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1,269 stories
- Gas Line Explosion Destroys Home in Snohomish County
A tragic error during a pipe connection leaves three dead and others severely burned after a home is leveled.
- The Snohomish Smallpox Panic
A secret grave and a missing quarantine flag reveal a public health disaster brewing in the Sisters' Hospital.
- Smallpox Standoff Hits the Rails
A bitter public health dispute erupts between Snohomish County and the Great Northern Railroad over who should pay to contain a growing contagion.
- The Brutal Forced Exploitation of a Young Woman in Everett
A teenager is pressured into prostitution by her partner, exposing the dark underside of life in the booming town of Everett.
- Abandoned in the Snow
Forty laborers hired by the Great Northern Railway are left destitute in Snohomish after being denied work and food.
- The Sea Gives Up a Member of the Ganiard Party
Four months after a storm swallowed a family of musicians bound for a dance, the body of young Wesley Ganiard is recovered near the mouth of the Snohomish River — but his mother is still missing.
- Tragedy on the Sound Shoreline
A fatal landslide on the Great Northern coast line buries a railway laborer alive, highlighting the recurring peril of unstable terrain along the Puget Sound.
- The Forgotten Heir of Everett
A legal battle pits an Indigenous heir against local titans in the fight for the heart of a burgeoning city.
- The Mob That Stopped a Cannery
Business owners in Everett face threats and intimidation for attempting to hire Chinese labor.
- A Doctor’s Grim Report from Tulalip
Dr. E. Buchanan describes the health crisis and poor living conditions facing the Tulalip Indian community in 1893.
- The Trial of 'Old Man' Robinson
A jury acquits a man accused of orchestrating a brutal ambush murder, leaving a partner to face the gallows alone.
- Corruption Allegations Rock Snohomish County
The prosecuting attorney has filed suit to remove all three county commissioners, alleging drunkenness, waste, and kickbacks from construction contracts.
- The Brutal Ambush Near Dubuque
A multi-year saga of land-use violence concludes as the mastermind behind a bloody road-access dispute is convicted.
- The Industrial Remaking of Everett's Waterfront
Federal authorities grant permission for a massive engineering project to wall off the Snohomish River delta, transforming a shallow tidal area into a deep-water harbor for industrial commerce.
- Inside the Tulalip Indian School
A rare 1883 report on the daily operations, hardships, and boarding school labor practices at the Tulalip reservation.
- The Campaign for Japanese Exclusion in Mukilteo
Everett labor organizers cite local industrial hiring practices as a threat to the American standard of living.
- The Growing Pains of Everett
A nostalgic look at the early days of Everett, from the rough-and-tumble construction boom to the economic despair of the 'hard times' and the eventual rise of a working-class city.
- The Great Everett Fire Scare of 1909
Eight suspicious fires in one night set the city into a panic, sparking rumors of professional arsonists.
- Everett’s Baptism by Fire
After major conflagrations reveal a pathetic water supply, local labor leaders demand a municipal water system.
- Sawmill Workers Call for Exclusion of Asian Laborers
Meeting in Everett, the International Brotherhood of Sawmill Workers and Woodsmen adopt a resolution demanding the strict application of anti-Asian exclusion laws.
- Railroad Switchmen Walk Out in Massive Strike
Everett switchmen join a regional effort to shut down rail traffic from the Great Lakes to the Pacific in a fight for higher wages and safer working conditions.
- Switchmen's Strike Tightens Its Grip on Northwest Freight
Despite railroad claims that operations are normal, the American Federation of Labor steps in to support the striking switchmen as shipping remains at a standstill.
- Mukilteo Residents Battle to Oust Japanese Workers
A simmering local movement against the employment of Japanese workers at a Mukilteo mill intensifies as residents plan a mass protest in Everett.
- Mukilteo Workers Refuse Japanese Labor
A town committee clashes with the Crown Mill company over the employment of Japanese workers, signaling rising anti-immigrant tensions in the region.
- Betrayed by the Railroad: The Wellington Disaster Survivors
After the catastrophic avalanche that killed nearly 100, laborers hired for rescue work are abandoned without food or pay, forced to trek 74 miles to Everett.