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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 2 |
| 1858 | 6 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 2 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 4 |
| 1876 | 26 |
| 1877 | 28 |
| 1878 | 18 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 8 |
| 1882 | 20 |
| 1883 | 66 |
| 1884 | 43 |
| 1885 | 83 |
| 1886 | 28 |
| 1887 | 52 |
| 1888 | 64 |
| 1889 | 97 |
| 1890 | 12 |
| 1891 | 77 |
| 1892 | 189 |
| 1893 | 165 |
| 1894 | 198 |
| 1895 | 257 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 5 |
| 1899 | 14 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 45 |
| 1904 | 27 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 14 |
| 1909 | 29 |
| 1910 | 8 |
| 1911 | 2 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 6 |
| 1915 | 5 |
| 1916 | 21 |
| 1917 | 8 |
| 1918 | 3 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 12 |
| 1924 | 2 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1929 | 3 |
18 stories matching post
- The Post Office Scandal of 1878
A scathing critique of patronage and mismanagement at Seattle's local post office reveals a city struggling with corruption in the early days of territorial expansion.
- The Shack Post Office Scandal
In 1878, Seattle’s postmaster faced public fury for 'farming out' mail services to a cramped, unhygienic shanty to maximize his own personal profit.
- Court Orders Sale of Denny's Addition Lots, 1878
A wave of court-ordered property auctions signals a struggling post-boom economy in the late 1870s.
- The Unsung Heart of Frontier Snohomish
Before the rise of modern hospitality, the local hotel functioned as the town’s living room, trading post, and center of civic life.
- The Ferryman of the Dark River
An encounter on the waterfront reveals the quiet, lingering melancholy of a man reflecting on the 'old timey days' and the hard reality of post-slavery life.
- The Original Tech School of Seattle
A look back at the Puget Sound Business College, an institution that promised students practical training in the age of rapid telegraphy and trade expansion.
- The Price of Failure on the Duwamish
As Seattle grew, a wave of court-ordered property auctions flooded the local papers, displacing families and settling debt with the cold finality of the sheriff’s gavel.
- The Simple Logic of a Territorial Divorce
A jilted husband pens a candid letter to a Justice of the Peace, asking how to dissolve his marriage and if the court might offer a replacement wife.
- The Price of Development in 1878
A wave of land foreclosures hits King County as local settlers see their riverfront properties seized to satisfy debt.
- The Struggle for Steamship Service at Oak Harbor
When the captain refused to land because the water was too shallow, a determined community built their own way to the deep water.
- The Automatic Suitor-Smacker
A fed-up father builds a booby-trapped gate to drive away his daughters' persistent suitors, turning a domestic headache into a mechanical triumph.
- The Newspaper War of 1878
Before the digital age, Seattle's editors fought their battles in court and print, trading accusations of corruption and forgery.
- The Lure of the City and the Reality of Hard Times
A frontier editorial warns local farm families that the 'fancied comforts' of Seattle often end in unemployment and vice.
- The Price of Industrial Expansion: A Sheriff's Sale on the Duwamish
In 1878, a court-ordered auction of land near the Duwamish River revealed the high-stakes debt and legal entanglements defining early Seattle development.
- The Girls Who Couldn't Be Moved
When two sisters refused to budge for a fishing trip, a bizarre and prolonged standoff ensued involving a heavy door and a very frustrated brother.
- 1878 Sheriff’s Sale Lists King County Land
A 1878 legal notice reveals a forced property sale near the Duwamish River, capturing the raw reality of early Seattle’s land-based economy.
- Sheriff's Auction: King County Land Sold to Settle a Debt
A 1878 legal notice reveals a grim snapshot of early King County land struggles, as a riverside homestead goes to auction to satisfy a debt.
- The Price of Panic: Losing the Farm to the Sheriff
After a grueling economic downturn, a King County family faces the auction block as court-ordered sales sweep Seattle.