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479 stories matching bottom
- The Ghost of Grays Harbor City
Speculators learn the hard way as a subsidized townsite dies on the vine.
- The Original Seattle Real Estate Hustle
In 1876, a pioneer developer lured buyers with the promise of 'a lot for nothing,' provided they were willing to build their own future on his terms.
- The Bachelor in the Big River Bottom
A widow tries to snag a wealthy bachelor, only to find the man she’s been bossing around is the landlord she was trying to impress.
- Miners Plunge 70 Feet in Mine Shaft Accident
A broken signal wire leads to a terrifying fall for two miners working at the Oakdale coal mine near Franklin.
- One Pump Between the Crew and the Bottom of the Sea
The bark Nona Jitum survived a two-day gale off the Columbia River only by keeping one pump running—then limped into Seattle with a ruined cargo and no insurance.
- Tragedy in a Tacoma Sewer Ditch
A team of horses and a wagon are discovered floundering in a construction trench, with fears for the driver's life.
- The Killer Who Died Before the Verdict
O. H. Miller died under indictment for two murders. From an asylum, his son claims he knows where the murder weapon lies—at the bottom of a lake near Mercer Island.
- Fatal Mine Explosion Near Tacoma
- The Rising Well of Olympia
A local well is mysteriously emerging from the ground, brick by brick, defying gravity and logic.
- The 'Top and Bottom' Sting
A traveler is swindled out of his savings by a gang of con artists on a Seattle sidewalk, sparking a city-wide police sweep.
- The Relentless Fate of the Tug Blanche
For the fourth time in a single year, a local tugboat has met a watery end at the Seattle Lumber company wharf.
- The Herald Editor Arrested in School Board Libel Feud
A simmering local dispute between Aberdeen's newspaper and the school board has escalated into a criminal charge.
- Diving for the Lost Safe of the Northern Pacific
A salvage operation is underway in Tacoma harbor to recover a sunken safe containing $14,000 in cash and documents.
- Fatal Accident in Wilbur Well
A farmer is killed after falling eighty feet while cleaning a well.
- The Perilous Afternoon of a Seattle Homeowner
A classic tale of a homeowner's frustration with construction progress takes a literal turn when he gets stranded on his own scaffolding, sparking a tense negotiation with a neighborhood boy.
- L.H. Rogers Seeks King County Farmland, 1891
A look at the turn-of-the-century land speculation market in King County, where suburban tracts were sold as the path to prosperity.
- The Dredger Pacific Resurfaces
A industrial mishap in the Sound leads to a dramatic recovery of a sunken dredger.
- The Mysterious Girl at Police Headquarters
A young girl is found alone in Seattle, sparking a quiet investigation into a suspected abduction.
- Worker Killed in Tacoma Gravel Pit Slide
A young laborer was buried beneath a wall of sand at a North End worksite.
- Eastern Washington Farmers Question Canal Freight Claims
A local farmer challenges the Post-Intelligencer’s claim that a canal will lower freight rates, sparking a heated editorial defense on the economic future of the region.
- A Plunge Toward the Waterfront
A teamster survives a terrifying fifty-foot tumble after his wagon loses footing on the steep grades of 1889 Seattle.
- A Frontier Land Opportunity in Snohomish
An 1877 classified advertisement offers prime riverside acreage, signaling the rapid transformation of the Snohomish riverfront for settlement.
- The Mysterious Vanishing of $490
A cash shipment intended for Arlington disappears from the Northern Pacific Express Company's transit pipeline, leaving staff scrambling.
- The Carpenter's Secret Compartment
A crafty smuggler’s hollowed-out tool chest, designed to look like the property of a humble working man, fails to outsmart Seattle Customs inspectors.
- Twelve Miles Down, Twelve to Go: Seattle Bets on a Railroad to the Coal Fields
Stockholders reorganized the Seattle and Walla Walla road, re-elected their officers, and then turned on the subscribers who have not paid their bonds — because twenty-four miles of track would open the Cedar River coal and the valley's bottom land.