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- The Senator Who Called a Race 'Hell on Wheels'
In the smoke-filled backroom of the Seattle Jockey Club in 1888, U.S. Senators discussed tariffs and whiskey while recounting a chaotic horse race where the crowd 'yelled like demons' and hats flew like confetti.
- The Baseball Game the Gamblers Paid Stanford to Lose
A Tacoma betting ring recruited Stanford’s manager, pitcher, catcher and fielder to throw a game for $500. Captain Sheehan refused $100 — and then played like a demon to win it anyway.
- Coulee City Targets 'Speed Demons' and Filthy Alleys
A newly empowered City Marshal is tasked with enforcing long-neglected sanitation ordinances and curbing reckless driving through the town's streets.
- A Seattle Utopia Sold in One-Cent Shares
A society of unemployed men pools its wages and plots a Bellamy-style commonwealth of railroads, coal mines and common tables — starting from $5 of capital and 500 one-cent shares.
- 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 Night of the War Dance: A Frontier Survival Story
A young fur trader, caught in the crossfire of escalating tensions during the Indian Wars, finds his only salvation in the quick thinking of a woman named E-wan.
- Rising from the Ashes
How Snohomish views the devastating Great Seattle Fire and its own precarious growth.
- The Amazon of Second Street
When an officer attempted to arrest a man during a street brawl, his wife stepped in with a display of pugilistic skill that stunned the police and the crowd.
- The War on Trading Stamps
Tacoma merchants rally at the Chamber of Commerce to curb the influence of retail discount stamps.
- The Keeley Cure Comes to Olympia
Olympia's Keeley Institute promises release from drink, and the Tribune opens a discreet charity fund for patients who cannot pay.
- The Contract Wife Who Would Not Be Shaken Off
Florence Bucklin Byers followed a wealthy Chilean consul to California, then returned to Port Townsend vowing to enforce their handwritten marriage contract—or sue him for divorce.
- The Violent End of Edward Gallagher
A condemned man fought officers for three minutes on the gallows before his execution in Vancouver.
- Tragedy at the Stoecke Home
A peaceful household is shattered when a violent dispute ends in a fatal shooting.
- A Miraculous Escape from the Newcastle Mine
Deputy Coroner Carroll confirmed a Newcastle mine collapse killed F.W. Farrier and injured William Hahn.
- Delirium Tremens in the City Jail
A man suffering from severe alcohol withdrawal sparks a violent disturbance at the city jail.
- The Brutal Rise of Seattle Football
In a 1892 hard-fought battle against Tacoma, Seattle claimed the silver championship cup in a match that saw players crashing into the dust.
- Eighty Couples and a Brass Band: Aberdeen's Firemen Throw a Third-Anniversary Dance
The volunteer department celebrates three years with a free dance at Koehler's hall, drawing guests from across Grays Harbor.
- The Gendered Crisis of the Washington Asylum
A brief, callous report from 1878 chronicles an individual suffering a mental health crisis, shedding light on the historical intersection of medical pathologization and gender nonconformity in the Pacific Northwest.
- The King Who Played Poker with the Speaker
King Edward VII’s legendary skill at the card table reveals a surprising side of the British monarch during his 1905 American tour.
- Outweighed Eighteen Pounds a Man, Whitman Nearly Stunned Pullman
A 75-yard touchdown run by Elmo Reser kept the Missionaries in it until the final fifteen seconds, when the Aggies' sheer weight finally told, 18 to 6.
- Rivals Take the Water: Coast Oarsmen Gather on Lake Washington
Portland, Vancouver and Willamette crews descend on Seattle for a two-day championship — with a champion single-sculler and a grudge match on the line.
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- The Pulpit vs. The Ring
Dr. S. Alonzo Bright uses a sermon on the 'Demoniac' to launch a stinging public rebuke against corrupt city politicians.
- The 'Miraculous Devil' Seed
A local curiosity exhibit features strange, jumping seeds from Mexico, rumored to be poisonous and charged with mysterious 'electric fluid.'
- The Hell of Black Diamond
A local clergyman takes a fiery stand against a saloon and dance hall he claims is corrupting the village.
- A Local Dream of Justice and Hell
A Seattle man dreams of a corrupt city court system that leads him straight into a satirical version of the afterlife.
- The Angel of Pestilence: Seattle’s War on Rot and Ruin
In May 1877, a local merchant’s complaint about piles of carrion near the sawmills sparked an editorial outcry against civic negligence, declaring that 'malarial vapors' were generating poison and death in the growing town.
- The Devil's Range
A drunken seaman's terrifying hallucination on a Port Townsend stove.
- The Devil-Fish of the Chehalis
Two local fishermen survive a terrifying encounter with a massive, tentacled monster in the waters of Grays Harbor.
- The Serpent Slayer of Chehalis
A man wanders into town wearing a top hat to battle a monster he believes is terrorizing the rail lines.