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- The Half-Finished Skeleton on Second and University
After contractors were left hanging without payment, a court orders a developer to pay over $8,000 for a four-story building that never rose past the first floor.
- Supreme Court Rules on School Land Squatters
A definitive U.S. Supreme Court decision resolves decades of uncertainty regarding land titles for Washington State school lands, ending claims by settlers like Anton Johansen.
- Search for Missing Tugboat Crewman
Anton Anderson, a deckhand on the tug Holyoke, vanishes into the cold waters of Port Townsend after a night on shore.
- Black Diamond's Saloon Fight: Dancing Girls, Profanity and a License on Trial
County commissioners weigh whether Anton Greene & Co.'s place was a 'dive and dance hall and worse'—or just a barroom where women worked and swore.
- The West Seattle Seine Clash
A standoff on the flats between unionized fishermen and independent dealers turns violent as the harbor becomes a theater of industrial war.
- Logger Leon Richards Found Slain on Mercer Island
A logger missing for a month is found dead in Lake Washington, revealing a brutal struggle and a connection to a local counterfeiting ring.
- Smelter Boarding House Reduced to Ash After Brawl
A drunken dispute between boarders turned into an explosive inferno at the smelter district, leaving residents fleeing for their lives.
- The Price of Desperation
A robbery of a life savings and a bureaucratic failure in the county health system lead to tragic outcomes for Seattle's vulnerable.
- The Tragedy of the Steamer Josephine
Survivors of a catastrophic boiler explosion describe the terrifying moments the ship disintegrated and their harrowing wait for rescue.
- The Stabbed Man Who Vanished Before Trial
A snowball fight at Sixth and Jackson ended in a stabbing. Then the victim disappeared, and police began to wonder if he'd been paid to go.
- The Simple Logic of a Territorial Divorce
A jilted husband pens a candid letter to a Justice of the Peace, asking how to dissolve his marriage and if the court might offer a replacement wife.
- The Ferryman's Folly on Puget Sound
A squall catches an inexperienced sailor and sends a local ferryman’s sloop to the bottom of the Sound.
- The End of the Black Diamond Dive
King County commissioners shutter a notorious dance house after neighbors provide damaging testimony about the resort's conduct.
- The Hardscrabble Frontier of the Stillaguamish
A detailed 1879 survey of the Stillaguamish River valley reveals a diverse community of pioneers, Prussian soldiers, and dreamers attempting to tame the wilderness of the upper valley.