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1. The Unlikely Bond Between a Convict and His Keeper

   A rare glimpse of humanity inside the grim walls of a frontier jail, where a long-term prisoner and the man paid to guard him found a surprising connection.

   Dec 28, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

2. The Hidden Anarchist Dens of Old Seattle

   A reporter goes undercover into the city's dimly lit saloons to find the radicals, the red-eyed agitators, and the illicit literature that supposedly threatened the order of the growing town.

   Dec 13, 1887Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1st Street & 2nd Street, Seattle, King CountyNightlife

3. Peter Kirk's Iron Works Signal Seattle's Manufacturing Ambitions

   A bold call in 1887 to turn Seattle into a premier manufacturing powerhouse by offering free land and tax incentives to incoming factories.

   Oct 9, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerKing County, SeattleBoom & Bust

4. The Political Pilgrimage to Steilacoom

   In 1887, Washington Territorial legislators took a collective trip to inspect the state's asylum, but the solemn mission quickly devolved into a social affair that kept the real results hidden from the public.

   Dec 16, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerWestern State Hospital, Steilacoom, Pierce CountyCity Hall

5. The Forgotten Pioneer Who Built Tacoma

   Job Carr arrived in a wilderness with an ox team and a dream of a railroad terminal, only to die with a broken heart as the city he staked rose up to push him aside.

   Aug 14, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerOld Town, Tacoma, Pierce CountyBoom & Bust

6. The 'Committee of Fifteen' and the Struggle Against Chinese Labor in Tacoma

   An archival look at the exclusionary 1886 resolution that fueled the violent campaign to purge Chinese residents from Tacoma.

   Aug 19, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyExclusion & Resistance

7. The Struggle for the Promised Land of Washington Territory

   While Washington pioneers clamored for the development of government-held land to build a state, political gamesmanship in Washington, D.C. left the local economy in limbo.

   Mar 16, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyFollow the Money

8. The Tragedy of a Deserted Mother on the Seattle Waterfront

   A young woman, abandoned by an abusive husband, finds herself destitute and desperate for passage back home to Portland.

   Oct 4, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerLake Union, Seattle, King CountyScandal

9. The Starving Men of Springbrook

   A deputy sheriff returns from a strike site near Springbrook to report that workers have been left without food or wages for days, contradicting company claims of a riotous mill burning.

   Dec 21, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSpringbrook, Renton, King CountyWork & Pay

10. The Brotherly Brawl That Stopped the Boat

    When two brothers’ disagreement over work on the Sound led to a public fight and a lawsuit, a clever attorney used the distraction of a boat departure to force a reconciliation.

    Apr 8, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

11. A Solitary Death in the Harbor

    A young man, seemingly alone in the world, is discovered in Seattle's harbor, his pockets containing only letters from a jilted former flame.

    Jun 26, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle Waterfront, Seattle, King CountyTrue Crime

12. The Hidden Labor of the Kitchen

    A late 19th-century editorial critiques the grueling, unregulated work conditions of domestic servants in Seattle households.

    Mar 27, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyWork & Pay

13. The Lonely Life of the Seattle Bachelor

    A local writer laments the lack of respectable social outlets for unmarried men, arguing that the city’s saloons and variety shows offer nothing but 'hardening influences.'

    Mar 20, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSecond Street, Seattle, King CountyNightlife

14. The Secret Bride of Fifteen Years

    A chance encounter in Seattle reveals a woman’s decades-long secret: a teenage marriage kept hidden from society and the law.

    Jan 30, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyScandal

15. The Printer and the Preacher: A Life Between Worlds

    Rev. Peter C. Stanup, a Puyallup tribal member, reflects on his journey from the reservation school to the pulpit and the printing press.

    Apr 17, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce County

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