid ore - A great ore body, the best that has ever been exposed in the mine,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1918-12-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1923-11-13


    • Strikes shoot in two states - Jack Waite enteres ore in Montana believed to be same as cut in Idaho - width not disclosed - body 40 feet wide in Idaho, says engineer- faces 600 feet apart in two states

    • 1923

    • Strikes shoot in two states - Jack Waite enteres ore in Montana believed to be same as cut in Idaho - width not disclosed - body 40 feet wide in Idaho, says engineer- faces 600 feet apart in two states - The massive ore bearing body, reported...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1923-11-13
    • State history. Native Americans. Ceremonies. 1935-08-08


    • Cherokees in modern garb dance in weird rites

    • 1935

    • Cherokees in modern garb dance in weird rites. - Braves in store clothes and squaws in ready-made suits and even pajamas paraded in this time-honored ceremonial of the Cherokees in Oklahoma's famed Cookson hills, in striking contrast to the paint...
    • State history. Native Americans. Ceremonies. 1935-08-08
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. T. 1937-06-08


    • Old settler stories
      From the files of the Garfield enterprise

    • 1937

    • Old settler stories
      From the files of the Garfield enterprise
      In St. Louis, in February, 1852, I joined in partnership with a man by the name of A. H. Wilson. We fitted up three four-mule teams to make the trip across the plains to...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. T. 1937-06-08
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Business conditions. 1928-08-05


    • Lumber is back on sound basis - industry in Northwest reported in best condition in last four years

    • 1928

    • Lumber is back on sound basis - industry in Northwest reported in best condition in last four years - Reduction in the volume of lumber manufactured in the Pacific northwest diring 1928, and orders and shipments in excess of production indicate...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Business conditions. 1928-08-05
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1918-03-13


    • Great ore body in Independence - vein eight feet wide on three levels - contains galena only, is report - valuation of $2,000,000 - nothing in sight a year ago- mine may rival Minnie Moore in output

    • 1918

    • Great ore body in Independence - vein eight feet wide on three levels - contains galena only, is report - valuation of $2,000,000 - nothing in sight a year ago- mine may rival Minnie Moore in output - Galena ore in a body of unusual width has been...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1918-03-13
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1916-07-09


    • Dredging gold in Oregon

    • 1916

    • Dredging gold in Oregon.
      Six months of 1916 show ouput increased $107,000. Many old hydraulic properties near California border have been reported. In Oregon for the first six months of 1916, the bullion receipts of the mint and smelters at San...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1916-07-09
    • Northwest history. Mining. Engineers. 1937-02-18


    • Electrolytic zinc production great factor in the dominating Electrolytic zinc production great factor in the dominating position held by metal with great future in evidence

    • 1937

    • Electrolytic zinc production great factor in the dominating position held by metal with great future in evidence.
      The electrolytic zinc plan of today was foreshadowed in the patents of Leon Letrange of Paris in 1881 and 1883, according to Arthur...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Engineers. 1937-02-18
    • State history. Native Americans. Photographs. 1937-01-14


    • Benefited by New Deal to Indian wards in 16 colonies:

    • 1937

    • Benefited by New Deal to Indian wards in 16 colonies: Billy Holbrook, 70, who was blinded by trachoma, and his granddaughter who acts as his guide, in front of the canvas-covered cabin on the Pyramid Lake Reservation in Nevada, where he lived for...
    • State history. Native Americans. Photographs. 1937-01-14
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-01-01


    • Mason City buildings built for service, not beauty

    • 1935

    • Mason City buildings built for service, not beauty. - Utility rather than beauty marks the outward appearance of the many different types of buildings erected in recent months in Mason City, home of the MWAK company, builders of the Grand Coulee...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-01-01

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