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Old newspapers, pinned to the places they wrote about — the streets you can still walk today.

How to use itThe map, research, and checking a story against its page
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Stories from Liberty Hall, Everett, on the map

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When1860 – 1930

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Map layerModern

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1894Seattle1895Snohomish1897Tacoma1899Ellensburg1901Spokane1903Snoqualmie1910Pullman1911Mount Vernon1913Wenatchee1916Chehalis1917Pasco1919Walla Walla

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Seattle9,916
Tacoma2,358
Olympia973
Walla Walla907
Kennewick781
Snohomish627
Yakima577
Everett496
Aberdeen430
Spokane336
Port Townsend306
Bellingham262

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Old news, on today’s map

Every story here comes from a real Washington newspaper page, pinned to the place it happened — the streets you can still walk today.

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Each circle is a town

Its number is how many stories it has. Tap one to list them; zoom in and a crowded area splits into its towns. A solid dot means the exact spot is known; a dashed ring means only the town.

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Read the original page

Each story links to its scanned newspaper page, where you can zoom right into the paper and check every word for yourself.

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Photos, ghost towns and old maps

Buttons along the top of the map switch to photographs, ghost towns and historic maps. Filters, on the map’s left edge, narrow it by decade. Research, in the menu, searches towns, people and groups.

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