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| 1854 | 1 |
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| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 1 |
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| 1872 | 4 |
| 1876 | 22 |
| 1877 | 12 |
| 1878 | 8 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 7 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 24 |
| 1884 | 11 |
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| 1886 | 12 |
| 1887 | 11 |
| 1888 | 15 |
| 1889 | 39 |
| 1890 | 7 |
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| 1892 | 73 |
| 1893 | 50 |
| 1894 | 83 |
| 1895 | 133 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 12 |
| 1899 | 15 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 37 |
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7 stories matching owing
- The Wife Who Took Control of Her Husband’s Sobriety
A hardworking Seattle woman uses the law to force her dissipated husband into recovery, declaring she will build a better home while he is locked away.
- The Abandoned Crew of the Bark Northwest
Thirteen mariners petition the federal court in Seattle for their unpaid wages after a grueling voyage from San Francisco to Port Madison.
- The City’s Biggest Celebration
Athletic contests and a tense yacht race on the Sound defined Seattle's 1880 Fourth of July.
- The City That Wants to Be the Boston of the Pacific
While San Francisco fretfully watches its own supremacy, an 1880 editorial predicts a rising Puget Sound metropolis of millions.
- The Crew of the 'Tidal Wave' Demands Their Due
After being discharged in Port Madison without full pay, fourteen mariners have filed a legal claim against the American bark 'Tidal Wave' in Seattle.
- The Brutal Statistics of Poverty in 1880
A report in the Seattle Daily Intelligence uses cold, hard data to argue that the 'reproduction of capital'—human life—is threatened by the crushing weight of poverty and labor conditions.
- The Political Price of a County Seat
When Steilacoom faced a challenge from a rising New Tacoma, citizens weighed civic growth against the hard cost of building a new government center.