On October 25, 1853, members of the Paiute Indian Tribe attack U.S. Army Captain John W. Gunnison and his party of 37 soldiers and railroad surveyors near Sevier Lake, Utah. Gunnison and seven other men were killed, but the survey party continued with its work and eventually reported its findings to the United States Congress.

U.S. officials touted the transcontinental railroad as a project that, once complete, would provide critical infrastructure for 19th-century America.

But for many Native Americans, the railroad threatened hunting grounds, sacred sites and ancestral homelands, and it wiped out populations of buffalo, which were essential to tribal life. Attacks like the October 25 one by members of the Paiute Indian tribe, were one way Indigenous people tried to resist the intrusion.

Gunnison was a West Point graduate who had led several previous topographical surveys before being assigned to conduct this survey of potential railroad routes across central Colorado and Utah. Gunnison’s mission was only one of four surveys dispatched by the U.S. Congress in an attempt to break a sectional deadlock over which route the proposed transcontinental railroad should follow

Alert is through Sunday

Update: Wind Advisory

From Sat 1:00 pm until Sun 5:00 am PDT

Issued By

Seattle/Tacoma – WA, US, National Weather Service

Affected Area

Puget Sound and Hood Canal

Description

…GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON, Saturday TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY… WHAT…South winds 25 to 35 kt. WHERE…Puget Sound and Hood Canal.

WHEN…From 2 PM this afternoon, Saturday to 5 AM PDT Sunday. IMPACTS… Strong winds will cause hazardous seas, which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A Gale Warning means winds of 34 to 47 knots are imminent or occurring. Operating a vessel in gale conditions requires experience and properly equipped vessels. It is highly recommended that mariners without the proper experience seek safe harbor prior to the onset of gale conditions.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT
SATURDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Southeast to southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
35 to 40 mph expected at times.

* WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Washington.

* WHEN...From 9 AM Saturday to midnight PDT Saturday Night.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicles. Secure outdoor objects.

Secure outdoor objects.

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