In January 1890, investors met in Portland, Oregon to discuss a four-to-six team league in the Pacific Northwest.

[1] The league folded during the second half of the 1892 season because of a nationwide economic depression known as the "Panic of 1893."

[3][4] The league agreed to add a team from Walla Walla, Washington and either Wardner, Idaho or Wallace, Idaho in the beginning of 1892 and the league was also close to adding a team from Salem, Oregon but folded before anything was announced.

[3][5][6] The league denied Olympia, Washington a baseball team in 1892.

The President of the league for the two years was William Henry Lucas.