Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad (earlier Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company) was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad and was...
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Walla Walla (/ˌwɑːlə ˈwɑːlə/ WAH-lə WAH-lə) is a city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. It had a population of...
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The history of Walla Walla, Washington begins with the settling of Oregon Country, Fort Nez Percés, the Whitman Mission and Walla Walla County, Washington...
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Whitman massacre (redirect from Walla Walla Massacre)
Mission at the junction of the Walla Walla River and Mill Creek in what is now southeastern Washington near Walla Walla. The massacre became a decisive...
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Washington Railroad (CWRR) (CBRW) Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRW) Columbia and Cowlitz Railway (CLC) (PATR) Columbia Walla Walla Railroad (CWW) (FTRX)...
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Schwabacher Brothers (redirect from Schwabacher Brothers and Company)
National Bank in 1947), and helped raise funds for the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad. (Despite its ambitious name, the railroad never made it out of King...
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John Leary (politician) (category Mayors of Seattle)
led the company to build a connection to Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad at Black River. Service to Seattle began in 1884; however, Northern Pacific...
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Newcastle, Washington (category Cities in the Seattle metropolitan area)
worked at the mines. The Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad, the first railroad in King County, reached Newcastle from Seattle in 1878. Coal mining ended...
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the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (SP&S) and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q). The four railroads shared a very intertwined...
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Waitsburg, Washington (category Cities in Walla Walla County, Washington)
and a year later, in 1881, the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company completed a line through Waitsburg connecting it by rail with Walla Walla and the...
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The railroad was a non-operating subsidiary of the OR&N in 1888 and was eventually sold to the OR&N in 1910. Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad was...
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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Oregon. Albany and Eastern Railroad (AERC) Operates the Venell Farms Railroad Company BNSF Railway...
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called out the National Guard to restore order. In 1885 the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad was extended from Black Diamond to the town, allowing most...
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Prescott, Washington (category Cities in Walla Walla County, Washington)
Prescott is a city in central Walla Walla County, Washington. The population was 372 at the 2020 census. A post office called Prescott has been in operation...
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in Seattle's effort to avoid that fate. Seattle's first attempt to build its way into the national rail network—the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad—never...
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the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad, the first railroad to be built in Seattle, Washington, United States. May 5 – The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn...
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Pike Street (redirect from Pike-Pine Corridor, Seattle)
Washington and Lake Union. It lasted until 1878 when Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad built a direct line from the fields, around the lake and through Renton...
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Colman Building (category Buildings and structures in Downtown Seattle)
tracts of lands along Seattle's waterfront and was instrumental in bringing the first railroad (Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad) to the city as well as...
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(150 by 300 mm) cylinders and a weight of 7 tons, running on a 3-foot 6 gauge. It was first used as Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad #5 (Feb 1878), then as...
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John Mullan (road builder) (category People from Walla Walla, Washington)
Walla Walla County; Charles Russell, farmer; and John A. Simms, flour mill owner and Walla Walla city councilman. The official title of the railroad was...
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in southern Seattle, Washington, United States. It is bounded on the north by the mainlines of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad, beyond which...
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north from Portland, selected it. Seattle businessmen immediately incorporated the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company to build...
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Dacres Hotel (category Buildings and structures in Walla Walla County, Washington)
Dacres Hotel is a historic hotel in Walla Walla, Washington, United States. Rebuilt from the ruins of Walla Walla's first brick hotel, the 1873 Stine House...
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King County, Washington (redirect from Seattle County, Washington)
River, and in subsequent decades several companies formed to mine coal around Lake Washington and deliver it to Seattle. The Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad...
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Interstate 82 (section Tri-Cities and Umatilla)
"Wanted: 22 Miles Of Superhighway". The Seattle Times. p. 80. "Road Route 'In Realm Of Politics'". Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. Associated Press. August...
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Indians and the American settlers led the Americans in 1855, by the treaties at the Walla Walla Council, to coerce not only the Cayuse, but also the Walla Walla...
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Arthur A. Denny (category Seattle City Council members)
become Seattle-First National Bank. He was president of the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad Company and an investor in the Great Western Iron and Steel...
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Marcus Whitman (section Marriage and family)
He and his wife, Narcissa, along with Reverend Henry Spalding and his wife, Eliza, and William Gray, founded a mission near present-day Walla Walla, Washington...
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Palouse (category Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands)
was defined as the fertile hills and prairies north of the Snake River, which separated it from Walla Walla County, and north of the Clearwater River, which...
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on a railroad owned by Union Pacific. Flooding in the Walla Walla River watershed was also extensive. The largest city in the area, Walla Walla, was protected...
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