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| 1872 | 1 |
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10 stories matching lizzi
- The Bachelor's Rebuttal
A young suitor gets an earful from a skeptical woman who prefers independence to the reality of 1880s marriage.
- The Secret Benefactor of a Struggling Seattle Teacher
A modest schoolteacher discovers that her late aunt, a wealthy woman she hardly knew, had been paying her bills in secret long before the surprising terms of her will were revealed.
- The Fourth of July Ball at Black Diamond
A festive celebration in a coal mining camp captures the exuberant spirit of early industrial Washington.
- Indigenous Couples Legally Wed in Shelton
Four Indigenous couples at Skokomish hold a ceremony to secure legal recognition of their long-standing marriages.
- The Fiddle or the Fortune
A young woman’s struggle for artistic independence against the suffocating expectations of Gilded Age Seattle.
- The Swing Chorus: How Seattle’s Elite Turned a Concert into a Tropical Fantasy
At Frye’s Opera House in 1903, the Harmony Club staged a bizarre and beautiful musical revue featuring twenty-six young women swinging on hammocks and teeter-totters, proving that Seattle society was ready for something new.
- The Crackdown on Seattle’s Red Light District
Chief Butterfield continues his campaign against 'houses of ill-fame,' arresting operators and patrons as the city forces illicit businesses to vanish from the streets.
- The Perilous Rescue at Pillar Point
A steamship crew's desperate battle against a violent storm and a jagged coastline ends in a daring rescue on the Puget Sound.
- Thanksgiving on the Edge of the Frontier
A pioneer family shares a festive dinner and stories of early territorial life near Green Lake.
- The Night the City Forgot Lent: Seattle’s Elite Dance Until Dawn
While the rest of the city prepared for Ash Wednesday, Turner Hall hosted a 'select hop' that defied religious observance, featuring diamond-encrusted gowns and a feast that lasted until 3 a.m.