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- 72-year-old Queen of Yakima's frontier days fete
- 1935
- 72-year-old Queen of Yakima's frontier days fete
  When Yakima, Wash., celebrated "frontier days," May 17-19 with whiskers, pantalets and bustles, Mrs. N. H. Dickson, 72-year-old settler of the Yakima valley, will be Queen Leita. The three-day...
- State history. State of Washington Pioneers. D. 1935-05-08
- Last frontier gates unlocked
- 1932
- Last frontier gates unlocked - Gold miners and highway construction crews are conquering the last frontier in the United States, a frontier which in 250 years has moved stadily from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Leon Starmont told the Chamber of...
- Northwest history. Mining. Associations. 1932-08-15
- 1936
- At Lewiston, Idaho, the other day, the Presbyterian synod set aside a fund for the removal of the body of Chief Timothy, one of the first Nez Perce converts, to the Spalding cemetery, where his ashes may lie side by side with those of the great...
- State history. Native Americans. War & uprisings. 1936-10-23. p. 1.
- 1936
- At Lewiston, Idaho, the other day, the Presbyterian synod set aside a fund for the removal of the body of Chief Timothy, one of the first Nez Perce converts, to the Spalding cemetery, where his ashes may lie side by side with those of the great...
- State history. Native Americans. War & uprisings. 1936-10-23. p. 2.
- 1936
- At Lewiston, Idaho, the other day, the Presbyterian synod set aside a fund for the removal of the body of Chief Timothy, one of the first Nez Perce converts, to the Spalding cemetery, where his ashes may lie side by side with those of the great...
- State history. Native Americans. War & uprisings. 1936-10-23. p. 3.
- 1936
- At Lewiston, Idaho, the other day, the Presbyterian synod set aside a fund for the removal of the body of Chief Timothy, one of the first Nez Perce converts, to the Spalding cemetery, where his ashes may lie side by side with those of the great...
- State history. Native Americans. War & uprisings. 1936-10-23. p. 4.
- 1936
- At Lewiston, Idaho, the other day, the Presbyterian synod set aside a fund for the removal of the body of Chief Timothy, one of the first Nez Perce converts, to the Spalding cemetery, where his ashes may lie side by side with those of the great...
- State history. Native Americans. War & uprisings. 1936-10-23.
- Coulee dam. -- Last frontier is on way out
- 1936
- Coulee dam. -- Last frontier is on way out. - Air line plans to make scheduled stops--Area census asked. - Grand Coulee, "the west's last frontier," soon will be that no longer, with the addition of a place in the schedule of the Pacific Inland Air...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Airports and aviation. 1936-08-20
- Childhood days flavored with adventure.
- 1919
- "Childhood" days flavored with adventure.
  And Spokane's pioneers? O, they've been around a little; grimmer, a "jack tar," and "cap" gray, a frontier peace officer; town had killings galore.
  Fraught with adventure and excitement were the...
- State history. State of Washington Pioneers. G. 1919-01-22
- Herman recalls when chinamen mined Columbia
- 1937
- Herman recalls when chinamen mined Columbia
  "I came to Walla Walla in a covered wagon drawn by oxen in 1869," announced James E. Herman, 922 North Chelan avenue, who walked into the Chamber of Commerce office yesterday to apply for a free ticket...
- State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1937-03-09
- Spokane Falls-sportsmen paradise in early days.
- 1937
- Spokane Falls-sportsmen paradise in early days.
  Spokane Falls was a sportsman's paradise in the frontier days prior to 1900, says D. T. Ham, W824 Seventh, who came to Spokane in 1883 from California.
- State history. State of Washington Pioneers. H. 1937-03-18
- On his own at 91
- 1936
- On his own at 91
  "Gaylord Kimball, at 91, has no time for old-age relief. Real, rugged individualist lives and works at Oroville." Under these captions, E. H. Mcpherson gives a revealing pen picture of frontier conditions and the pioneer...
- State history. State of Washington Pioneers. K. 1936-01-18
- Undeveloped country thirty years ago is now blossoming land of rich farms and thickly settled towns -- there SMith ran the first trading store of the northwest -- all were welcome to his home
- 1919
- Undeveloped country thirty years ago is now blossoming land of rich farms and thickly settled towns -- there Smith ran the first trading store of the northwest -- all were welcome to his home
  From an undeveloped frontier country to a rich...
- State history. State of Washington Pioneers. S. 1910-10-13
- Helped weld virgin land into Empire
- 1933
- Helped weld virgin land into Empire
  Eastern Washington was a frontier without railways and with few roads when the two pioneers pictured here were born in the territory of Washington. Mrs. Lou Tarbet was born at Eugene, Ore., in 1861, and moved...
- State history. State of Washington Pioneers. T. 1933-01-19
- New group forms for mine operation.
- 1938
- New group forms for mine operation. - Latest addition to the Explorers group of mining enterprises is The Last Frontier, Inc., formed last week, with nominal head office at Grangeville, and directing office in Spokane.
- Northwest history. Mining. Corporations & mergers. 1938-05-30
- Carving a new frontier on cliffs of Columbia.
- 1933
- Carving a new frontier on cliffs of Columbia / by Harold Parr.
  - Although the "fivver" has replaced the covered wagon and the war-whoops of the Indians have given way to the wails of the crooners, the same dauntless spirit that sent our...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Feature articles, editorials, history. 1933-10-20
- Frontier days live again in Grand Coulee town sites near dam.
- 1934
- Frontier days live again in Grand Coulee town sites near dam. - The old west is living again in the numerous towns that are springing up in the vicinity of the Grand Coulee dam site. They are spreading out rapidly with frame buildings of all sorts...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1934-04-29. p. 1.
- Frontier days live again in Grand Coulee town sites near dam.
- 1934
- Frontier days live again in Grand Coulee town sites near dam. - The old west is living again in the numerous towns that are springing up in the vicinity of the Grand Coulee dam site. They are spreading out rapidly with frame buildings of all sorts...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1934-04-29. p. 2.
- Old western frontier days recalled
- 1936
- Old western frontier days recalled. - Half a century after they fired bullets and arrows at each other in the battle of Wounded Knee, Jim Moore, veteran of numerous Indian campaigns, and Young Bird, celebrated Indian warrior, met at San Diego to...
- State history. Native Americans. Photographs. 1936-06-21
- 1936
- At Lewiston, Idaho, the other day, the Presbyterian synod set aside a fund for the removal of the body of Chief Timothy, one of the first Nez Perce converts, to the Spalding cemetery, where his ashes may lie side by side with those of the great...
- State history. Native Americans. War & uprisings. 1936-10-23. p. 5.