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| Year | Stories |
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| 1892 | 3 |
| 1893 | 3 |
| 1894 | 1 |
| 1895 | 3 |
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- The Bank President and the Cashier’s Scuffle
A power struggle at the Seattle Dime Savings bank leads to a public street fight over the company vault.
- A Vashon Rancher's Bizarre Gift
A post-office clerk finds herself in an awkward position after a regular patron deeds her five acres of his property.
- An Escape Ends in the Sound
A teenage prisoner, wanted for larceny in Everett, chooses the water over custody and drowns while fleeing transport.
- A Midnight Knock, a Hidden Fortune, and a Brutal Beating on Vashon Island
Two men demand an old rancher's money, bind and club him, then ransack his cabin for a cache of cash. Seattle police arrest a suspect—and then the victim's wife.
- The Night Seattle Held the Line at the Stockade
A 39th-anniversary account of the January 1856 siege: two blockhouses, a howitzer from the USS Decatur, and two settlers killed in the Puget Sound War.
- Palouse Settlers Win Decisive Victory Over Railroad Interests
A landmark federal decision voids railroad claims to 'lieu lands,' prompting town-wide celebrations and jubilation among homesteaders.
- Seattle’s Temple of Learning Rises Between Two Lakes
In 1895, contractors raced to finish a $200,000 campus between Union and Washington lakes—complete with copper finials, a gymnasium and a hillside observatory—before the September opening.
- The Fair, the Band, and the Union Telegram
When Tacoma's Interstate Fair hired an out-of-town military band, the local musicians' union balked—prompting an angry telegram and a last-minute scramble to catch the train.
- Three Thousand Miles by Bicycle
A Kentucky man completes an epic cross-country journey, navigating wagon roads, railroad beds, and mountain passes to reach Seattle.
- One Street, Eight Names: The Tide-Land Map That Broke Seattle's Addresses
When the tide-land appraisers published their new plat, they named the filled waterfront after the states and the big cities — ignoring every street already on the ground. City Engineer Thomson's renaming scheme collapsed on the spot.
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- The Land Sharks of the Sound
A Seattle real estate firm is trapping local farmers in predatory contracts that cloud property titles for years, leaving settlers fighting for their deeds.