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- The Steam-Heated Ice Caves of Mount Rainier
A mountaineering party discovers the natural comfort of volcanic heat at 14,000 feet, sleeping in ice chambers kept warm by the mountain's own breath.
- The Tax Assessors' Cold Shoulder
Washington's county assessors struggle to find a warm place to meet, eventually retreating to the State Auditor's office to set property valuation standards.
- The Waterfront's First Industry Ends in Smoke
An abandoned barrel factory, once a symbol of Seattle's early industrial ambition, was destroyed by a fire lit by local children looking to warm up after a swim.
- Deputies Hunt Chinese Laborers Near Woolley
Deputies conducted a nighttime manhunt for Chinese workers near the Lake Shore road, firing shots to flush them from hiding.
- Pestilence in the Puyallup Valley Hop Fields
A rainy, humid August threatens the harvest as growers fight aphid infestations and labor shortages.
- The Sudden Birth of Tacoma's Ice Industry
A chance encounter over a warm lemonade led to a major local business venture.
- Tragic Drowning En Route to Wedding
A young rancher loses his life while attempting to ford the flooded Nisqually River to secure his marriage license.
- The Last-Minute Fight Over Olympia's First Real High School
On the very morning of the school-bond election, board member J. C. Rathbun fires back at the district clerk's eleventh-hour argument against building — insisting a proper high school would make Olympia the educational capital of Washington.
- The Miracle at Moxee: Water Strikes the High Ground
A homemade rotary drill finds artesian water where experts feared it was impossible, turning arid desert into potential farmland.
- The Ghost of the Burned Cabin
A suspected insurance fraud case grips 1892 Seattle after a mysterious fire leaves charred remains and a missing man in question.
- The War on the Puyallup Hop Louse
Puyallup farmers share hard-earned lessons on crop protection, revealing the tension between 'muscle' and 'brains' in early industrial agriculture.
- Seattle's Baseball Team Defeats Portland
A strong start in the first inning secures a victory for the home team at Madison Street Park.
- Railroad Disaster and Drowned Fireman in the Skagit Flood
A catastrophic flood in the Skagit Valley leads to two consecutive train wrecks and the death of fireman Ed Cole, leaving his young family behind.
- A Beardless Boy's 1855 Passage Through Puget Sound—and the Death of Abe Moses
A reminiscence from the Montesano Vidette recalls Olympia as a village in the woods, a kindness in Steilacoom, and a fatal ambush during Washington's early Indian wars.
- The Political Organizing of Seattle’s Black Community in 1892
A newly formed Republican club highlights the vibrant, organized civic life of Seattle's Black residents during the city's early municipal boom.
- The Soapbox Fury of Pioneer Place
On a shivering evening in 1892, disgruntled citizens and Populist agitators took to the streets of Seattle to decry 'subsidized editors,' crooked bond issues, and the 'damnable state of things.'
- The School District Spending Scandal
A local newspaper accuses the school board of backroom deals and misappropriating thousands of dollars in a heating system contract.
- The Judge, the County, and the $2,000 Court Record
A Yakima County land case with 128 parties reaches Olympia's Supreme Court over who must pay for a transcript that could decide the value of every farm acre.
- Two Hunters Left Clinging to the Bottom of Their Boat in Lake Washington
After an energetic Irish setter caused their rowboat to capsize, two men spent two chilling hours adrift on the lake before being rescued by passing boys.
- The Valley Sixty Miles From a Railroad
In 1892, the Big Bottom settlers of Lewis County had no road, no sawmill and no rail line — just hand-hewn homes, packhorses, a tobacco-chewing cat, and a Fourth of July party for 160 neighbors.
- The Canal Fight That Would Reshape Seattle
Senator Allen's enemies are attacking him over his support for the Lake Washington ship canal — but the 1889 legislative memorial shows one of his loudest critics once voted for it.
- A Polish Rancher in Muddy Boots Sits Down at the Piano and Steals the Show
Two hundred people in fancy dress fill the Olympia Theater to raise $83.75 for a Sherman Valley schoolhouse — with the lieutenant governor on fiddle, the mayor managing, and the sage of the valley in blue overalls at the keyboard.
- A House of Prayer for All the Nations
In 1892, Seattle's Congregation Ohaveth Sholom dedicated the first Jewish synagogue in Washington, filling the new sanctuary at Seventh and Seneca with Jews and Gentiles and with sermons that insisted the building must be more than stone and gold.
- Trapped by the Tide on the Road to Queets
In 1892, poet Herbert Bashford joined a camping party for a walk up Washington’s wild Olympic coast—and found the rising tide more dangerous than any highwayman.