Howard
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- Jul 26, 1880A Frontier Vendetta Spills onto the BeachAn Indigenous man is shot in a dispute over a death attributed to 'bad Tamanas' or spiritual curses.Port Orchard, WA
- Apr 12, 1882The Mob That Stole Justice in SeattleA federal judge delivers a blistering rebuke to the Seattle vigilantes who lynched three men in January 1882, declaring that the lawless 'Committee of Safety' is a threat greater than the criminals they executed.Seattle, WA
- Jan 16, 1883Saving the Piers from the Teredo WormA new industrial chemical process is proposed to protect Seattle's waterfront timber from marine parasites.Seattle, WA
- Apr 15, 1886The Laundry War: When Seattle Tried to License Away the ChineseA historic court battle reveals how the City Council once used 'discretionary' licensing to target Chinese-owned laundries, prompting a landmark defense of property rights and constitutional liberty.Seattle, WA
- Jun 29, 1888The Opium Conspiracy: How Seattle’s Customs Chief Played Both SidesA dramatic trial reveals a scheme where federal inspectors smuggled contraband across the border while pretending to seize it, exposing deep corruption in early 20th-century Pacific Northwest law enforcement.Seattle, WA
- Dec 12, 1892The Rising Tide of Chehalis HopsLocal farmers see a golden future in hop production, aiming to make their region the hop capital of Washington state.Chehalis, WA
- Apr 20, 1893Exploiting Labor at Grays HarborA scathing report reveals how labor contractors are cheating workers with predatory 'discounts,' abysmal living conditions, and wage theft on harbor improvement projects.Grays Harbor, Aberdeen, WA
- Aug 11, 1894The Flying-Machine Inventor Who Vanished and Left the Carpenter UnpaidAn Englishman named Howard hired a Tacoma carpenter to build a “living machine,” then disappeared with the key to the storeroom—leaving a very anxious workman and a mysterious apparatus.Seattle, WA