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1. The Captain and the Bride of Puget Sound

   A festive wedding at the corner of Ninth and Pine unites a prominent Seattle sea captain and a daughter of the Pacific Northwest.

   Sep 22, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County

2. A Storefront for the Jobless: Seattle's Co-operative Relief Effort

   The Industrial Co-operative Society opens quarters in North Seattle to feed and find work for about 100 unemployed men.

   Jan 2, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerWest Street, North Seattle, SeattleWork & Pay

3. The Olympia Deadlock

   Legislative chaos in Olympia as the Senate remains paralyzed by a months-long standoff over the election of a U.S. Senator.

   Mar 4, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerWashington State Capitol, Olympia, Thurston CountyCity Hall

4. The Senate Standoff at Olympia

   A legislative deadlock in Olympia pits railroad-backed lobbyists against the people's choice, fueling calls for electoral reform.

   Jan 25, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOlympia, Thurston CountyFollow the Money · City Hall

5. The Great Tide Land Tug-of-War

   Delegates at the Washington Constitutional Convention debate whether to reserve the state's waterfronts for the public or sell them to private interests.

   Aug 14, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOlympia, Thurston CountyFollow the Money

6. The Battle for Shilshole Avenue

   The Ballard city council faces down powerful railroad interests after a heated mass meeting at Berg's Hall.

   Aug 4, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerShilshole Avenue, Ballard, Seattle, King CountyFollow the Money

7. The Political Battle for the Capital City

   A fiery editorial argues that Centralia—not Olympia—should be the rightful capital of the new state of Washington, based on the convenience of the commercial class.

   Sep 6, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerCentralia, Lewis CountyCity Hall

8. The Judge Put On His War Paint: A Chehalis Courtroom Rebuke

   After remitting a drunken assailant's fine, Judge W. W. Langhorne turned on the petitioners—and the newspapers—who had earlier demanded his own removal.

   Mar 14, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerChehalis, Lewis CountyCity Hall

9. What and Where Is Puget Sound?

   A church naming dispute over a new Episcopal bishopric spirals into a history lesson on the waterway's true boundaries — and how mapmakers, old settlers and Congress each drew the line differently.

   Jun 30, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

10. The Feast of Lots: Seattle's Jewish Community Celebrates Purim with an Auction of Sacred Letters

    At the Hinckley block, the Orthodox congregation dedicated a new Torah scroll and auctioned off its letters to fund education.

    Mar 11, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

11. The Silver Fight Waiting Inside Spokane’s Republican Convention

    Nine Supreme Court hopefuls, three congressional candidates, and a free-silver bloc turn Washington’s 1894 state convention into a backroom brawl before it even opens.

    Sep 18, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerAuditorium, Spokane, Spokane CountyCity Hall

12. The Union Veteran Who Sued the Railroad for a Million-Dollar Tacoma

    Anthony P. Carr says Northern Pacific agents helped a claim-jumper steal his homestead. More than a thousand Tacoma lots—and the people living on them—depend on what the Supreme Court decides.

    Sep 21, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyFollow the Money · Boom & Bust

13. The Great Front Street Fraud: City Council Exposes Fake Petition for Cable Car

    In a stunning display of civic integrity, Seattle’s Common Council unmasks a fraudulent petition designed to grant a monopoly cable car franchise, revealing that applicants forged signatures and misrepresented property frontage.

    Jun 30, 1888The Seattle Post-IntelligencerFront Street, Seattle, King CountyCity Hall · Scandal

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