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- Seattle Teachers Finally Get Paid in Cash—No More Discounting Warrants
A new state law allows the county treasurer to pay current school expenses from the annual tax levy, ending the practice of teachers discounting their salary warrants for ready cash.
- The Herring Oil Boom on Puget Sound
A new industry turns Puget Sound's abundant herring and dogfish into a lucrative oil enterprise, promising a 'little fortune' for those early to the trade.
- The Devil's Ledger: A Local Poet Exposes the Hypocrisy of Pullman’s Elite
In a rare moment of social commentary for Whitman County, an anonymous writer publishes a scathing series of rhetorical questions challenging the moral double standards of wealth, gender, and justice in 1889.
- The City's Largest Paving Project Announced
A $200,000 infrastructure overhaul is set for Puyallup Avenue and Bay Street.
- The Bridge That Bound the Bay: Seattle’s Race to Connect with the World
As the final piles are driven for the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway, local magnate Henry Yesler and his partners bet their fortunes on a railroad that will turn this muddy port into a continental hub.
- Long-Bell Lumber Mill Preparing for Launch
Massive logging operations begin in Longview as the city prepares for its grand industrial opening.
- Tacoma Yacht Club Sets Course for Growth
Members vote to incorporate and lobby Congress against new motor boat regulations as they finish their clubhouse at Brown's Point.
- Lumber Barons Admit Defeat: Seattle Lumbermen's Association Suspends Operations
Fierce competition and falling prices force the Seattle Lumbermen's Association to stop meeting, though its secretary insists the group hasn't disbanded.
- The Unlucky Stable in the Middle of the Street
A railroad land agent inadvertently builds a brand-new, modern stable smack in the middle of a planned Tacoma thoroughfare.
- The Shadow of Violence and Secrecy in Pioneer Seattle
A shocking arrest on charges of incest pulls back the curtain on the private lives of men who posed as 'dudes' in the city's downtown cigar district.
- Pullman Car Porters Ready to Strike
A rare labor dispute draws public sympathy as porters seek wages rather than tips.
- The Shingle Weavers Take a Stand
A local union leader warns mill owners that workers are ready to strike over wage cuts and 'starvation' prices.
- Guy Phinney's Brick Building Rises First After Seattle Fire
How Seattle’s downtown business district—scorched by the Great Fire—was transformed by private investment into a modern, fireproof city in just over a year.
- The Engineer, the River, and the Farmers Who Objected
A Northwestern Gas and Electric engineer stops in Walla Walla to inspect survey routes for a new power plant on the Walla Walla River — but riverside farmers are already resisting the chosen paths.
- Two Neighbors Decide to Build Their Own Road to Town
Farmers of the Calispel valley and two men along the route plan a new road that skips the Bobier hill grade and shaves two miles off the haul to Newport — if the town will chip in.
- Walla Walla Rallies to Fund the Stubblefield Home
A committee of the Commercial Club successfully secures $10,000 in local pledges to establish a new home for the needy.
- Colville's Orchard Boom Outpaces Local Logistics
Thousands of new fruit trees are ready for harvest, but the town lacks the infrastructure to pack and sell the crop.
- Blueslide Breakthrough: The Tunnel That Pushed the Idaho & Washington Northern Through
After months of hand drilling, a crew of more than 500 blows a heading through the Blueslide tunnel — while the railroad’s general manager limps on crutches after a freak construction accident.
- The North Yakima Night-Riders
Vigilante arsonists strike at property owners in the growing town of North Yakima.
- Boiler Explosion Leaves Chehalis in the Dark
A mechanical failure at the local mill triggers an city-wide blackout, prompting residents to demand a municipal power plant.
- A Late Night Close Call on the Waterfront
A vigilant officer prevents a potential disaster at a fruit store on Front Street after finding a pile of oily rags smoldering in the dark.
- Modernizing the Woods
The shift from oxen to steam power and wire cables is changing the face of the logging industry along the Wishkah River.
- The Shadowy 'Dynamiters' and the Seattle Employment Crisis
While international fears of dynamite conspiracies gripped 1885, a local Seattle employment agency quietly documented the harsh reality of thousands of men out of work, desperate, and struggling in the wake of an ironworks decline.
- Puyallup Tribe Begins Commercial Hop Farming
In a historic shift, local indigenous farmers take the first step toward independent hop production.
- The Contract for Indian Education
Federal authorities push to integrate Indigenous children into public schools to swell local district funds.