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465 stories matching jackson
- The Bucket Brigade That Saved a Block
Two brothers woke to smoke and falling embers in a Third Street lodging house, then doused the roof fire before the department could even join the fight.
- The Great Seattle Lot-and-Cottage Lottery of 1888
Developers Kittinger Brothers launch an ambitious and speculative real estate scheme, baiting buyers with the chance to win a fully finished home on the outskirts of 1880s Seattle.
- The House-Lot Lottery of 1888
In an era of rapid expansion, Seattle developers entice buyers with a high-stakes gimmick: buy a lot, and you might just win a free cottage.
- Jackson and Rainier Lots Came With Cottage Prizes
Before the city’s massive growth, real estate developers used high-stakes gambling to entice buyers to the edges of town.
- The Real Estate Giveaway That Promised a 'Small Fortune'
In 1888, developers sold off 60 lots in Seattle with a high-stakes gambling hook: a chance to win a fully built cottage on your property.
- Seattle's Jackson and Rainier Lots Offered Cottage Bonuses
A speculative real estate scheme offered a 'fortune' in cottage homes to entice buyers into Seattle's rapidly expanding southern suburbs.
- The 1888 Seattle Housing Gamble
Developers promised a 'small fortune' to lucky buyers in this early Seattle land scheme.
- The Year Seattle's Water Department Turned Off the Sprinklers
Superintendent Andrew Jackson's 1894 report found savings in fuel and salaries, a 15 percent rate cut, and a citywide crackdown on irrigation scofflaws—plus thirty households that had never been billed.
- City Hall's Campaign of Ledger Wars
Republican candidate E. O. Jackson defends the current administration against Democratic accusations of bankruptcy, pointing to infrastructure improvements as proof of progress.
- Seattle Fire Department Eyes Expansion
Board of commissioners plots a budget for 1894 that includes new stations on Jackson and Madison streets.
- The Six-Hour Coup
A corrupt acting mayor attempts to replace the police chief to open the city to gamblers, only to be overruled upon the mayor’s return.
- Council Kills Streetcar’s Yesler Avenue Extension
The lower house refuses to give the Seattle City Railway Company another year to double-track Yesler Avenue and Jackson Street, even as the aldermen approve it.
- The Desperate Leap at Jackson Street
A local woman struggling with poverty and addiction finds herself in the bay after a public cry for help.
- The Tragedy on the Jackson Street Trestle
An elderly man, fleeing police custody, fell through a gap in the wooden street bridge and plunged thirty feet to his death.
- The City vs. The Tide Flats
When the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad attempted to drive piles for a slip at the foot of Jackson Street, the city of Seattle flexed its legal muscles to prevent the privatization of the waterfront.
- The Underground Fire Beneath Jackson Street
Firemen battle a persistent blaze burning within the tide-flat ashes beneath the electric light works.
- The Lonely End of a Civil War Veteran
After years spent laboring in Seattle's saloons, Alexander 'Scotty' Brown dies in the back room of a Jackson Street establishment.
- City Hall Showdown Over Suspended Police Chief
Acting Mayor Miller faces a public outcry and political embarrassment after failing to produce charges against Chief Jackson.
- The High-Stakes Gamble at City Hall
Local gambling syndicates prepare a desperate political maneuver to force Mayor Ronald to legalize their operations upon his return from the East.
- The Alderman, the Cable Road, and the Broken Promise to Double-Track Yesler
A former cable-road owner accuses a Seattle alderman of slander and demands the city force the Yesler Avenue line to honor its franchise and double-track Yesler and Jackson.
- The Typhoid Traps of Third and Jackson
Public health investigators uncover a squalid, overcrowded lodging house where laborers were left to suffer in squalor, exposing the dark underside of Seattle's rapid expansion.
- The Raid on Whitechapel’s Cribs
Under orders from the police chief, officers descended on a Seattle district known as 'Whitechapel,' arresting twenty-two women for maintaining 'houses of ill fame' in a surprise morning crackdown.
- City Treasury Nearing Empty, Controller Warns
Controller L. Q. Jackson reveals Tacoma's coffers are so low the city may soon struggle to pay for basic services, forcing a halt to promotional spending.
- Investors Eye a Comprehensive Street Railway System
A group from Boston is negotiating to build a streetcar line on Jackson Street and potentially the entire city, contingent on land bonuses.
- Assault on Jackson Street
A violent confrontation at the corner of Jackson and South Third leaves one man hospitalized and others facing justice.