Seattle's first street railway opened in 1884, with two horses per streetcar. By 1899 ten companies operated trolleys and cable in the city--and hillside proper

A detailed history of one of J.J. Hill's enterprises--the line into the lucrative Willamette Valley (Portland and points south) where he could duke it out with

This well illustrated account describes the growth of railways across the Puget Sound region, from the initial 1853-54 government surveys to the completion of t