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| 1876 | 8 |
| 1877 | 9 |
| 1878 | 1 |
| 1880 | 2 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 1 |
| 1885 | 5 |
| 1886 | 2 |
| 1887 | 3 |
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2 stories matching nelli
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- The Girl Who Ran Away: A Battle for Custody in Whatcom County
When W.M. Hart returned from British Columbia with a young girl he had sent to school, he sparked a public feud with her father, revealing the complex realities of child welfare and family law in the Pacific Northwest.
- The City That Vanished: Seattle’s First Real Estate Bubble and the Ghosts of Terry’s Addition
A look back at January 1890, when Seattle’s land boom was in full swing, prices were soaring, and developers like George Dorffel were selling lots in new subdivisions to speculators eager for a quick profit.