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106 stories
- The Bakeman Block Consumed in Snohomish
A pre-dawn inferno destroys the downtown commercial core, barely sparing city records from the collapse.
- The Battle for the County Seat
Judge Ballinger grants an injunction preventing the removal of the Snohomish County seat to Everett, sparking celebrations in the streets.
- The Snohomish Smallpox Panic
A secret grave and a missing quarantine flag reveal a public health disaster brewing in the Sisters' Hospital.
- Smallpox Standoff Hits the Rails
A bitter public health dispute erupts between Snohomish County and the Great Northern Railroad over who should pay to contain a growing contagion.
- Abandoned in the Snow
Forty laborers hired by the Great Northern Railway are left destitute in Snohomish after being denied work and food.
- The Trial of 'Old Man' Robinson
A jury acquits a man accused of orchestrating a brutal ambush murder, leaving a partner to face the gallows alone.
- Corruption Allegations Rock Snohomish County
The prosecuting attorney has filed suit to remove all three county commissioners, alleging drunkenness, waste, and kickbacks from construction contracts.
- The Brutal Ambush Near Dubuque
A multi-year saga of land-use violence concludes as the mastermind behind a bloody road-access dispute is convicted.
- Dam Break Triggers Flash Flood in Snohomish
A failed dam at Blackman's Lake sent a torrent of water into the heart of town, caving in streets and flooding basements.
- The Phantom Lynching of Monte Cristo
Sensational reports of mass violence against Italian laborers in the mountains were debunked after local officials and witnesses found the camp quiet.
- The Tragedy on French's Slough
After enduring months of harassment and an earlier assault, a Snohomish farmer kills his neighbor in a roadside confrontation.
- The Price of Progress: A Right-of-Way Dispute That Reshaped the Region
When an exorbitant demand from a local farmer stalled the Great Northern Railway, the company threatened to bypass Snohomish and Everett entirely in favor of Seattle.
- Smallpox Outbreak Ignored at Snohomish Hospital
A health officer faces public backlash for failing to quarantine a hospital where a county pauper contracted smallpox.
- Two Men Sick, the Town Unwarned: Snohomish Turns on Its Health Officer
Smallpox cases sat undeclared for days while friends visited and a brother walked the streets — until fifty businessmen telegraphed Olympia demanding the state take over.
- A Frontier Ambush Near Snohomish
A railroad worker is lured into the woods under the pretense of a land deal and fights for his life against a highwayman.
- The Ambush Near Dubuque
Two farmers were shot dead in the snow by young men lurking in the woods, leaving the community reeling.
- Smallpox Panic Grips Snohomish
Snohomish health officer vaccinates 20 saloon men, jails refusers as smallpox kills a bridge builder.
- The Great Flood of 1888
Torrential rains and melting snow paralyze the Snohomish and Stillaguamish valleys, destroying bridges and disrupting rail travel to Monte Cristo.
- Snohomish Wants Its Health Officer Gone as Smallpox Closes In
A mass meeting demands Dr. McCready resign, the new pesthouse burns down overnight, and a pauper patient dies — all while the state threatens to quarantine the town.
- A Judge Calls the County-Seat Law ‘Nefarious’
Judge Ballinger dismisses Snohomish’s appeal over moving the county seat to Everett, blasting officials for defiance and the legislature for a law that leaves the court powerless.
- Gambler shot in Snohomish street row
A night patrolman fired on a man who attacked him with a rolling pin after a rowdy disturbance near the local saloon.
- The Mother Superior and the Smallpox Scandal
A Snohomish convent leader faces charges of concealing smallpox cases as she arrives in Seattle to tell her side of the story.
- Survival in the Flooded Cascades
Two miners emerge from the mountains after fifty-two hours without food, describing a desperate retreat from a flooded mining camp.
- Winter Fire Hazards Destroy Snohomish Block
A saloon lunch counter grease fire guts multiple buildings in the freezing cold, prompting calls for a permanent fire department.
- The Notorious Outlaw of Snohomish County
A local sheriff tracks down a notorious outlaw and forger in a Port Angeles jail, only to find the prisoner remarkably unbothered by his pending trial.