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1. The Only Safe Trust: Chauncy M. Depew’s Warning to Seattle Investors

   Railroad magnate and former Senator Chauncy Depew tells a Seattle audience that the government must regulate trusts, predicting that 'rotten' companies will fail while others are placed on a proper basis.

   May 10, 1899The Seattle StarSeattle, King CountyFollow the Money

2. The Tiger Trainer Who Lived for Danger

   For Charles W. Miller, a veteran animal trainer at the Bostock Zoo in Tacoma, the daily threat of being mauled by a 800-pound tiger was simply just another day at the office.

   Aug 15, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyWork & Pay · Local Legends

3. The Great Front Street Fraud: City Council Exposes Fake Petition for Cable Car

   In a stunning display of civic integrity, Seattle’s Common Council unmasks a fraudulent petition designed to grant a monopoly cable car franchise, revealing that applicants forged signatures and misrepresented property frontage.

   Jun 30, 1888The Seattle Post-IntelligencerFront Street, Seattle, King CountyCity Hall · Scandal

4. The Valley Sixty Miles From a Railroad

   In 1892, the Big Bottom settlers of Lewis County had no road, no sawmill and no rail line — just hand-hewn homes, packhorses, a tobacco-chewing cat, and a Fourth of July party for 160 neighbors.

   Jul 25, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMorton, Lewis CountyStrange But True

5. A Mill Town Gets a Recreation Hall—and a Makeover

   The Consolidated Lumber Co. builds a reading room and ball alleys to keep its married workers—and remakes a shack town along the Great Northern.

   Dec 10, 1908The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentElk, Spokane CountyWork & Pay · Boom & Bust

6. The Absurdist Board of Trade of Puyallup

   A satirical account of a local civic meeting where the town's ambitions far outpaced its resources.

   May 7, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPuyallup, Pierce CountyBoom & Bust · Strange But True

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