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| Year | Stories |
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| 1876 | 2 |
| 1877 | 1 |
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| 1892 | 1 |
| 1924 | 1 |
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- Vancouver’s 1792 Exploration of Port Orchard
A historic excerpt from Captain George Vancouver’s 1792 journals describing the discovery and naming of the harbor we know today as Port Orchard.
- The Promised Metropolis on the Columbia
A booster report envisions a massive industrial city of 50,000 residents rising from the sagebrush desert at Priest Rapids.
- The Doctor Who Walked Among Us: A Case of Acute Alcoholism
In a rare moment of public health transparency, the Snohomish Star details the physiological dangers of heavy drinking, warning that moderate consumption can turn a man into a 'walking dynamite' ready to explode at the sight of a candle.
- The Real Estate Pitchman: Seattle’s ‘Healthy’ Boom Before the Railroads Arrived
In September 1876, just two years before the Northern Pacific Railway would transform the town, a local newspaper ran an aggressive Q&A ad promising steady property values and fertile soil to entice settlers from Nebraska.
- The Round-Faced Commissioner and the Judge on Trial
San Juan County's own officials were hauled to Olympia to vouch for a judge's character — and the Seattle papers made sport of them.
- The First White Family: A Pioneer’s Log-Cabin Legacy
An excerpt from the diary of a local historian recounts the arrival of Mr. Thompson in Snohomish in 1864, detailing the rugged journey up the river and the humble beginnings of what is now a thriving town.
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- A Forbidden Love, A Barred Door, and a Poisoned Heart
A young immigrant shopkeeper’s romance with a local lodging-house owner sparks a violent feud with his brother, culminating in a suicide attempt that shakes the town.
- The Battle for Seattle’s Soul
Tensions boil over between labor organizers and the property-owning elite over the presence of Chinese workers, as the city teeters on the edge of mob rule.