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7 stories matching bronz

  1. Holiday Revels and the 'Bronze Fountain' at Port Gamble

    A glimpse into a settler's New Year’s social circle in 1877, featuring ambitious landscaping, amateur theater, and a bustling mill town economy.

    Jan 4, 1877The Daily IntelligencerPort Gamble, Kitsap County

  2. The Political Price of Water

    A South Tacoma pumping station breakdown exposes how patronage hiring led to an industrial disaster.

    Aug 10, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall · Disasters

  3. The Night They Slept in Rainier's Ice Caves

    A Seattle climbing party returns from Mount Rainier after a storm-bound night in the summit ice caves—and Tacoma greets them like a circus.

    Jul 25, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMount Rainier, Pierce CountyStrange But True

  4. Two Miles Perched on the Lower Circle of a Rainbow

    A Shelton legislator's private letter describing a steamer passage up Hammersley's Inlet becomes the best prose in the paper — a circle of prismatic color, starfish, glaciers and one awestruck captain.

    Nov 9, 1891The Olympia TribuneHammersley Inlet, Shelton, Mason CountyStrange But True

  5. Japanese Treasures Arrive Through the Storm

    A historic shipment of art and artifacts from Japan, including the Mikado’s personal collection, survives a harrowing voyage across the Pacific to reach Tacoma.

    Feb 22, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

  6. The Naturalist Sent to Trap the Olympics' Unknown Animals

    A government field agent bound for Hoodsport planned to collect elk, bears, marmots and mountain beavers—and maybe discover a rodent scientists had never named.

    Aug 10, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  7. The Day Seattle Put on Its Holiday Mask

    As the nation prepares for Grover Cleveland’s final inauguration, local officials are busy draping Jackson Street in bunting and erecting viewing stands, turning a small Pacific Northwest town into a temporary stage for American democracy.

    Mar 1, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

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  1. The Un-bucking Bronco

    A town’s attempt to humble a cocky stranger with a legendary bucking horse backfires when the animal decides to behave.

    Jan 28, 1915The Kennewick Courier-ReporterRichland

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