Keyword(s): Aaron Goings
Upon the Hoquiam River, in Grays Harbor County, where the fresh water empties into the sea, is the little town of Hoquiam, Washington. From its earliest history through the rough-and-tumble era of lum...
Hoquiam Local No. 21 of the International Shingle Weavers' Union of America was the lone stable source of unionism in the Grays Harbor lumber industry during the early part of the twentieth century. T...
Albert Johnson rose from his position as editor of the Daily Washingtonian, based in Hoquiam, to become one of the most powerful congressional leaders in the United States. In 1913 he was elected...
On May 21, 1890, the City of Hoquiam is incorporated. The move to incorporate is driven largely by lumber capitalists, men like George H. Emerson (1846-1914) seeking to increase outside investment and...
In 1899, four years after the Northern Pacific reached Hoquiam's sister city of Aberdeen, it was extended into Hoquiam, thus completing the capitalist project begun a decade earlier. Although its ear...
On November 16, 1917, vigilantes calling themselves the "Black Robes" attack the union hall of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, also called Wobblies) in Hoquiam. Grays Harbor County is gainin...