Thomas Burke papers 1875-1925

Pacific Coast Company

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The Pacific Coast Company rail, shipping, and coal operations served the West coast from the mid-19th century until its last railways were abandoned or sold in the mid-20th century. Though the company was organized under the "Pacific Coast Company" name in late 1897, it comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co., and the Pacific Coast Railway. In Seattle, the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, originally the Seattle & Wall...

Broderick, Henry

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Henry Broderick arrived in Seattle in 1901 when he was 21 years old, and during the next ten years he successfully established himself as an expert in Seattle real estate. He used his natural talents in advertising and real estate to rise quickly in management for John Davis & Company. In 1908 he left to start his own business, Henry Broderick, Inc. One of his major clients during those early years was Union Pacific Railroad, for which Broderick managed a four or five man team a...

Japan Society of Seattle

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Jones, Wesley Livsey, 1863-1932

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Influential Washington State legislator, Wesley Livsey Jones (1863-1932), was involved in legislation to develop Alaska and to create levees in the Mississippi River Valley. Born near Bethany in Moultrie County, Illinois, Jones attended Southern Illinois College, studied law, and subsequently started a law practice in Decatur, Illinois. In 1889, Jones moved his law practice to North Yakima, Washington. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1899 as a Republican and serve...

Cushman, Francis W., 1867-1909

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Gilman, Daniel H.

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General Electric Company

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Founded 1892. Corporate interests include: Broadcasting; Electric Components; Household Appliances; Lighting Equipment; Motors; Telecommunications; Electromedical Industry. From the description of Technical records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84865339 Founded 1892. From the description of General Electric Company in Camden, N.J., collection, 1878-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979711 Schenectady, NY. From the description of Electr...

Rice, Edmund, 1819-1889

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Hill, James Jerome 1838-1916

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Railroad financier. From the description of Addresses, 1902-1916. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853289 Businessman and railroad executive, James J. Hill (1838-1916), was founder of the Great Northern Railway Company, which incorporated and extended an important transcontinental line, running from St. Paul, Minnesota to Seattle, Washington by 1893. Frequently called the "Empire Builder," Hill amassed a personal fortune through h...

National Economic League (U.S.)

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McGraw, John Harte, -1910

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Schulze, Paul, active 1889-1894

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Burke, Thomas, 1849-1925

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Judge Thomas Burke was for nearly fifty years a central figure in the political and economic life of Washington State and especially Seattle. Burke arrived in Seattle in 1875 to make his fortune. An astute lawyer and speculator, he acquired a reputation as a talented courtroom advocate. As the Democratic candidate for territorial delegate to Congress in 1880, Burke conducted a vigorous, though unsuccessful, campaign. In 1885 he and Seattle newcomer Daniel Gilman attracted Eastern capital and bui...

Ballinger, Harry, 1869-1965.

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Seattle, Lake Shore, and Eastern Railway Company

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Incorporated in 1885 under the laws of Washington Territory, the company sold, under foreclosure, its line from Seattle to Sallal Prairie and from Woodinville to Sumas (Wash.), in 1896, to the Seattle and International Railway Company, and its line from Spokane to Davenport (Wash.) to the Spokane and Seattle Railway Company. It was stricken from the records of the state of Washington in 1909 for failure to pay annual license fees. From the description of Corporate records, 1885-1901....

Hill, Samuel, 1857-1931

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Rainier National Park Company

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Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)

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The Rexford, Mont., station of the Great Northern Railway was established in 1903. It was closed in 1972 when the railroad was rerouted due to the flooding of the area behind the Libby Dam. The building was moved to Eureka where it became part of the Tobacco Valley Historical Village Museum. From the description of Records of the Rexford Station, Rexford, Mont., 1952-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962045 On 23 Feb. 1910 two Great Northern Railway trains--the "Seattle...

Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937

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John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) was born in Richford, New York to William Avery Rockefeller and Eliza Davison. In 1853, he moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio where he studied bookkeeping. With partner Maurice B. Clark, Rockefeller built an oil refinery in 1863 and bought out his partner two years later. In 1864, he married Laura Celestia “Cettie” Spelman, with whom he had four children. Two years later, Rockefeller joined his brother William to establish Rockefeller, Andrews, & Flagler, wh...

Hadley, Lindley H. (Lindley Hoag), 1861-1948

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Seattle Golf Club

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Squire, Watson C. (Watson Carvosso), 1838-1926

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Watson C. Squire was born in 1838 in New York and graduated from Wesleyan University in 1859. He was principal of the Moravia Institute in New York when the Civil War began. Over the next two years he fought as a Union soldier in the New York Volunteers 19th Infantry Regiment and served at Harper's Ferry under Gen. Nathaniel Banks. Following his graduation from Cleveland Law School in 1862, he answered the call for more men, raised the 7th Independent Company of Ohio Sharpshooters, and was commi...

Democratic Party (Wash.)

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Seattle Chamber of Commerce

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Established in 1882, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce was responsible for establishing railroad terminals in Seattle and developing the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, the Pasco-Kennewick Bridge, and the commerce of the Columbia River Basin. The chamber addressed its goals through committees that focused on areas such as Alaska, city affairs, county affairs, foreign and domestic affairs, logged-off lands and irrigation, mercantile issues, rivers and harbors, state affairs and legislation, and transpo...