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- The City Under Martial Law: Seattle's 1886 Expulsion
A presidential proclamation from Grover Cleveland arrived in Seattle, authorizing the use of federal troops to suppress 'domestic violence' and restore order after anti-Chinese mobs took to the streets.
- The Governor’s Tightrope Walk During the Anti-Chinese Riots
How local officials navigated the tense atmosphere in Seattle before the arrival of federal troops in 1885.
- The Great Wheat Fraud of Whitman County
A farmer’s widow fights for her grain after a bankrupt buyer leaves her with a worthless check and a vanishing act.
- The Border-Walking Japanese Laborers
An early 1894 legal test of the 'pauper and assisted immigrant law' sees laborers shuttled back and forth across the Washington-Canada border.
- Seattle Offers a Bluff to Win the Army's Guns
Gen. Otis wants a garrison on Magnolia Bluff to guard Puget Sound — but the land the government thought it already owned has been quietly claimed out from under it, and Fort Townsend is running dry.
- Three Thousand Pack the Armory to Cheer Debs and Denounce Pullman
Seattle workingmen and their allies fill Armory Hall to hear the strikers' side of the fight — a night of fiery speeches, white ribbons of peace, and one heckler hustled out the door.
- The Fraser River Gold Rush and the Fear of 'Foreign' Highways
How the 1858 gold fever in British Columbia forced the United States to confront its own regional expansionism and the presence of a 'foreign highway' at its northern border.
- The Navy Secretary Goes Down Into the Big Hole
Secretary of the Navy Herbert rides the lighthouse tender Manzanita across the Sound to inspect the giant new dry dock at Port Orchard, settles a bitter dispute over how deep to drive the pilings, and dances the night away at the Rainier.
- The Councilman Who Lived Across the State Line
A lawyer’s residency challenge nearly voided a railroad franchise—and forced Councilman Eckerson to offer his resignation.
- The Sheriff Under Arrest
In a bizarre legal tangle, the King County coroner arrests the sheriff for failing to enforce slot machine laws.
- The Court House Conflict
King County officials struggle to seize property for the new courthouse as tenants refuse to vacate.
- Seattle's Railroad Strike Goes Quiet—but the Unions Keep Fighting
As the national railroad boycott convulses the country, Seattle's yards stay quiet under troops and deputies while local unions back Debs, condemn violence, and negotiate food and livestock passage through boycotted lines.
- Seattle Schools Bursting at the Seams
Superintendent Barnard struggles to accommodate a massive influx of new students while the Board of Education refuses to hire additional teachers.
- The Jailhouse Verdict on the Boycott
When the Supreme Court targeted the leaders of the American Federation of Labor for organizing a boycott against the Buck Stove and Range Company, the Everett Labor Journal declared it a fundamental attack on free speech.
- The Steel Trust's War on Labor
Everett labor organizers respond to a national mandate to confront the United States Steel Corporation’s open shop campaign.
- The Streetcar Strike at a Boiling Point
A labor leader speaks out against the mayor's accusations of violence and calls for a fair living wage.
- A Missing Lawyer, a $350 Deed, and the North Olympia Land Scheme
With Attorney D. P. Ballard absent, Olympia lawyers are tracing suspicious transfers in a platted addition—land already sold to dozens of owners, now used as security for a $4,000 mortgage.
- The Day Seattle Woke Up: A Traveler’s Rave Review of the 'Metropolitan' Future
In July 1870, a San Francisco correspondent returns from a voyage down the coast and is stunned by the rapid transformation of his hometown into a booming commercial hub.
- Rising from the Ashes
How Snohomish views the devastating Great Seattle Fire and its own precarious growth.
- The Eight-Hour Split: A Seattle Political Uprising
A local Republican caucus in 1889 turns to open revolt as labor interests fight to secure the party platform for the eight-hour workday.
- Tacoma Citizens Demand Commission Government
Frustrated by the city council's refusal to act, reformers begin a petition drive to force a charter revision election.
- The Looming Battle for Puget Sound's Shoreline
As Washington prepares for statehood, a contentious legal struggle over the future of tide lands begins to take shape.
- Newport Depositors Keep Their Nerve During the Panic of 1907
When a local bank could not quickly turn loans into cash, Newport customers agreed to accept small payments and a stockholders' guarantee instead of starting a run—a display of confidence the Spokane Review called a model for the nation.
- The Sunday Ballot: How Kennewick’s Baseball League Was Born (and Who Got Left Out)
In April 1914, local businessmen gathered at the Commercial Hotel to launch a new Valley baseball league. But as they celebrated the formation of the team, a quiet but significant exclusion was taking place: players bound by religious vows were barred from the field.
- The Unsettled Presidency of 1876
As the nation grappled with a deadlocked electoral count in the Hayes-Tilden election, Seattle residents read a deep-dive analysis of the constitutional chaos and the risk of a political breakdown.
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- A Fatal Feast
A lonely wood chopper, accustomed to 'baching' on meager meals, succumbs to convulsions after being invited to a generous home-cooked dinner.
- The Passing of a Seattle Matron
Following a brief illness, Mrs. John B. Agen, a beloved local resident and artist, passes away in her home at 14th and Seneca.
- The Boom Town of Allyn Gets Its Mill
A new industrial settlement on the North Bay peninsula prepares for a rapid expansion with a steam-powered sawmill and hotel.
- The Dairy King of the Northwest
How a Seattle entrepreneur consolidated the regional dairy market by centralizing production and expanding into international trade.