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    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. General. 1937-03-09


    • Grand Coulee dam building no help to sheep raisers

    • 1937

    • Grand Coulee dam building no help to sheep raisers. - Almira ranchers say noise drives coyotes from construction to their herds. - As far as sheep-raising is concerned, the building of the Grand Coulee dam is no help.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. General. 1937-03-09
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-06-06


    • Traffic check in dam region

    • 1935

    • Traffic check in dam region. - Conference here sees need of immediate pavement to Wilbur. - At a meeting of good roads boosters from Wenatchee, Waterville, Almira, Wilbur and Spokane here yesterday, plans were made for taking a traffic check to...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-06-06
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-06-04


    • Delegates to talk hard surface road

    • 1935

    • Delegates to talk hard surface road. - Delegates from Coulee City, Coulee dam, Almira, Wilbur and other Inland Empire cities will gather in Spokane Wednesday noon at luncheon to discuss proposals for hard surfacing the Sunset highway from Davenport...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-06-04
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-07-25


    • Strive to make dam roads good

    • 1934

    • Strive to make dam roads good. - Coulee link to be only one oiled but only gravel going on others. - Mason soon to start. - Expect contractor's bridge to be up before state span--Prepare for president. - At a meeting of the Grand Coulee Business...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-07-25
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Publicity. 1933-07-11


    • Notables view dam site road

    • 1933

    • Notables view dam site road. - Celebration July 16 will mark completion of highway from Almira. - A meeting will be held July 16 at 1:30 at Grand coulee dam site on the Columbia river, celebrating the completion of the new highway from Almira to...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Publicity. 1933-07-11
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Public utilities. 1934-03-10


    • Stage service to damsite stepped up by bus co.

    • 1934

    • Stage service to damsite stepped up by bus co. - Offering a new and improved bus service from the damsite, the Washington Motor Coach company announced yesterday that it would start additional service between Soap Lake and Coulee City immediately.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Public utilities. 1934-03-10
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-01-30


    • Soon to better dam site roads

    • 1934

    • Soon to better dam site roads. - Murrow writes of eagerness to start work--Gray criticizes truck permits. - Lacey Murrow, state highway director, in a letter to State Senator W. P. Gray, Wilbur, today said that steps would be taken at once to...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-01-30
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-01-13


    • U. S. uses state land at Coulee

    • 1934

    • U. S. uses state land at Coulee. - Interior department notifies Olympia of intent and starts surveys. - One road for 2 towns. - Highway will serve Olympia and Almira--Dam work employs 400. - The United States interior department has served notice...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-01-13
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-09-10


    • Roads being improved.

    • 1935

    • Roads being improved. - Roads to the dam site are being improved from all directions. The Wilbur road, in bad condition the last few weeks, is being oiled, as is the road from Almira to the Lincoln county line.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-09-10
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-08-24


    • Reach dam site by three roads

    • 1933

    • Reach dam site by three roads. - State to spend estimated $400,000 on Coulee, Almira and Wilbur routes. - Three oiled highways will be built to the Grand Coulee dam site, the district highway engineer announced here today. It was casually estimated...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-08-24
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-07-07


    • Coulee road closed

    • 1934

    • Coulee road closed. - Announcement that the main road from Almira to the Grand Coulee damsite will be closed for the following week to allow for resurfacing activities was made by AAA officials here Thursday. A detour will be opened over the old...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-07-07
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-08-24


    • Grand Coulee gets 3 roads

    • 1933

    • Grand Coulee gets 3 roads. - Residents of Almira, Coulee City and Wilbur were jubilant Thursday when the decision of the highway department to build a road to the Grand Coulee damsite from each town was announced.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-08-24
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1936-10-18

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    • 1936

    • Repairs are being made on Broadaxe hill between here and Wilbur and Almira and motorists are cautioned to drive slow and careful because graders and trucks are working on the highway, and large piles of gravel are being shifted across the road.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1936-10-18
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-04-05


    • Ask that state take over road

    • 1934

    • Ask that state take over road. - With heavy traffic due to start over the Almira north dam site road soon, when material for the steel bridge piers will be trucked from this point, chamber of commerce members feel the state highway department...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-04-05
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-06-24


    • New road is opened

    • 1933

    • New road is opened. - The new Almira-Grand Coulee Dam highway has been completed and a gravel road is now open from the Sunset highway at Almira to the dam site and through Grand coulee to the Sunset highway at Coulee. The work had been in progress...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-06-24
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-01-06


    • Fear isolation at Coulee dam

    • 1934

    • Fear isolation at Coulee dam. - Residents of area yearn for state gravel on wrecked roads. - Indian crews on job. - Launch two projects, one on route from Nespelem--New townsite is ready. - With the dam site threatened by isolation from Wilbur,...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-01-06
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-06-30


    • Dam site road is open

    • 1933

    • Dam site road is open. - Lincoln county to add connecting link--Ask oiling bids. - The road that leads from north of Hartline to the Grand coulee dam site, at the north end of Grant county, is open for commercial and tourist travel, county officers...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-06-30
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-05-07


    • Map shows highway into Coulee dam

    • 1934

    • Map shows highway into Coulee dam. - All roads lead to the Coulee dam. This cut shows all the good ones, most of which are being worked over right now to put them in shape for heavy summer traffic. The main auto road from Spokane is the heavy line...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-05-07

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