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| Year | Stories |
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| 1888 | 33 |
| 1889 | 97 |
| 1891 | 43 |
| 1892 | 131 |
| 1893 | 163 |
| 1894 | 124 |
| 1895 | 110 |
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- Seattle Lot Listings Pitch Prime Business Corners in 1888
A classic advertisement from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reveals the city’s early land-grabbing fervor, offering prime downtown lots and suburban tracts for a fraction of today's prices.
- Laying the Groundwork for the University
Seattle celebrated Independence Day with the formal, ceremonial laying of the corner-stone for the new University of Washington.
- The Wild West of Seattle Real Estate
An 1888 advertisement promises 'fine acreage' and quick riches in a rapidly expanding Seattle, highlighting the speculative fervor that defined the city's early growth.
- Seattle Rising: The Blocks Going Up Where the Fire Burned
Dexter Horton & Co. reopens on the same corner it held before the great fire, as new brick blocks, houses and excavations push out across the young city.
- The Grand Parade of the Corner Stone Lodge
In 1892, Seattle’s Black community celebrated the formal installation of the Corner Stone Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons, a milestone for Prince Hall Masonry in Washington State.
- The Perilous Seventh and Pine Coasting Crash
A dozen youths riding a 'double-header' sled collided with a laundry wagon, resulting in injuries during a winter snowstorm.
- The Great Reconstruction
A reporter recounts the feverish pace of laborers, bricklayers, and carpenters rebuilding Seattle following a massive fire.
- Tacoma's Biggest Real Estate Deal in Months: Bennett Sells Prime Corner for New Commercial Block
Nelson Bennett sells the southeast corner of Eleventh and Pacific to the Peoples Store Company, paving the way for a three-story brick and glass building.
- Arrested for Standing on the Corner
A Seattle man is hauled off to jail for the simple crime of engaging in a public conversation that obstructed the sidewalk.
- The Seattle Land Boom’s Elite Sales Pitch
A 19th-century real estate advertisement lists Seattle’s power brokers as testimonials for a major development push near Madison Street.
- A Woman's Fist Fights Off a Tacoma Street Robber
After being accosted at 11th and A, a woman turned the tables on her attacker, delivering a stinging blow that sent him fleeing into the night.
- Smallpox Outbreak Hits Seattle Lodging Houses
City health officers scramble to contain a sudden spike in cases as the disease spreads through the southern district.
- The Bankruptcy Fire Sale of 1891
A failed clothing enterprise on the corner of 2nd and Washington puts its remaining stock under the gavel as the assignee clears the shelves.
- The Great Northern's Building Boom
New bricks and stone are transforming the downtown core as the Great Northern Railway’s arrival spurs a flurry of commercial construction.
- Seattle's Great Fire Forced a Church Building Boom
Following the devastating fire, Seattle's religious congregations are rushing to rebuild their houses of worship in stone and brick.
- Fatal Plunge into the Tide
A runaway team forces a Seattle teamster off the unguarded planks of Commercial Street to his death.
- Haven Church Opens Debt-Free
A young M.E. congregation celebrates the dedication of its new building on the corner of Howard and First Streets.
- New $100,000 Commercial Building Approved for Downtown Seattle
A five-story brick and stone structure is set for the corner of Main and Second streets, intended for wholesale tenants.
- Assault on Jackson Street
A violent confrontation at the corner of Jackson and South Third leaves one man hospitalized and others facing justice.
- Midnight Robbers Rule the Streets
A wave of armed robberies plagues Seattle, leaving citizens wary and police in pursuit of a gang masking themselves with skeleton keys and spare rags.
- The Last Walk of Charles Klndlund
A local Tailors’ Union mourns their own, highlighting the strong ties of labor solidarity in 1890s Seattle.
- The Yesler Estate Cashes Out Its Corner of Pioneer Square
Administrators ask the court to let them sell the Yesler Building at Commercial Street and Yesler Avenue to New York's Mutual Life, in a deal worth roughly half a million dollars.
- The Day the Circus Band Wagon Tore Through Downtown Tacoma
A runaway team of horses pulling a promotional circus wagon turned a mundane Monday into a scene of carnage at the corner of Washington and South Second Street.
- The Land Grab at Smith's Corner: How Lewis & Gilman Are Selling Seattle's Future
While the rest of the city debates prices and politics, a powerful duo is quietly converting the terminus of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway into a goldmine, with lots selling out in days.
- Congregationalists Secure a Prime Downtown Corner
The church purchases a lot at Second and University, planning for a new landmark in the city’s heart.