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| 1876 | 3 |
| 1877 | 4 |
| 1878 | 6 |
| 1883 | 3 |
| 1884 | 2 |
| 1885 | 5 |
| 1886 | 4 |
| 1889 | 7 |
| 1890 | 2 |
| 1891 | 7 |
| 1892 | 20 |
| 1893 | 11 |
| 1894 | 16 |
| 1895 | 10 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 2 |
| 1899 | 3 |
| 1903 | 7 |
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| 1909 | 5 |
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| 1911 | 4 |
| 1912 | 2 |
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| 1916 | 3 |
| 1924 | 2 |
| 1925 | 1 |
21 stories matching champion
- A High-Stakes Wrestling Match at the Opera House
The Victoria champion Quinn faced off against Matsada Karakichi in a brutal match that ended in controversy and injuries.
- The World's Champion Pugilist Hits Seattle
Thousands mob the waterfront to catch a glimpse of John L. Sullivan as he brings his traveling boxing roadshow to Yealer's Hall.
- The 'Irish Lad' Meets His Match
An unexpected middleweight newcomer disrupts a high-stakes wrestling match at the Seattle Skating Rink.
- Lincoln County Carved Out
Legislative battle ends in the creation of a new county despite local opposition.
- The Arcade Saloon Melee
A morning brawl involving the 'John Bull Combination' spills out of the Arcade Saloon and into the street.
- Republican Rally at the Opera House
Judge Wood defends the Sheriff’s record in the anti-Chinese expulsions of 1886.
- The Great Wrestling Challenge: A European Strongman Comes to Washington Territory
Peter Schwamcher issues an open challenge for a three-day wrestling match in Seattle, offering $500 prize money and claiming he will remain until the championship is found at the Arbois Hotel.
- Washington's 1889 Convention Settles Prohibition, Corporations
Delegates in Olympia rush to finalize state constitutional provisions, including contentious debates over railroad commissions and alien land ownership.
- The Day Seattle Voted on the Bottle
In a town-defining referendum in 1886, Seattle voters decisively rejected a prohibition measure, choosing the saloon over the temperance movement.
- The Political Fever of 1889
Thousands pack the Seattle Armory to hear a fiery orator champion the Republican cause, high tariffs, and the protection of local labor.
- The Forgotten Pioneer Missionary
Before Marcus Whitman, there was Samuel Parker, an elderly preacher who braved the frontier to map the way for the mission of 1836.
- The Prizefighter’s Penance: John L. Sullivan in Seattle
After his high-profile prizefight in the Pacific Northwest, boxing legend John L. Sullivan faces a harsh judicial reality in a Seattle courtroom.
- The Art of Moral Discipline in the 1885 Classroom
A look back at the rigorous and often controversial methods of classroom management and character building in 1880s Seattle schools.
- The Fight for the Ballot in the Northwest
A stirring speech in the Senate champions Washington Territory's decision to grant women the right to vote as a beacon for the world.
- The Pink Ticket Scandal: Seattle’s 1884 Ballot-Box Scheme
A sworn affidavit exposes how the Seattle Police Department and railroad interests allegedly colluded to swing an election, forcing voters into 'back-door' channels.
- The Railroad’s Grip on Yakima
A political firestorm erupted in 1885 when the Northern Pacific Railroad allegedly pressured the White House to fire a land official for his loyalty to local settlers.
- The Price of a Mill Hand's Life
An anonymous laborer exposes the exploitative wage practices of the Puget Mill Company, detailing how the firm undercuts competitors by replacing white workers with Chinese laborers at subsistence wages.
- The Great Seattle Tide-Land Grab
Powerful corporate interests are organizing to seize Seattle’s valuable waterfront, leaving citizens and commerce at the mercy of speculators.
- The Seattle Marksman Who Shot Himself Into a Nervous Breakdown
A hardware store's promotional stunt goes horribly wrong when counting shot holes leads to a mental collapse.
- Spokane Falls Denounces the Legislator Who Would Keep the County Whole
At Cannon's Hall, citizens passed resolutions demanding that the Territorial Legislature ignore Jacob Stitzel and split Spokane County in two.
- Seattle’s Own: How Local Capital Built the Denny Hotel Without Asking for Help
While other cities relied on outside investors or government subsidies, Seattle’s promoters raised the full capital for the new Denny Hotel in just four days through a grassroots campaign of local shareholders.