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3 stories matching climax
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:climat, climb, clime, climatolog, climber, clio
- The Shadowy Land Rush on the Tide Flats
Speculators and land-hungry developers descend on Seattle’s tide flats amid rumors of a secret railroad terminal.
- The Real Estate Gold Rush: How West Seattle’s ‘Cream of the Cream’ Was Sold to the Highest Bidders
In February 1889, developers Fargre and Sander were selling off lots in West Seattle for as little as $25 down, promising fortunes from a plateau that was then little more than mud and ambition.
- The Dynamite Fiend of Oilman: A Lynch Mob’s Tragic Mistake
When a violent feud in King County’s coal fields ended in a massacre, the community turned to vigilante justice. But when they hanged the wrong man, the real killer walked free.