Tribune
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- Jun 3, 1876The Seattle Fire That Almost Burned the TownAn incendiary blaze at the old Coffee and Elbow Saloon nearly consumed downtown Seattle in a narrow escape that left hundreds of men standing by with buckets.Seattle, WA
- Apr 11, 1877The Schoolhouse That Wasn't: Seattle’s Bureaucratic Battle Over Public EducationIn 1877, a local dispute over the construction of a new school in Helltown reveals the early struggles of civic infrastructure and the tension between taxpayer demands and administrative delay.Seattle, WA
- Aug 30, 1878The Tribune Editor and the Colonel: A Duel of Paper and FistsA simmering political grudge in 1878 Seattle boiled over into a public brawl on the street after an editor criticized a local Colonel in print.Seattle, WA
- Mar 28, 1894The Fight Over Public Printing in SnohomishA judge rules that the county treasurer has the discretion to choose which newspaper receives taxpayer money for publishing delinquent tax lists.Snohomish, WA