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- Oct 14, 1876Seattle’s Tinderbox: A Warning from the Ashes of RenoAs a massive fire ravages Nevada, this Seattle editor sounds the alarm over the city’s wooden buildings and exorbitant insurance costs, urging brick construction before disaster strikes.Seattle, WA
- Nov 28, 1880The City That Wants to Be the Boston of the PacificWhile San Francisco fretfully watches its own supremacy, an 1880 editorial predicts a rising Puget Sound metropolis of millions.Seattle, WA
- Feb 21, 1889The Tide Land Grab: How Seattle's Future Was Sold Before It Was Even a StateAs Washington Territory inches toward statehood in early 1889, speculators are already circling the waterfront, buying up oyster beds and timber rights in a desperate rush to claim the city's most valuable real estate.Seattle, WA