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- Aug 5, 1876A Dangerous Journey Home from ChurchA quiet Sunday excursion in Snohomish takes a terrifying turn when a startled team of horses crashes, leaving a daughter critically injured.Snohomish, WA
- Nov 11, 1876The Battle for the Territory: Judson vs. Jacobs in the 1876 ElectionAs the nation grapples with the disputed presidential election of 1876, Washington Territory voters head to the polls to decide their own future, pitting Republican J.P. Judson against Democrat Judge Jacobs in a fierce contest for territorial supremacy.Seattle, WA
- May 12, 1888The Tariff Trap: How Washington’s Congressman Warned Against the 'Grasping Monopolies'Rep. Scott Finn delivers a fiery two-hour speech in Congress, arguing that protectionist tariffs don't help workers but instead feed trusts and hurt farmers.Seattle, WA
- May 29, 1892The Postmaster's PurgeTacoma citizens rally to support female postal clerks targeted for dismissal by the new postmaster.Tacoma Post Office, Tacoma, WA
- Feb 20, 1893The Snow That Crushed a Schoolhouse FlatA February storm buries Mason and Kitsap counties under four and a half feet of snow — flattening Seabeck's finest schoolhouse and a Lilliwaup hotel while its owner was away in Seattle.Seabeck, WA
- Jan 12, 1895The Railroads' Man in the Senate RaceA Spokane editor charged that John L. Wilson's campaign for U.S. Senate was being bankrolled and worked by the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads.Olympia, WA
- Jan 20, 1895A Mob Hanged Two Men at the Courthouse. Then the State Argued Over the Bill.After Hill and Parker were lynched in Colfax, Attorney General W. C. Jones ruled that the county need not pay for a coroner's inquest—and said the real hunt for the mob belonged to a grand jury.Whitman County Courthouse, Colfax, WA
- Mar 14, 1899The Saloon Wars: How Seattle’s Council Killed the Fight to Ban Bars from Residential StreetsIn a heated March 1904 council meeting, reformers fought to keep saloons off streets where wives and children walked. The measure failed, revealing deep corruption and the powerful grip of liquor interests on city government.Butler Hotel, Seattle
- Mar 21, 1899The Saloon Ordinance and the 'Back Door' ScandalSeattle City Council members clash over zoning laws for liquor licenses, with accusations of bribery and political maneuvering threatening to shut down saloons in key districts.Yesler Avenue, Seattle, WA
- May 23, 1899The Seattle Council Mandates a Living Wage for Streetcar WorkersA new city ordinance sets a minimum hourly wage of 25 cents for streetcar crews, capping a heated debate over labor protections in municipal transit franchises.Seattle, WA
- Jun 15, 1899Seattle’s Legal Housekeeping: The City Council Decides to Clean Up Its Own ActIn 1899, Seattle’s leaders admitted their laws were a mess and hired two experts to fix it—proving that bureaucratic confusion is an old problem.Seattle, WA
- Jul 11, 1899The Price of Tracks: Seattle’s Early Transit StrugglesBefore the region was a sprawl of connected highways, the Seattle City Council engaged in a fierce debate over a new electric rail franchise, pitting public leverage against corporate expansion.Seattle, WA
- Jul 29, 1899The Mobbing of the MoralizersWhen four prominent temperance leaders and a local businessman tried to close down a suspected illegal saloon, they were met on the street and pelted with rotten eggs.Puyallup, WA
- Aug 2, 1899The City’s Missing Depot: A Railway Power StruggleWhen the Seattle Star reached out to the Canadian Pacific Railway, they found the railroad giant had no interest in building a union station in the city.Seattle, WA
- Aug 18, 1899The Abandoned Souls of the NorthTragic reports from the Yukon reveal that ill gold-seekers are being expelled by Canadian authorities, leaving them to fend for themselves on American soil.Western Hotel, Seattle, WA
- Nov 27, 1903Outweighed Eighteen Pounds a Man, Whitman Nearly Stunned PullmanA 75-yard touchdown run by Elmo Reser kept the Missionaries in it until the final fifteen seconds, when the Aggies' sheer weight finally told, 18 to 6.Walla Walla, WA
- Mar 24, 1909The Iron Horse Makes Tacoma its HomeThe Great Northern Railroad shifts its western terminus to Tacoma, promising a population boom and shifting the city's status in the eyes of national rail agents.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 28, 1923Priest Rapids Apple Growers Win Grading ConcessionState inspector clears the way for 'striped' apples to be sold as 'extra fancy,' a major relief for local orchardists.Priest Rapids, White Bluffs, WA