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| 1854 | 9 |
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| 1864 | 6 |
| 1865 | 1 |
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| 1889 | 171 |
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| 1892 | 315 |
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| 1897 | 4 |
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2,719 stories matching arriv
- The Gold Rush That Never Was: Seattle’s First Wave of Klondike Dreamers
As the first steamers arrive from the Yukon with empty hands and full cargo holds, Seattleites prepare to follow them north, unaware that the gold rush is already over.
- Border Hurdles for New Arrivals
Customs officials confront a backlog of Chinese passengers arriving without proper certification.
- Great Northern Railroad Arrives in Spokane
President James J. Hill arrives to finalize depot plans as the transcontinental line pushes westward toward the coast.
- A Trainload of Black Miners Arrives in Roslyn — to Find the Strike Already Broken
Two hundred seventy Black miners and their families came from the Midwest to replace striking Northern Pacific coal miners. By the time they arrived, the white miners had returned to work.
- The Klondike Gold Rush Rumor That Sent Seattle Into a Frenzy
A false tip regarding a 'treasure boat' arriving from the Yukon triggered a frantic, early-morning scramble among the Seattle Press Club—all for a story that never arrived.
- Mutiny in Port Townsend Harbor
The crew of the Arctic whaler J. D. Peters refused to work after being denied a discharge — and an officer from the cutter Grant clapped them in irons.
- The Pen Hits Capacity
Walla Walla's state penitentiary reaches a historic high in inmate population as a new group of prisoners arrives.
- The Health Officer's Boycott
A shipping standoff at the Seattle wharf reveals the messy intersection of port labor, professional fees, and city bureaucracy.
- City Lights Up the Dark Corners of Tacoma
New electrical transformers finally arrive, powering up dozens of new arc lamps in the Indian Addition and across the city—just in time for the council elections.
- The Revolving Door of the Tunnel Works
Laborers are quitting as fast as they arrive due to low pay and brutal weather conditions at the Cascade tunnel site.
- Sudden Death at the New England Hotel
A stranger who arrived in Seattle just ten days prior died instantly of heart disease in the dining room.
- A Massive Poultry Demonstration
An experimental shipment of 2,600 chicks from California arrives in Benton City to prove large-scale commercial viability.
- Five Hundred Singers Invade Walla Walla
The North Pacific Saengerbund brings a massive musical celebration to town, turning city streets into a stage for the German singing tradition.
- St. Louis Capitalists Arrive to Bankroll Seattle's Waterfront
A delegation of wealthy Missouri investors arrives in Seattle to inspect the proposed South Lake Washington canal and tide flat reclamation projects.
- The Telegraph Arrives in Aberdeen
A Western Union crew arrives to modernize the city's connection to the outside world.
- 1,500 Men and a Steam Shovel: Newport Builds the Metaline Line
The Idaho & Washington Northern extension turns Newport into a construction boomtown, with subcontractor camps, mule trains, dynamite barges and a temporary hospital.
- The Great Opera House Escape
A suspected swindler slips his guard and vanishes from a Seattle building mid-construction.
- The Railway King Comes to Walla Walla
Henry Villard, president of the Northern Pacific Railroad, arrives in Walla Walla to a hero’s welcome and demands for new branch lines.
- The Great Kennewick Housing Shuffle: Who Gets the Key?
As spring arrives in 1914, residents are scrambling to secure shelter. From newly arrived families claiming bungalows to long-time locals renting out their homes, the local real estate market is heating up faster than the fruit blossoms.
- An 1885 Delegation's 'Grand Tour' of Seattle
When a Portland delegation arrived in Seattle by steamer in July 1885, they were treated to an opulent tour of the town, a clambake at Port Blakely, and a glowing review in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
- A Desperate Arrival at Mill Creek
Thirty emigrants from Missouri and Iowa reach the Walla Walla Valley in a state of destitution and sickness.
- A Silent Tragedy at Newcastle Mine
A deaf miner is struck and killed by a coal train while his companion, hoping to join him, arrives at the depot to hear the news.
- The Unlucky Captain Hayden
A classic sea captain’s yarn from 1884 about an intended voyage to Seattle that went unexpectedly off-course.
- A Rough Arrival from Yokohama
The steamer Crown of England arrives in Puget Sound after a harrowing 23-day voyage marked by mechanical failures and a violent 26-hour gale.
- A Captain’s Final Journey
The commander of the steamer Chilcat passes away in a carriage just after returning from an arduous trip to Alaska.