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| Year | Stories |
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| 1889 | 2 |
| 1891 | 1 |
| 1892 | 4 |
| 1893 | 9 |
| 1894 | 6 |
| 1895 | 6 |
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- The Grandest Affair of the Year: Knights Templar and Eastern Star Unite for New Year's Eve
Seattle’s elite gathered at Commandery No. 10 for a lavish installation ceremony, complete with Indian impersonations, sword presentations, and a feast that lasted until dawn.
- A Rough Week in Chehalis
A local train wreck and a string of mishaps keep the town busy.
- The Mill That Left Town: Snoqualmie's Hope Goes to Portland
After a December fire, the town waited for a rebuild. Instead, Park & Lacy is hauling the machinery south, closing a $75,000 chapter.
- The Battle Against 'Butcher' Architects
Local architects met to argue against open competitions that allowed unqualified builders and butchers to bid on public projects.
- The Minister's Son, the Stolen Till and the Seattle Policeman
Harry C. Good was given chance after chance in Victoria. His latest chapter was a shooting in Seattle.
- New Revelations in the Yesler Will Scandal
A bombshell deposition alleges that the widow of pioneer Henry L. Yesler and her mother conspired to destroy his will to secure his vast fortune.
- A Smuggler’s Brassy Boast at the Custom House
A smuggler brazenly enters the Seattle Custom House while intoxicated, bragging to officials about moving people into the country illegally.
- The Rebekah Lodge Rises in Bothell
A festive delegation of Seattle Odd Fellows journeys to Bothell by steamer to establish a new chapter.
- The Final Chapter for a Lewis County Pioneer
A veteran of the Indian wars and a founding figure in Centralia passes away, leaving behind a legacy tied to the early settlement of the region.
- The Battle of the West Street Crossing
A lone police officer stands his ground against a railroad crew in a decades-long property dispute.
- The Struggle for Seattle's Waterfront
The Northern Pacific Railroad moves to seize control of vital freight terminals, marking a new chapter in the city's complex rail history.
- The Shadowy Deal for the Yesler Will
Seattle city officials testify under oath about secret negotiations to recover the lost will of Henry Yesler through a high-stakes contingent fee.
- A Tragic Finality on Fourth and Columbia
A young woman takes her own life in a fit of despair, marking a dark chapter for a Seattle boarding house.
- The Fight for Hattie Graham
A teenager locked away in the House of the Good Shepherd finds herself at the center of a legal and domestic tug-of-war.
- The Price of a Divorce
After abandoning her marriage to live with another man, Phoebe Bovee loses her claim to their shared property in court.
- Seattle Bids Farewell to Its Founding Father
As Henry Yesler, the man who built the city's first sawmill, is laid to rest, Princess Angeline and the city's pioneers reflect on the rapid transformation of their frontier home.
- A Tacoma School Inquiry Ends in a Hallway Brawl
A closed-door investigation at Tacoma High School spills into a physical confrontation between a professor and a Chamber of Commerce committeeman.
- The Battle for the Ballard Waterfront
A long-standing feud between the city of Ballard and a railroad company culminates in a dramatic late-night confrontation over street construction on the tide flats.
- The Wild Frontier of Washington’s Legal System
Before high-rises and air-conditioned courtrooms, pioneer lawyers traveled by canoe, slept in tents, and sometimes held court with a loaded derringer in their pockets.
- The Clearing of Whitechapel
In April 1892, Seattle’s police chief launched a moral crusade to shutter the 'cribs' of Whitechapel, forcing residents into the shadows and signaling an early chapter in the city's long history of displacing vulnerable communities.
- The Waterfront War: Railroads Clash Over Seattle Tide Flats
A long-standing right-of-way dispute between the Great Northern and the Oregon Improvement Company turns physical as crews rip up tracks at the foot of Washington Street.
- The Temperance Union’s Grand Flower Festival
As Seattle grew, the local chapter of the W.C.T.U. organized elaborate civic events, revealing the powerful social network of women shaping the city's public life.
- The Broomstick Revolver: How a Seattle Inmate Whitted a Pistol in His Cell
Behind bars in the Seattle city jail, prisoner Henry Blanck carved a convincing revolver from a broom handle, stove wood and tobacco foil — a jailhouse bluff that detectives called a new chapter in the city's criminal history.
- The Missing Girl and the Tacoma Conspiracy
A habeas corpus hearing in Seattle fails to prove Mrs. Ryther took Katie Hackworth, but Judge Langley scolds her and suggests Tacoma women engineered the girl's disappearance.
- England Wants Glacier Bay: A Seattle Miner’s Alaska Warning
Miner W. Bruce tells Seattle that Britain’s boundary claim would seize the Lynn Canal trail and Glacier Bay—and hand the Alaska tourist trade to Canadian Pacific steamers.