Keyword(s): John J. Caldbick
On January 23, 1851, Bishop Augustin Magloire Alexandre (A. M. A.) Blanchet (1797-1887) consecrates as a Catholic cathedral a rustic missionary church on land adjacent to the Hudson's Bay Company's Fo...
On January 23, 1857, the Washington Territorial Legislature passes an act incorporating the City of Vancouver, a Clark County settlement of just over 918 acres located on the north bank of the Columbi...
In 1871, Lowell Mason Hidden (1839-1923) opens the Hidden Brick Company in Vancouver, and his timing could not be better. Mother Joseph (1823-1902), head of the Sisters of Providence mission in the Pa...
On September 3, 1918, Seattle's "More Homes Bureau," organized and backed by a coalition of civic and trade groups, launches a successful campaign to build thousands of new dwelling units to meet Seat...
On the evening of March 25, 1939, Seattle's first National Housing Exposition of the Pacific Northwest, co-sponsored by the Seattle Master Builders Association and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, open...