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456 stories matching wild
- The Hard Sell for Inland Empire Farms
Spokane boosters and Kennewick business leaders draft a regional campaign to recruit farmers for 'untilled' lands, pivoting away from the era's wild land speculation.
- Seattle’s Wild Reaction to the Corbett-Sullivan Fight
Thousands filled the streets and saloons as the underdog James J. Corbett defeated John L. Sullivan in twenty-one rounds.
- German Dignitaries Shocked by Seattle's Sophistication
Members of the German Imperial Commission visiting the World's Fair dismiss European rumors that Seattle is a lawless, wild frontier.
- The Tragedy of ‘Pike Street Em’
A teenage girl faces state intervention after authorities decide she is 'running wild' on Seattle streets.
- A Hearty Welcome to the Newcomers
Fourteen New Brunswick immigrants arrived and built an 18-foot skiff to scout Puget Sound farmland.
- The Great Goose Hunt Fiasco
Four local men head into the wild to secure a feast, only to return with a story of deception and a very expensive bottle of wine.
- The Wolf-Dog of the Grande Ronde
A ranger’s loyal pet answers the call of the wild, but gives his life to defend his master against his own pack.
- The Bird of Dexter: A Partridge’s Remarkable Return
After being tamed, caged, and set free on a farm, a wild partridge inexplicably returned to its owner's doorstep, prompting a local newspaper to take notice.
- The Wild, Wild West of 'Africa'
A spectacular comic opera takes over the Marquam Grand Theatre, featuring a cast of seventy and a plot about a gullible college student misled into thinking he's exploring the Dark Continent.
- The Goat-Powered Revolution
Pierce County farmers discover that Angora goats are the ultimate tool for clearing the rugged, wild Pacific Northwest landscape.
- The Dead Banker’s Wealth: A Tale of Fish and Ruin
In the December 3, 1876 edition of Seattle's only daily newspaper, publisher Thos. B. Merry announces a new Sunday feature exploring the tragic fall of local banker Ralston, whose fortune was lost to the depths of Puget Sound.
- The Military Road That Opened the Northwest
A $100,000 federal appropriation sends Lieut. John Mullan back to the Pacific to push a wagon road from Fort Walla Walla to Fort Benton—and with it, a tide of settlers into Oregon and Washington.
- The Wild Madison Street Sled Crash
A group of young men took a bob-sled on a high-speed, downhill run in winter, ending in a violent collision with a telegraph pole.
- Wild Goose Bill: The Frontier Ferryman Who Kept a Free Boat for the Poor
A Washington paper remembers W. H. Condon, a 68-year-old pioneer whose free Columbia River ferry, homemade roads and violent past made him a local legend.
- The Roslyn Wedding Brawl
A double wedding in the Hungarian quarter of Roslyn devolved into a chaotic riot involving knives and heavy drinking.
- The Sheep Dog Attack at Gibbon
A Northern Pacific freight agent survives a brutal encounter with a working dog while managing livestock shipments.
- The Price of Prosperity in the Valley
As irrigation booms, Yakima's editor warns merchants against the dangerous habit of unchecked store credit.
- Wild Goose Bill Dies in the Doorway of the Hollis King Ranch
The squatter who founded the town of Wilbur came to the King ranch with a six-shooter, shot the woman who had left him, and was killed by the dying man who shot back.
- Six Hours, Sixteen Thousand Feet: Puget Sound's Lumber Boom
A correspondent touring the Sound in 1860 marvels at new sawmills at Utsalady and Port Gamble, where wild country is being turned into lumber camps and the Territory is already boasting of a manufacturing future to rival the older states.
- A Wild Dash Down Fourth Street
A young, skittish horse sends a local merchant leaping for his life in 1876 Seattle.
- The Fight Over Seattle's 'Wild and Visionary' Boulevard Plan
A citizen raises alarms over the city's costly early attempts to expand public parks and infrastructure, accusing local real estate speculators of driving the vision.
- A Panther Encounter on the River Road
Two locals survived a tense, face-to-face standoff with a wild cat between the Snohomish and Skykomish rivers.
- The Abduction and Drugging of Lody Wirt
A young girl is kidnapped at a local depot and transported to Seattle, sparking a criminal investigation.
- The Beast on the Bluff: Hunting a Panther in White River
A Seattle neighborhood turns out with dogs to track a predator that decimated a local farmer's livestock.
- The Spectacle of the Potlatch
An observer documents the elaborate cultural traditions of an Indigenous gathering in the Washington Territory.