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  1. Nineteen Buildings Gone Before Breakfast

    With no fire department and only buckets, the Kitsap County seat of Sidney watched its entire business district burn to the ground in three hours — then promised to rebuild as Seattle had.

    Sep 10, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBay Street, Port OrchardCity Hall · Disasters

  2. The Granite That Built a Naval Powerhouse

    A Seattle contractor bypasses local stone to import Canadian granite for the massive new Port Orchard dry dock, sparks a cross-border trade friction.

    Jun 11, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Orchard, Kitsap CountyWork & Pay · Follow the Money

  3. The Town With the Wrong Mail

    A mix-up over naming rights between two Kitsap County towns leads to a mail delivery crisis.

    Jan 20, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Orchard, Kitsap CountyBoom & Bust · Strange But True

  4. The Trial of Severus Ratten

    A murder trial proceeds in Kitsap County despite defense arguments that local prejudice makes a fair hearing impossible.

    Jan 19, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerKitsap County Courthouse, Port OrchardTrue Crime

  5. The Jailer Lost the Key

    A murder trial in Kitsap County is stalled after a clumsy jailer heads downtown with the only key to the prisoner's cell.

    Jan 18, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Orchard, Kitsap CountyCity Hall · Strange But True

  6. The Granite Controversy at Port Orchard

    Seattle labor organizers protest the use of British Columbia rock for a U.S. Navy contract.

    Jun 18, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Orchard, Kitsap CountyWork & Pay

  7. The 75-Year-Old Whistling-Buoy Inventor Comes to Fit the Navy's 600-Ton Gate

    James Bigler, who has built the giant steel caissons in every government dry dock in the country, arrives on Puget Sound to assemble the mammoth gate for the Port Orchard dock — a 600-ton steel vessel shipped in pieces around Cape Horn.

    Jul 29, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Orchard, Kitsap CountyWork & Pay · Local Legends

  8. A Kitsap County Political Grudge Match

    Local residents decry the political renaming of the Sidney post office, arguing it’s a scheme to fire a veteran and confuse the mail.

    Jan 23, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Orchard, Kitsap CountyCity Hall

  9. The Lawyer and the Rubber Coat

    A Seattle attorney pulls a local government worker from a watery death in the harbor by the tails of his coat.

    Jan 19, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Orchard, Kitsap CountyStrange But True

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