Occidental Hotel
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- Feb 3, 1877The Juror Who Ate Himself into JailA Seattle juror’s hunger at the Occidental Hotel led to an invalidated trial, a stern rebuke from the bench, and three months in the county jail.Seattle, WA
- May 18, 1878Acquitted: A High-Stakes Business Feud at the Occidental HotelA local partnership dispute ends in court, leaving the complaining witness to foot the bill for legal costs.Seattle, WA
- Nov 30, 1878The Seattle Hotel That Won Over Snohomish ShoppersA historic hotel and mercantile shop on the Sound becomes the preferred destination for Snohomish County residents seeking quality goods and fair dealing.Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA
- Feb 13, 1883Seattle's Frontier ExpansionA report on the rapid growth, construction, and economic development of Seattle in 1883.Seattle, WA
- Sep 6, 1885A Tragic Disappearance at the Occidental HotelAfter arriving in Seattle alone, a young woman known as Nellie McNiel left behind a letter claiming she had been seduced, betrayed, and intended to take her own life.Seattle, WA
- Jul 21, 1888The Cable Car Veto: How a 1889 Power Struggle Defined Seattle’s StreetsMayor Robert Moran’s refusal to approve a cable railway franchise on Front Street—citing private greed over public interest—mirrors Seattle’s century-long battle with developers and transit infrastructure.Front Street, Seattle, WA
- Aug 24, 1888The Ghosting of J.C. IcebrookA persistent suitor looking for a 'traveling companion' finds himself ensnared in a web of elaborate decoys set by a local woman and her clever brother.Seattle, WA
- May 25, 1889A Life-Changing Fall on Second and YeslerA hotel worker narrowly survives a twenty-foot plunge after a window sash collapses, highlighting the precarious reality of daily labor in 1889 Seattle.Yesler Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Jun 5, 1892The Phoenix of the Pacific: Seattle Three Years After the Great FireReflecting on the 1889 conflagration, the city celebrates its rapid transformation from a pile of smoldering ruins into a booming commercial metropolis.Seattle, WA
- Jan 1, 1895A Captain Tries Twice to Die—and Walks HomeCapt. Alfred Garton took morphine, then a bullet, in an Occidental Hotel room. Both failed, and his letter blamed a fortune in real estate that no one would buy.Seattle, WA