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| 1854 | 5 |
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| 1864 | 2 |
| 1872 | 14 |
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| 1894 | 199 |
| 1895 | 232 |
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- The Chautauqua Assembly's First Season at the Sound
After a summer of lectures and illumination, Seattle and Tacoma residents bid farewell to the gathering that organizers hope will define a permanent Puget Sound cultural tradition.
- The Pullman Fairgrounds Tragedy
A young man faces the gallows for a fatal shooting at the local fairgrounds, marking a dark chapter in the town's history.
- The Beer Garden vs. The Hospital: A Tacoma Land Grab Turns Violent
When a liquor seller tried to build a beer garden on land encroaching on the Fannie Paddock Hospital, the hospital staff fought back with guards and lawyers, sparking a legal battle over property lines in old Tacoma.
- The City’s Stinking Secret
In 1888, Seattle's growing pains were literally surfacing on the beach as inadequate sewers turned the bay into an open dumping ground.
- The Land Grab at Smith's Corner: How Lewis & Gilman Are Selling Seattle's Future
While the rest of the city debates prices and politics, a powerful duo is quietly converting the terminus of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway into a goldmine, with lots selling out in days.
- The Battle Against the Fire Limits
A Seattle property owner races to build a wooden structure before new city fire regulations take hold.
- The Strange Case of the 'Woman' in the Saloon
A perplexing encounter in a Seattle saloon ignites a neighborhood scandal, revealing the tensions of gender nonconformity in the city's early frontier days.
- The City-Line Land Grab
A real estate developer attempts to use municipal law to exclude his own property from city taxes while reaping the benefits of inclusion.
- The Struggle for Homeownership in 1888
A classic real estate advertisement for 'Palatine Hill' in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer appeals to the desire for independence from rent and the promise of a growing industrial neighborhood.
- The Real Estate Dreams of Palatine Hill
In 1888, developers pitched a 'future great city' just north of Salmon Bay, promising a booming industrial paradise that never quite materialized as planned.
- The War for the Riverfront
A ruthless railroad tug-of-war in Snohomish County pits the Northern Pacific against the Seattle road for control of the Snohomish River valley.
- The Dream of 'Wine Hill': A Victorian Real Estate Mirage
Developers in 1888 touted a booming Seattle suburb near Salmon Bay with a schoolhouse and factory jobs, long before the reality of the city's sprawl caught up.
- The Promised Land of Ross Station
A speculative 1888 land advertisement promises a bustling future of manufacturing and homeownership at Salmon Bay, enticing Seattle laborers to invest in a 'suburban' boom.
- The Great Seattle Fire: A City Reborn from Ashes
June 6, 1889: How a single spark consumed the business district and forced Seattle to rebuild itself higher.
- The Dream of 'Palatine Hill': An 1888 Real Estate Pitch
Before the city sprawled into the hills, developers promised the 'cheapest property' and a future of manufacturing jobs in this ambitious suburban subdivision near Seattle.
- The Boom on the Heights: How Seattle’s Real Estate Hype Reached for the Sky in 1888
Long before today's high-rise fever, ambitious developers were betting on the future of Seattle's hillsides with promises of a 'Queen City' rising from the sound.
- The Dream of a Working-Class Suburb at Palatine Hill
Promoters marketed the new Palatine Hill addition near Salmon Bay as the ideal, affordable commuter retreat for the city's growing workforce of laborers and mechanics.
- The Real Estate Fever of 1888: Selling 'Palatine Hill'
A classic 19th-century real estate advertisement lures workers to a future Seattle suburb with the promise of cheap lots and industrial prosperity.
- The Dream of 'Palatine Hill': A Real Estate Fever Dream of 1888
Before Seattle grew into the metropolis we know, developers promised a suburban utopia just a ten-minute walk from 'Salmon Bay'—complete with rail access and schoolhouses.
- The Day Seattle Swallowed 10,000 Strangers: The Great Fourth of July Flood
In 1888, the Territory of Washington threw its biggest-ever Independence Day celebration. Steamers arrived loaded with visitors until the streets were so packed that police could barely move. Here is how Seattle hosted a crowd that nearly burst its seams.
- The 'Oscar and Hattie' Proves a Bounty of Fish
A schooner returns from Alaska, signaling the dawn of a new independent fishing industry in Puget Sound.
- The Real Estate Boom of the 1880s
Promotional copy for a new suburban development near Salmon Bay promised cheap, accessible housing for the city's rapidly growing workforce.
- Late-Night Revels in North Seattle
High society turns out for an elaborate evening of Japanese lanterns, dancing, and midnight supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Urich.
- The Dream of 'Palatine Hill': Selling the Industrial Suburb
Promotional copy from 1888 captures the rapid-fire development of Seattle’s outskirts, dangling the promise of affordable housing to laborers near the new railroad lines.
- The Promised Suburb: Sales Pitch for Palatine Hill
A late 19th-century land developer lures Seattle workers to a ‘suburban’ frontier near Salmon Bay with promises of factories and affordable housing.