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| Year | Stories |
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| 1859 | 2 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 2 |
| 1876 | 56 |
| 1877 | 24 |
| 1878 | 23 |
| 1880 | 9 |
| 1882 | 10 |
| 1883 | 43 |
| 1884 | 15 |
| 1885 | 23 |
| 1886 | 17 |
| 1887 | 19 |
| 1888 | 33 |
| 1889 | 100 |
| 1890 | 10 |
| 1891 | 74 |
| 1892 | 153 |
| 1893 | 165 |
| 1894 | 126 |
| 1895 | 110 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 4 |
| 1899 | 27 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 38 |
| 1904 | 48 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 11 |
| 1909 | 43 |
| 1910 | 7 |
| 1911 | 4 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 3 |
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| 1916 | 14 |
| 1917 | 8 |
| 1923 | 3 |
| 1924 | 1 |
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| 1928 | 1 |
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- Fatal Plunge into the Tide
A runaway team forces a Seattle teamster off the unguarded planks of Commercial Street to his death.
- The Final Division of the Terry Estate
After twenty years of shared ownership, the heirs of Seattle pioneer C.C. Terry divide the family’s downtown real estate holdings.
- The Saloonkeeper Who Struck It Rich
Before becoming a California mining titan, John Mackay kept a humble saloon on the corner of 12th and Main in Seattle.
- The $100,000 Flip: How a Seattle Speculator Made a Fortune on the Corner of Pike and Pioneer
While the city debates housing affordability, a quiet real estate deal reveals how early developers turned modest lots into massive wealth in just one year.
- Haven Church Opens Debt-Free
A young M.E. congregation celebrates the dedication of its new building on the corner of Howard and First Streets.
- The Unsolved Mystery at Front and Taylor
A dock worker found unconscious and dying on a Seattle street corner leaves behind a trail of unanswered questions.
- New $100,000 Commercial Building Approved for Downtown Seattle
A five-story brick and stone structure is set for the corner of Main and Second streets, intended for wholesale tenants.
- Assault on Jackson Street
A violent confrontation at the corner of Jackson and South Third leaves one man hospitalized and others facing justice.
- Midnight Robbers Rule the Streets
A wave of armed robberies plagues Seattle, leaving citizens wary and police in pursuit of a gang masking themselves with skeleton keys and spare rags.
- The Last Walk of Charles Klndlund
A local Tailors’ Union mourns their own, highlighting the strong ties of labor solidarity in 1890s Seattle.
- The Yesler Estate Cashes Out Its Corner of Pioneer Square
Administrators ask the court to let them sell the Yesler Building at Commercial Street and Yesler Avenue to New York's Mutual Life, in a deal worth roughly half a million dollars.
- The Stakes That Hold a Town Together
A county surveyor re-marks Newport's original corners on Washington Avenue, untangling property lines and unblocking a hotel project.
- The 'Bear of Third Street' Prank
A group of rowdy boys in 1880s Seattle found a cruel way to terrorize women walking home alone at night.
- City Hall Moving into the Eakin Building
In a move to consolidate services, Kennewick's city government will relocate its offices and fire department to the corner of Second and Pacific.
- The Day the Circus Band Wagon Tore Through Downtown Tacoma
A runaway team of horses pulling a promotional circus wagon turned a mundane Monday into a scene of carnage at the corner of Washington and South Second Street.
- A Sudden Passing on Second Street
A well-known local physician collapses in the heart of downtown Seattle.
- The Land Grab at Smith's Corner: How Lewis & Gilman Are Selling Seattle's Future
While the rest of the city debates prices and politics, a powerful duo is quietly converting the terminus of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway into a goldmine, with lots selling out in days.
- The Rising Costs of Second Street
New leases on Seattle property reveal the economic power and strategic displacement tactics used against the Chinese community in 1884.
- Congregationalists Secure a Prime Downtown Corner
The church purchases a lot at Second and University, planning for a new landmark in the city’s heart.
- He Walked Out of His House on Park Street and Simply Vanished
H. S. Patterson left the corner of Park Street and Boyer Avenue on a Monday afternoon. His wife was 'almost distracted,' and a diligent police search had turned up nothing at all.
- Newport Bets $12,000 on a Concrete Hotel — and a Street of New Homes
A three-story, thirty-room hotel at Washington and Second leads a summer building rush that will remake several Newport blocks.
- A New 'Monte Carlo' in Fairhaven
Two entrepreneurs prepare to open a lavish new club and billiard room on McKenzie Street.
- A Breakfast Tragedy at Pacific Avenue
A local woman’s accidental encounter with a cable car turns the intersection into an omelette station.
- Three Light Plants Become One, With a Promise of Cheap Electricity
The Union Electric Company and the Seattle Gas & Electric Light Company have merged into the Union Illumination Company. Boilers are being hauled to the Grant Street bridge powerhouse, and the new manager says rate cuts are two weeks away.
- The Seattle Building Boom of 1892
A record-breaking month of construction permits signals a massive wave of development in the downtown core.