1880-1900 (Temporal Keyword)

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Archaeology over the Edge: Recent Work on the Hanging Flume in Western Colorado (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael J. Prouty.

In the spring of 2017, Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc. (Alpine) completed an inventory and site testing of the Hanging Flume and associated sites in western Montrose County, Colorado.  The Hanging Flume was a 10-mi.-long bracket flume that was suspended along the cliff walls above the San Miguel and Dolores river canyons.  It was constructed between 1889 and 1891 by the Montrose Placer Mining Company in association with a hydraulic gold placer mining operation along the banks of the...


On Seattle’s Edge: A Native American Refuge on the Late Nineteenth Century Waterfront (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only J. Tait Elder. Steve Archer. Lauran Riser. Melissa Cascella.

In the nineteenth century, Seattle enterprises depended on Native Americans for labor but settlers increasingly displaced Natives and tensions led to sometimes hostile conflict. In response, a Seattle ordinance was passed in 1865 which limited Native American encampments within the city limits. Located at the peripheral margin of the city, Ballast Island became a crucial layover for Native Americans and also represents an important, but infrequently discussed, element of the historical narrative...