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| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 3 |
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| 1877 | 60 |
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| 1889 | 117 |
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| 1892 | 187 |
| 1893 | 163 |
| 1894 | 144 |
| 1895 | 189 |
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| 1898 | 5 |
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- Proposed Tunnel to Save Kent Valley Farms
A Seattle engineer proposes a tunnel project to drain the White River valley to protect agricultural lands from seasonal flooding.
- The Great Seattle Bond Rush of 1892
Facing a mountain of debt, Seattle voters were asked to decide the city's future through a flurry of bonds for sewers, water pipes, and court-mandated payouts.
- Harnessing Snoqualmie Falls for City Power
A bold proposal emerges to channel the power of Snoqualmie Falls to electrify Seattle's streetcars and lighting systems.
- The Price of the Iron Horse
Boosterism, county subsidies, and the hidden cost of corporate expansion in Walla Walla.
- Kennewick's 1916 Traffic Plan: Yield to Anyone Driving North or South
A proposed city ordinance gave north-south traffic the right of way at every intersection, prompting a local editor to wonder how anyone was supposed to know which way was north.
- A Spokane Syndicate’s Apple Orchard Dream at Marshall’s Lake
Col. J. E. Lindsay and backers planned a four-mile irrigation ditch and 640 acres of fruit trees five miles north of Newport, betting that water rights could transform the valley.
- The Renton Coal Mine Reopens
A new co-operative venture aims to reopen the long-shuttered Renton coal mine, promising jobs and coal at fair prices for the community.
- The Forgotten Spring of Cherry Street
City Treasurer Adolph Krug proposes reviving a historic natural spring near Sixth and Cherry to provide free, pure water to the city.
- The Peril of the 'Brewers' Bill'
As Washington state votes on prohibition initiatives, one local columnist warns that voters are being misled about the true impact of the proposed 'Brewers' Bill' on state law.
- The City Wharf That Nobody Wanted
Tacoma's attempt to force the 'mosquito fleet' into using the $3,000 municipal dock faces mockery from steamboat captains.
- Seattle Tries to Halve Its Street-Light Bill
A council debate over arc versus incandescent lamps exposed ward rivalries and a fight over how much control the city should keep over a private lighting contract.
- The Battle Over the Red Light District
Property owners near Third Street push back against an ordinance that would designate their neighborhood as the city's official 'tenderloin'.
- Spanning the Black River
As Seattle grew in 1877, the County Commissioners sought to replace a private ferry with a permanent crossing over the now-vanished Black River.
- The Supreme Court Defies Its Own Constitution
A legal dispute over Walla Walla land reveals how Washington State wrestled with the transition from federal territory to sovereign statehood.
- The Senatorial Tug-of-War Over Freight Rates
Legislators grapple with railroad lobbying as the public pushes for rate reductions on critical state transport.
- Legislative Debate Over Land Rights for Discharged Soldiers
Olympia lawmakers clash over proposed land grants for discharged soldiers, fearing corporate land speculation.
- The Senator Who Wanted to Move Idaho Thirty Miles West
A former Idaho senator says the Washington–Idaho line is in the wrong place—and that Spokane, Colfax and Palouse should be Idaho towns.
- The Price of Compassion in Pioneer Seattle
Before social safety nets, King County sought the lowest bidder to provide medical care, board, and lodging for the 'indigent poor.'
- Seattle and Port Townsend Vie for Methodist University
Before the University of Puget Sound was established, Seattle’s founding elites fought a bitter, public battle over which developer’s land would house the city’s next great institution.
- The Senatorial Tug-of-War Over the Puget Sound
In 1892, Washington’s first senators fought to prevent their state from losing its autonomy to Oregon’s political muscle in a dispute over customs districts.
- Tacoma Prepares for Anti-Chinese Agitation
Hostility toward Chinese merchants and laborers persists in Tacoma as organizers call for a mass meeting at the foot of Tenth Street.
- The Front Street Fight: Seattle’s First Battle Over Urban Planning
In a rare moment of civic clarity, the Seattle City Council rejected a street railway company's proposal to destroy Front Street, recognizing that private profit should not override public infrastructure.
- A Trans-Pacific Rail Dream for the Peninsula
Investors pledge a quarter-million dollars to connect Aberdeen to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
- The Crossing at Black River
In 1877, King County sought bids for a new bridge, marking a quiet moment of infrastructure expansion in a landscape that would soon be permanently altered by river rerouting.
- Newport Refuses a Firetrap Home for the Movies
A corrugated-iron picture show proposed beside the Antler Hotel is turned down inside the fire limits, while tent shows draw the council's ire.