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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 7 |
| 1858 | 5 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 9 |
| 1862 | 10 |
| 1863 | 5 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 4 |
| 1876 | 96 |
| 1877 | 58 |
| 1878 | 27 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 17 |
| 1882 | 18 |
| 1883 | 110 |
| 1884 | 38 |
| 1885 | 82 |
| 1886 | 42 |
| 1887 | 52 |
| 1888 | 65 |
| 1889 | 140 |
| 1890 | 20 |
| 1891 | 94 |
| 1892 | 254 |
| 1893 | 186 |
| 1894 | 203 |
| 1895 | 237 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 20 |
| 1899 | 47 |
| 1900 | 6 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 91 |
| 1904 | 97 |
| 1905 | 5 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 50 |
| 1909 | 106 |
| 1910 | 30 |
| 1911 | 7 |
| 1912 | 4 |
| 1914 | 16 |
| 1915 | 13 |
| 1916 | 45 |
| 1917 | 16 |
| 1918 | 5 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1923 | 12 |
| 1924 | 13 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 1 |
82 stories matching reach
- The Great Front Street Shirt Heist
A petty theft at a Seattle variety store ends in a dramatic, water-logged standoff at the base of the city's waterfront.
- The Fiery End of the Steamer Gazelle
A small stern-wheel steamer, once a fixture of the Willamette River, burns to the waterline while awaiting a load of shingles.
- Seattle Firefighters Demand Better Equipment
Local fire delegates warn that current equipment cannot reach the city's growing buildings during an emergency.
- Seattle's First Electric Streetcar Test
An experimental electric motor pulls a coach with thirty passengers up a steep incline in a successful trial run.
- The Mysterious Blast at the Waterfront
A loud explosion near the Seattle waterfront panicked residents, leaving authorities to discover nothing but a pile of burning rags.
- The Tragedy of a Sailor’s Train-Hopping Gamble
A penniless traveler, desperate to reach San Francisco, attempts to ride a moving freight train through the Washington wilderness—with fatal consequences.
- Tragedy on the Hatopp River
A brother’s desperate attempt to save his sister fails after their canoe hits a shoal.
- The Hidden Lives of Third Avenue
A Seattle landlady recounts the unsettling discovery of a double life happening right under her roof.
- The Tragedy at the Waterfront
A young Seattle woman's late-night walk leads to a fatal plunge into the bay, leaving behind a grieving husband and a city searching for answers.
- The Daily Struggle: When Seattle Was Made of Mud
A local pedestrian finds himself literally stuck in the muck of Mill Street, illustrating the primitive state of 1885 infrastructure.
- A Grand Welcome for Seattle's Visitors
When an excursion party arrived in Seattle in 1885, they were treated to a citywide illumination and a clam bake at Port Blakely, sparking a fierce local rivalry over the naming of Mount Rainier.
- Tragedy in the Woods Near Lone Prairie
A woman experiencing a mental health crisis locked her home and set it ablaze, killing herself and her four children.
- The Deadly Rivalry at the Bargetown Lake
Two farmers, blinded by their competition for the hand of a local woman, met at daybreak for a fight that ended in blood and arrest.
- The Iron Workers’ Truce
After months of tense negotiations and the threat of a prolonged shutdown, iron manufacturers and workmen in Seattle reach a compromise to avert a general strike.
- The Unpaid Wages of Seattle's Mill Workers
Employees at a local mill face financial desperation after being notified that their promised wages for two weeks of labor cannot be paid.
- The Great Western Land Grab
A federal investigation exposes how massive railroad corporations illicitly claimed hundreds of thousands of acres of public land by exploiting loopholes and keeping government clerks in the dark.
- The High-Stakes Weekend Hunt at Lake Washington
A Saturday excursion for deer turned into a chaotic, hilarious, and ultimately bloody race for glory on the lake in 1885.
- The Tragedy on the Mud Flats
A fisherman’s attempt to reach his boat in the dark ends in a horrific drowning, as bystanders mistake his cries for help.
- The Jury's Defiant Verdict
A Port Townsend courtroom is stunned when a jury ignores the judge's instructions and acquits a defendant, leading to an immediate judicial rebuke.
- The Narrow Escape of the Passenger on the George E. Starr
While boarding a steamship at Port Gamble, a man walking along the deck slipped through an unguarded gap in the railing—highlighting the dangerous lack of safety regulations on Puget Sound vessels.
- The Perilous Mistake of Captain Thomas Wilson
A small favor leads to a large legal headache when a Port Townsend steamer is accused of illegally transporting explosives.
- The Brutal Toll of a Pacific Northwest Winter
A traveler, lost in the woods near Seattle, fights for his life after days of exposure in sub-zero conditions.
- The Struggle Over Mount Rainier
A traveler in 1885 recounts a journey from Portland to Seattle, noting the locals' intense and 'desperate' campaign to rename the iconic peak dominating the Tacoma skyline.
- The Ghost of the Willow Lane
A decades-long obsession over a lost love and a stolen romance in the quiet corners of old Seattle.
- The Well in the Wenas
A local carpenter, suffering from the effects of alcohol, met a gruesome and solitary end after falling into a spring in the Wenas Valley.