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2 stories matching dig

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  1. The Vagrant and the 'Iron Jewelry'

    A petty theft on the Duwamish River lands a drifter in a Seattle jail, where he must trade his freedom for hard labor.

    May 17, 1882Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerDuwamish River, Seattle, King CountyCity Hall · True Crime

  2. Turning Stumps into a City: Seattle's Great Transformation

    For a quarter-century, the residents of Seattle have been waging a slow, expensive war against the forest, clearing timber, leveling hills, and filling ravines to make way for a modern city.

    May 3, 1882Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerCommercial Street, Seattle, King CountyBoom & Bust

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