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2 stories matching bedstead

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  1. The Pioneer Variety Store: A Snapshot of Commerce in Early Seattle

    Before the age of big-box retailers, local general stores like T. P. Freeman’s served as the essential hubs for hardware, furniture, and household needs on the frontier.

    Apr 17, 1878The Northern Star1st Ave and 2nd Ave, Seattle, King County

  2. The Day She Asked for Our Front Door

    A Snohomish resident’s hilarious and exasperating account of his neighbors’ audacious borrowing habits reveals the thin veneer of civility in close-knit frontier communities.

    Feb 3, 1877The Northern StarSnohomish, Snohomish CountyStrange But True

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