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541 stories matching insid
- The Farmers' Road Rebellion
When fencing blocked access to town, the local farmers took the road-building into their own hands.
- Tragedy at the Fairgrounds
A stunt performance ends in a fatal fall before a crowd of thousands in North Yakima.
- The Daily Provisions of a Sawmill Town
A look inside the mercantile life of 19th-century Snohomish, where the local market supplied everything from salted pork to imported tobacco to the booming timber workforce.
- Tragic Descent at North Yakima Fair
A Spokane aeronaut plummeted 900 feet to his death in front of a crowded grandstand.
- The False Alarm That Struck Fear in a Seattle Neighborhood
A frame building caught fire at the corner of 31st Avenue and Cherry Street, sparking fears that victims were trapped inside.
- Minors Found Inside Tacoma’s Notorious 'Vile Resorts'
A legal battle to shutter saloons and dance halls reveals that children were regularly witnessing and participating in the city's 'wide open' nightlife.
- They Struck Gold in the Middle of Tacoma — Or Said They Did
Placer miners claim a patch of state school land inside the city is a rich mining camp. The state is drilling to bed rock to find out who is right.
- A Deadly Dispute on the Whatcom Road
A rancher takes his own life after a violent domestic confrontation and a days-long standoff with the sheriff.
- The Hungry Teenager Who Could Not Resist
After a kind Kennewick woman fed a hungry 17-year-old drifter, he stole her silver mesh bag and watch, later telling police he felt a strange compulsion to commit the crime.
- Fatal Shooting at Coulee City Restaurant
A gambler’s reckless gunfire leaves a local pioneer dead and another man wounded.
- The Burglar Who Stole From Himself
A clever thief in Seattle pulls off a double deception: stealing from a store and then framing a Chinese employee for the crime.
- The Duck That Struck Gold
A holiday dinner turns into a prospecting claim when a bell boy discovers nuggets inside a Whidby Island duck.
- The Cosmopolitan Saloon: A Fixture of 1870s Snohomish
A look inside the frontier-era watering holes that once defined the social and economic landscape of the Snohomish River valley.
- A Town Strikes Oil—or a Prankster Strikes First
A well inside Chewelah's city limits began oozing oil, setting off excitement—though one report blamed practical jokers who may have doped the well overnight.
- The Jail-Breaking Drunkard of 1877
A rowdy arrest in Seattle leads to a display of destruction inside the city lockup.
- 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.
- Scalded at the Black Diamond Mine
A foreman investigating a steam plume slipped into near-boiling water, a reminder of how quickly industrial work could turn.
- Spokane’s Fifteen-Cent Fair Was a Dollar Show for the Inland Empire
In October 1897, Spokane turned a downtown block into a clean, no-gambling agricultural exposition—and invited the whole Inland Empire to admire its fruit, grain, and future.
- Three Children Escape as Fire Destroys a Snohomish Home
A pre-dawn fire consumed Mrs. Crane's house before anyone could stop it; the three children inside got out with only their clothes, and neighbors quickly organized aid.
- A Steam-Heated Night Inside Mount Rainier
A local professor and two students discovered steam-filled caverns and potential new plant species while spending a harrowing night inside the crater of Mount Rainier.
- Four Men Spend the Night in a Boiling Crater: An 1883 Assault on Mount Rainier
A climbing party from Olympia reaches the summit of Mount Rainier and bivouacs inside the crater, where the ground itself is too hot to touch.
- Two Chinese Men Ordered Deported After Prison Term
Lee Wung and Wun Lung were ordered deported for lacking immigration papers after serving a year for forgery—a minor hearing inside the era's exclusion machine.
- The Youngest Was Saved; Three Children Died in the Embers
A two-story home in Wallula burned on the night of July 3, killing three of four grandchildren inside. The youngest child survived; the others were found in the charred ruins.
- A Roll of Gauze Left Inside: Jury Awards $859 in Spokane Malpractice Suit
Mrs. Leslie Lamb endured surgery almost two years ago, only to have a roll of gauze pulled from the wound—left there by the doctor. A Spokane jury has now found for the plaintiff.
- Tragedy at the Renton Coal Mine
A young miner is killed instantly by a falling boulder while working deep inside a Renton coal drift.