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37 stories matching baldwin
- Pioneer and Pataha Prairie Founder Dies at 77
Zenas A. Baldwin, an early settler of Garfield County who arrived in California during the vigilante era, passes away near Pomeroy.
- The Professor Who Escaped the Shackles: A Seattle Spiritualist’s Audacious Escape
In July 1876, Professor S.S. Baldwin drew a crowd at Yesler’s Hall not for his spiritualist tricks, but for his daring escape from handcuffs and leg irons—a feat that left the audience gasping and proved he was no fraud.
- The Professor’s Last Trick: Clara Baldwin’s Final Spiritualist Spectacle
In a packed hall in Seattle, the renowned medium Clara Baldwin performed her final show before departing for Portland, captivating the audience with 'wonderful bat' illusions and binding herself in chains to prove her powers were real.
- The Great Escape: Professor Baldwin’s Spectacular Deception in Seattle
In July 1876, a traveling spiritualist and escape artist took over Yeager's Hall, challenging the public to witness his 'human agency' escapes from handcuffs and pillories, exposing the mediums of the day as frauds.
- The Neglected Youth of Seattle
Rev. Thomas Baldwin speaks to sixty-six local newsboys, challenging the congregation to integrate young people into civic and religious life.
- The Palace Revolt at the 'Fairhaven Herald'
When an editor and a business manager clash over editorial integrity, the result is a swift, cold, and public firing.
- The Ghost Safe of the Waterfront
A decade after a deadly landslide, amateur divers still hunt for a Northern Pacific warehouse safe lost to the tides.
- The Night Colfax Burned
A Chinese cook's kerosene mishap destroys the heart of a small Washington town, exposing the dangers of inadequate civic infrastructure.
- The Tragedy of the Diver in Tacoma Harbor
A routine salvage operation to reach a sunken vessel turned fatal when a burst air pipe left a diver trapped in the depths of Puget Sound.
- A Burglary and Arson on Tenth Street
A homeowner discovers her house filled with smoke after burglars ransack her residence and leave a lit match on the mantel.
- A Gavel, a Roar, and a Populist Ticket Born in Chaos
King County's People's Party convention at Turner Hall turned into a shouting, proxy-fighting, faction-splitting marathon—and buried Dr. J. Eugene Jordan and Jack McDonald on the way to nominating a ticket.
- Sprague's Railroad Shops Import 120 Workers—and Lose Others to Canada
As old hands quit for the Canadian Pacific, the Baldwin works send a fresh corps of machinists and engineers to eastern Washington.
- The $3,000 Health Office That Vanished
A lawsuit between rival health officers ends with a lucrative post abolished and steamship companies refusing to pay for certificates they never legally owed.
- The Lynching of a Teenager in Okanogan
A fifteen-year-old boy, accused of murder, was dragged from a jail cell by a masked mob and executed, igniting a cycle of violence in the Washington territory.
- The Pullman Strike Paralysis
As the American Railway Union strike sweeps the nation, railroads are frozen, federal troops are mobilizing, and the movement faces a mounting crisis.
- 1886 Coroner's Jury Rules on Lake Washington Deaths
A jury concludes two men were murdered near the south end of Lake Washington, though no culprit is named.
- The Tragedy at the Soap Factory
A local businessman meets a horrific end after falling into a vat of boiling grease.
- The Steamer Volga Seized for Smuggling Chinese Laborers
Federal agents intercept a clandestine landing operation at Oyster Bay, leading to the arrest of a local captain and the seizure of a vessel.
- Another Attempt to Raise the Sunken Andelana
The Neptune Salvage Company is employing a new invention—a 'diving cage'—in a high-stakes effort to recover a ship that sank near the Puyallup River in 1899.
- A Brawl at the Baldwin Hotel
Pro wrestler Clarence Whistler and a member of John L. Sullivan’s traveling entourage clash in a drunken tavern confrontation.
- The Wild Council Deadlock of Ellensburg
After months of political stalemate, kidnapping threats, and accusations of illegal voting, the founder of Ellensburg is finally ousted from the mayor's office.
- A Seven-Ton Crushing on Mill Street
A laborer’s insistence on helping a heavy team leads to a gruesome injury in the heart of 1876 Seattle.
- Marshal Narrowly Survives Jailhouse Shootout
A prisoner in Colfax, suspected of being a relative of the James brothers, opens fire on the police chief while being locked in a cell.
- A Woman's Seven-Day Trek Through the Snoqualmie Pass
While critics mocked women’s ability to handle physical labor, one traveler proved the skeptics wrong by hiking the Cascade Range alongside her husband.
- The Desert That Could Bloom: Pasco’s Irrigation Revival
Philadelphia capital revives an abandoned Palouse canal project, promising water for 5,000 acres this summer and eventually 15,000 acres near Pasco.