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- Sep 6, 1876The Lottery King’s Plea: Yesler Admits Guilt in Seattle’s First Real Estate ScandalIn a rare moment of candor, H.L. Yesler—the patriarch of Seattle—pleads guilty to violating laws regarding his real estate lottery, marking the end of a controversial scheme that sought to distribute land through chance rather than commerce.Seattle, WA
- Oct 28, 1876The Missing Payday at the First Seattle RailroadWorkers on the nascent Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad staged a walkout after a payroll error left them empty-handed.King Street, Seattle, WA
- Aug 23, 1892Monte Cristo's Railroad Is Racing the Rain to TownEverett & Monte Cristo crews expect to reach the boomtown by December, with a tunnel breakthrough only weeks away.Monte Cristo, WA
- Apr 22, 1895The Hanging Party That Wasn't: Puget Sound's First Murder ArrestA retired sailor recalls the day a ship's crew nearly lynched a stevedore at Port Blakely—and the strange reunion that followed years later.Bainbridge Island, WA
- May 1, 1895The 'Pirates' of Hood Canal Were Actually the Men Who Chased the ThievesA Port Townsend dispatch mistakenly branded two Bangor residents as robbers; they were the ones who caught the real thieves and recovered a boatload of plunder.Port Townsend, WA
- Mar 3, 1911A Union Send-off for the Ranch-BoundEverett linemen gather at the Labor Temple to toast two of their own before they trade climbing poles for farm life.Everett, WA