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7 stories matching breezi

  1. The Vigilantes' Ghost: Seattle's Dark Secret in Two Maple Trees

    A poem published in the *Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer* reveals the city’s foundational myth: that its current 'peaceable' order was bought with the blood of six men hanged by a secret committee when the law failed to act.

    May 28, 1882Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall · Gone Forever

  2. Hunger and the City Council

    Tacoma’s unemployed protesters storm City Hall, forcing local leaders to prioritize local families for municipal public works.

    Feb 4, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerA Street, Tacoma, Pierce CountyWork & Pay · City Hall

  3. How Everett Got Its Harbor Money—by Telegrams and Western Nerve

    A seven-month lobbying campaign, a reluctant War Department and a $10,000 dredging appropriation: inside the fight to make Everett a deep-water port.

    Aug 27, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Gardner, Everett, Snohomish CountyBoom & Bust

  4. The Mock Wedding Scandal

    A Seattle bride files for divorce, revealing her husband tricked her into a sham ceremony before marrying her for real under the watch of a constable.

    Nov 23, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerWest Street, Seattle, King CountyScandal

  5. Love Letters and Lunacy Charges

    A wealthy Eastern Washington rancher faces a lunacy trial sparked by a long-standing family feud involving forged love letters.

    Jul 9, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerColfax, Whitman CountyScandal

  6. The Neighborhood Shotgun Stand-off

    A property dispute in Colfax turns violent when a woman pulls a shotgun on her neighbor over a straying child.

    Aug 6, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerColfax, Whitman CountyScandal

  7. The Greek Symposium of Queen Anne

    A stylish, avant-garde literary circle in 1891 Seattle brings the 'Iliad' to life, mocking social hierarchy with a satirical twist on Homer.

    Feb 22, 1891The Seattle Post-IntelligencerQueen Anne, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

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  1. The First Legal Hanging in Kittitas County

    Richard 'Boosy' Anderson faces execution for the murder of Charles Fox following a dispute over a dice game in a Roslyn saloon.

    Apr 10, 1890The Yakima HeraldEllensburg

  2. The Battle for the Bottle in White River Valley

    A local saloon keeper’s bid for a liquor license sparks a standoff with temperance-minded residents and sets the stage for a landmark court battle.

    Feb 6, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerRenton

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