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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 13 |
| 1858 | 10 |
| 1859 | 19 |
| 1860 | 10 |
| 1861 | 20 |
| 1862 | 21 |
| 1863 | 8 |
| 1864 | 8 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 5 |
| 1872 | 40 |
| 1876 | 276 |
| 1877 | 225 |
| 1878 | 161 |
| 1879 | 13 |
| 1880 | 61 |
| 1882 | 44 |
| 1883 | 273 |
| 1884 | 150 |
| 1885 | 260 |
| 1886 | 141 |
| 1887 | 149 |
| 1888 | 135 |
| 1889 | 413 |
| 1890 | 68 |
| 1891 | 288 |
| 1892 | 683 |
| 1893 | 623 |
| 1894 | 648 |
| 1895 | 926 |
| 1897 | 23 |
| 1898 | 65 |
| 1899 | 158 |
| 1900 | 22 |
| 1902 | 13 |
| 1903 | 324 |
| 1904 | 327 |
| 1905 | 26 |
| 1907 | 16 |
| 1908 | 146 |
| 1909 | 411 |
| 1910 | 106 |
| 1911 | 33 |
| 1912 | 12 |
| 1914 | 59 |
| 1915 | 73 |
| 1916 | 125 |
| 1917 | 90 |
| 1918 | 13 |
| 1919 | 3 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 6 |
| 1923 | 40 |
| 1924 | 16 |
| 1925 | 11 |
| 1928 | 5 |
| 1929 | 10 |
413 stories matching time
- The Growing Pains of a Frontier City
An 1888 editorial calls for a new municipal charter to manage Seattle’s rapid expansion and modern infrastructure needs.
- The Fire Department’s Tardy Response
In an era of rapid expansion and hilly terrain, Seattle's fire service struggles to keep pace, leaving neighborhoods dangerously vulnerable.
- The Unstoppable Press: Reporting from the Ashes
When the offices and machinery of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer were consumed by fire, the paper didn't miss a beat, resorting to job presses and sheer grit to keep the city informed.
- The Shoemaker's Windfall
When a simple shop sign is caught by the wind, it leads to an unexpected—and quite public—domestic confession.
- The City's Quest for Poultry Independence
Local entrepreneurs are opening large chicken ranches to end Seattle’s reliance on imports from Portland.
- The Eight-Hour Push: Seattle Hardware Stores Lead the Way
Local hardware merchants agree to close at 6 p.m. to grant employees the 'benefit of the long summer evenings' for rest and recreation.
- The Milk-Drinking Controversy
A late 19th-century public health debate in Seattle challenges traditional wisdom on how, and how often, to feed the city's infants.
- The Man Who Bought His Last Meal with Strychnine
A carpenter checks into a Seattle boarding house, complains of abdominal pain, and dies by suicide in Room 23—leaving behind a diary entry that reads like a ghost story.
- The North Seattle Commuter Who Fought Back
When two armed men attempted to rob a local resident near the Grant-Street bridge, he chose to defend his coin with a kick and a fistfight.
- Heroic Efforts Save Mill from Raging Forest Fire
A forest fire in the mountains above Dayton decimated one mill, while employees fought flames with water and back-firing techniques to save a second property.
- Washington Debates Making the Railroad Commission Permanent
Debating the power of the state to regulate railroad monopolies in Washington.
- The Great Seattle Fire: A Call to Rebuild
In the shadow of the 1889 Great Seattle Fire, a local editor calls for unity, resilience, and an end to public complaining as the city begins the monumental task of reconstruction.
- Seattle's Public Library Dreams Put on Hold
After clearing the site of previous tenants, city officials stall on the construction of a new permanent home for the public library, leaving the project in limbo.
- The Garbage Crisis: Seattle’s ‘Primitive’ Streets Demand a Permanent Solution
As the City Council debates the fate of the city's waste, officials warn that makeshift disposal methods are turning neighborhoods into health hazards and driving down property values.
- The Room That Built a City: Seattle’s Desperate Hunt for Business Space
As the population swells and applications for commercial space hit record highs, city leaders warn that without immediate construction, Seattle will lose its economic dominance to rivals who can offer room.
- The Wild West of Asotin City
Federal authorities scramble as intoxicated travelers on the Washington-Idaho border cause local terror and gunplay.
- The Lonely End of an English Settler
A quiet man living in seclusion in a remote cabin near Seattle is found dead after years of isolation.
- Seattle’s Own: How Local Capital Built the Denny Hotel Without Asking for Help
While other cities relied on outside investors or government subsidies, Seattle’s promoters raised the full capital for the new Denny Hotel in just four days through a grassroots campaign of local shareholders.
- The Unseen Toll of Seattle’s Great Fire
A Norwegian immigrant, unable to cope with the ruin of his family life following the Great Seattle Fire, is declared insane by the probate court.
- The Library Trustees and the Question of Control
A new library for Seattle comes with strict conditions: no religious control, no religious dogma in book selection, and strict financial oversight.
- Drafting Washington's Future
As the 1889 Constitutional Convention drags on, legislators, lobbyists, and educators collide over taxes, schools, and the path to statehood.
- The Brick Revolution: Why Seattle’s Wooden Streets Are a Financial Trap
An editorial in the Seattle Intelligencer argues that the city's reliance on timber construction is holding back its prosperity, urging property owners to invest in fireproof brick buildings to secure higher rents and double their income.
- The City That Forgot Its Builders: Seattle’s Public Shaming of Its Own Founders
In a rare editorial outburst, the *Seattle Post-Intelligencer* defends the city's original developers against 'vulgar abuse' from local critics who demand new construction without honoring those who built the town.
- The Fight Over Tribal Land in the Path of Progress
Booster newspapers in 1889 editorialized against the reservation system, calling for the seizure of Indigenous land to satisfy a hungry real estate market.
- The Streetcar Boom: Seattle's 1890 Expansion to Green Lake
A classic real estate play unfolds as the Electric Railway Company breaks ground, promising to bridge the distance between downtown and the 'famous' green fields of the north.