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- Ballard’s Plea for a Deeper Harbor
Before it was a neighborhood, Ballard was the 'shingle capital of the world' and petitioned Congress to dredge its shallow, muddy waterfront.
- Young Boy Saved from Drowning at Lake Union
A playful afternoon at the Lake Union pavilion turned dangerous when a young boy fell into the water and struck his head.
- Smallpox and Scandal at the Pest House
Mayor Ronald rejects calls to remove the Board of Health despite documented brutality and neglect at the city's quarantine facility.
- The Mystery of the Non-Propagating Oysters
The federal government sends an expert to solve why Eastern oysters refuse to reproduce in the waters of Willapa Bay.
- The Coffin Captain: A Father, a Son, and the Wreck of the Lily and Maud
Ship carpenters warned Captain Robert Jack he was building his own coffin. Last Sunday night the frail schooner capsized in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the captain and his 23-year-old son went down with her.
- The Battle for Madison Street
A dormant railway company suddenly awakens to block a new transit line, sparking a fierce clash at City Hall.
- The Ghost in the Yellow Trunk
A tip from surveyors leads two intrepid reporters to the shores of Alki Point, where they unearth a grim secret hidden in the brush.
- Firefighters battle blaze in the ruins of the old McMaster mill
A fire sparked by a passing engine ignited the long-abandoned McMaster's mill wharf, forcing firefighters to wade through shallow mud flats to save the structure.
- The Shadow of the Fetting Tragedy
After the mysterious murder of a Seattle woman, the subsequent death of her son-in-law in Tacoma exposes a web of conspiracy, desperate poverty, and local suspicion.
- The Hidden Grave at Chatteroy
After months of detective work, three family members were jailed for a murder involving a long-buried body in the woods.
- The Industrial Remaking of Everett's Waterfront
Federal authorities grant permission for a massive engineering project to wall off the Snohomish River delta, transforming a shallow tidal area into a deep-water harbor for industrial commerce.
- A Desperate Leap into Lake Washington
A woman known as 'Bessie' was rescued from the waters of Lake Washington near Madrona Park following a reported suicide attempt.
- The Teenaged Inventors of North Seattle
Two brothers, aged 13 and 15, harness the power of electricity to drive boats, light homes, and saw wood along the Seattle waterfront.
- The Skating Rink Panic of 1892
When a local major tried to shut down a Tacoma skating rink after a scandal involving his stepson, the local press defended the rink as a space for social independence rather than a den of iniquity.
- The Tragedy at the Snoqualmie Ford
A day of innocent fun turned to horror at North Bend when a wagon crossing the river was swallowed by the current, claiming a young boy's life.
- The Cowboy of Elliott Bay
A Spokane journalist turns cowboy on the open water, lassoing a fleeing deer from the deck of a Puget Sound steamer.
- A Streetcar, a Dark Curve, and Four Feet of Water
A brewery worker fell from a Grant Street car into the Seattle tide flats. Rescuers reached him too late—even though the water was shallow.
- The Customs Inspector Who Planned to Print His Own Money
A Port Townsend official's plaster-of-Paris counterfeiting scheme unraveled after his mistress went to police — then he caught a midnight boat for Victoria.
- The Canal Came With a Catch: Seattle Had to Secure the Land
Congress had finally committed to a Lake Washington ship canal, but the money came with a condition: Seattle had to secure a free right-of-way from property owners. In 1894, civic leaders began the campaign that would decide whether the project moved forward.
- The Captain Who Caught a Monster: Seattle’s Own Sea Serpent Hoax
Captain Pat J. Boyton of Seattle claims to have captured a 63-foot sea serpent in the Pacific, sending a letter from his ship that has locals buzzing with wonder and skepticism.
- The State Draws a Line Along Seattle’s Waterfront
In 1896, Olympia fixed the harbor boundary from West Seattle to Meadow Point, mapped new Duwamish and Salmon Bay waterways, and cleared the way to sell tide lands.
- Canoeing the Queets: Promise and Dispossession on the Olympic Peninsula
An 1892 travelogue celebrates homesteaders in the Queets River valley while arguing that Native hunters should be confined to the reservation.
- When Seattle Was Coal Country
A detailed 1895 survey shows King County leading Washington's coal output, with Seattle shipping fuel to California, Oregon, and the Midwest—while labor troubles and spontaneous mine fires shadowed the boom.
- Seattle's Bid to Be the Liverpool of America
In 1895, boosters imagined a Lake Washington ship canal turning Puget Sound into a freshwater harbor for world commerce, coal trade, and naval power.