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  • 1-5      George Seville Kirk Article for English Almanac about Washington C.1890

  • 6          Birth announcements Mr. and Mrs. G.S. Kirk

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  • 12        09/1890 NP Railroad Accident

  • 12        09/1890 Iron Metropolis Forbes Lake

  • 12        09/1890 George Kirk Arrived in Kirkland Sept 1890

  • 13        09/1890 Kirkland Area Building Progress for the Mill Mention of Houghton

  • 14        09/1890 N.S. Anderson early settler from Nebraska in 1876

  • 14        09/1890 Baptist University to be erected in Kirkland 125 Acres donated by Early Settlers

  • 15        10/1890 Work on Steel Plant Construction

  • 15-16   10/1890 S. Foster French & Early History of settlers

  • 16        10/1890 Kirkland Plat filed

  • 17        10/1890 J.W. Demott History

  • 17        10/1890 Mr. Beard’s new building

  • 18        10/1890 Kirkland’s Big Mill Lumber Plant

  • 18        10/1890 Kirkland’s University Baptist Institution to cost about $250,000

  • 21        10/1890 Washington Lake Fleet –Steamer Mary Kraft Kirkland to Madison

  • 21        10/1890 Steamers on Lake Washington –Kirkland –Mary Kraft –Edith E -May Queen Etc

  • 22        10/1890 L.S.J. Hunt Interview Regarding Possible Navy Yard on Lake Washington

  • 22        10/1890 Canal Commission to Connect Lake Washington to Puget Sound

  • 22        10/1890 Ray Pettibone Shots 360 LB Bear

  • 23        10/1890 Kirkland Postmaster E.M. Church History

  • 23        10/1890 Plat filed by Ed and Carrie Blewett for 36.94 Acres and 320 Lots to be sold

  • 25-26   10/1890 Stories of Old Settlers –Andrew Nelson –First Owner of Kirkland Land

  • 27        10/1890 First Republican Rally in Kirkland –Judge Miller –W.C. Rutter -J.S Salee –Collins

  • 27        10/1890 Kirkland Steel Works Being Rapidly Pushed

  • 28        10/1890 Bear Attacks Hog Belonging to Walter Walker –Powell –Newcastle Road

  • 28        10/1890 Steamer City of Latona Juanita / Kirkland to Seattle

  • 28        10/1890 Houghton Maple Tree Stem Planted

  • 28        10/1890 Kirkland Folk –Peter Kirk –E.M. Church –J.W. DeMott –C.J Blumenthal

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  • 7          05/29/1890 Development of Our Iron Resources May 29, 1890

  • 8-9      05/29/1890 Furnaces and Mills

  • 10        01/01/1891 Northwest Wealth –Coal –Fruit –Halibut –Land value –Indian reservation sizes

  • 11        01/01/1981 Northwest Wealth –Banking –Railroads –Ocean Shipping

  • 24        10/25/1890 Commission hears about NW Resources for Big Gun Plant –Steel –Coal –Lime

  • 24        10/25/1890 Improved Kirkland Mail Service by Steamer to Madison to Replace Railroad

  • 24        10/25/1890 Mr. Church Declines legislature nomination

  • 25        10/27/1890 J.S. Sailee Juanita Resident History –Candidate 43rd District

  • 28        01/03/1891 Wild Game at West Seattle Hunted -3 Deer in 4 Days -3 Bear in 1 Week

  • 29-30   11/13/1890 39th Anniversary of the Founding of Seattle –How Settlers Came

  • 30        01/01/1891 Lumber Industry 1889 output from Puget Sound Mills

  • 31        01/01/1891 Record of Weather Years 1877-1890 News January 1 1891

  • 32        01/01/1891 Seattle Post office Stats for 1890

  • 32        01/01/1891 Great Year for Hops 38,000 Bales 1890

  • 33        01/01/1891 Seattle Mayor Harry White Returns $6 Donation to Boston Mayor for Seattle Fire

  • 34        06/11/1890 J.W. Demott Brings Strawberries to Post Inteligencer from Kirkland Farm

  • 34        06/13/1890 Plat Filed by Horace and Nannie Hall for Russell Algers Addition to Kirkland 10 Acres

  • 34        06/14/1890 Wildcat Fraud unauthorized use of General Alger’s Name on Plat for Worthless Land Sales

  • 34        06/14/1890 Unblushing Fraud on Land Sales

  • 35        06/15/1890 Counsel James McNaught of Northern Pacific RR to Built Lines for Steel Mill

  • 36        06/17/1890 Arthur Denny Praised and Mention of His Holdings on Snoqualmie Iron Deposits

  • 36        06/17/1890 General Alger’s Investments in Kirkland Iron and Steel Works

  • 38        07/04/1890 Articles of the Belt Line RR Filed to Support the Steel Mill –Eastern Money Investment

  • 38        07/01/1890 Kirkland Brick Company filed for Incorporation

  • 38        6/19/1890 No Longer any Financial Reasons why the Steel Mill would not be built

  • 39        07/04/1890 Articles of Incorporation filed for the Belt Line Company –RR –Motor Lines –light & Power

  • 39        07/04/1890 Articles of Incorporation for Kirkland Investment Company

  • 39        06/24/1890 E.M. Church appointed Postmaster of Kirkland

  • 39        06/22/1890 Kirkland Land and Improvement Company to Offer Property for Sale

  • 39        07/27/1890 Engineer S.W. Hayes of NP RR moves from Newcastle to Kirkland  to Clear Land for RR

  • 40        07/27/1890 The New City of Iron –Activity and Bright Prospects of Kirkland –Interview Peter Kirk

  • 40        06/20/1890 Purchase of Fraser and Sparkman Claims by Edward Blewett for $80,000

  • 40        07/17/1890 Plat filed for Riedinger’s first addition to Kirkland 40 Lots

  • 41        06/29/1890 Chief Seattle Lonely Grave Now Marked by Monument –History of Chief Seattle

  • 42        07/28/1890 On Top of Rainier Climbed by Oscar Brown and Thomas Kennedy –Rope Found on top

  • 43        08/04/1890 James Clarkson Post Office Rep Interview Concerning Service in the West

  • 44-49   06/1890 Early Explorers Accounts -Messrs and S.C. Gilman (Page 56 is Front Page?)

  • 50-51   06/06/1890 New City of Seattle Rising from the Great Fire –The Work of Rehabilitation

  • 52        01/01/1891 Washington State Wealth Property Assessments 1874-1890  –School Fund Amounts

  • 53        01/01/1891 Population of States 1880 and 1890

  • 53        01/01/1891 Seattle Population

  • 53        01/01/1891 Sales of Seattle Realty 1890

  • 54        01/01/1891 The Kirkland Iron Works

  • 54        01/01/1891 Seattle Street Railways Cable and Electic Cars Miles of Track In Operation January 1 1891

  • 55        01/01/1891 Jobbing Business Amounts to 31 Million Dollars Increase of 11 Million

  • 55        01/01/1891 Seattle Total Employed 4200

  • 55        01/01/1891 Kirkland Town of Brick Business Blocks 150 New Buildings –Seattle Belt Line 2/3 Built

  • 55        01/01/1891 Kirkland Buildings Owners Location and Value C.1890 Full Column Report

  • 56        06/05/1890 Winter Explorations Olympics Gilman and Son (Part of Page 44-49?)

  • 57        05/31/1890 Kirkland Iron and Steel Mill Importance to Area 1890

  • 57        06/03/1890 F.W. Dunn of SLS&E RR look for Bunker Location Unloading of Iron in Kirkland