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- The Day Northport Vanished
A single cigarette discarded in a tailor shop behind a saloon triggers a conflagration that consumes the entire business heart of Northport.
- The Loophole in the City Limits
A technicality regarding state versus city law leaves police empty-handed in a speeding crackdown on Pacific Avenue.
- Monte Cristo's Railroad Is Racing the Rain to Town
Everett & Monte Cristo crews expect to reach the boomtown by December, with a tunnel breakthrough only weeks away.
- Death Reared Its Horrid Head: Steam Heater Explosion Kills Two Men in Downtown Seattle
A careless Japanese fireman left a boiler unattended at Second and Washington, causing a catastrophic explosion that killed one man instantly and mortally wounded another.
- The Rogue of the Sound
A smuggler on the Puget Sound recounts a brutal night of human trafficking and violence, offering a chilling glimpse into the lawless reality of the 1880s maritime border.
- Officer Shoots Bystander During Foot Chase
A logger is wounded in the arm by a stray bullet when a policeman fires at a fleeing shoplifter in the South Third Street district.
- Rents Jump Twice in One Year on Hewitt Avenue
Mill hands in 1920 watched their rent climb faster than their wages — and the landlords' explanation will sound very familiar.
- Fatal Collision at the Eleventh Street Bridge
A local machinist dies after his launch is pinned against bridge girders by a powerful tide.
- A Desperate Jump at the Spring Street Wharf
Deserted, drinking, and despondent, Kate Johnson tried to drown herself in Seattle harbor—then fought the men who pulled her out.
- Canoeing the Queets: Promise and Dispossession on the Olympic Peninsula
An 1892 travelogue celebrates homesteaders in the Queets River valley while arguing that Native hunters should be confined to the reservation.
- The Great Seattle-Portland Population War
In 1882, Seattle editors launched a sharp, statistical campaign to prove their city was growing faster than its southern rival.
- The Primary Teacher’s Plea: Why Seattle’s Schools Are Failing Our Children
Miss C.I.T. Parsons delivers a scathing indictment of the King County Teachers' Institute, arguing that cheap buildings and unqualified instructors are robbing Seattle’s youth of their potential.
- The Front Street Bottleneck
A classic tale of early Seattle infrastructure, where a proposed bridge at Seneca Street was deemed 'a fifth wheel to a wagon' by a fed-up local editor.
- The Unstoppable Rail Builder of 1877
How James M. Colman bet his personal fortune to push the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad through the mountains, defying skeptics and funding the project on his own terms.
- The River’s Revenge: How a Flood Saved the Jam Company Millions
While laborers toiled for months to clear the Snoqualmie Falls log jam, a sudden freshet swept away their equipment and valuable timber—yet paradoxically cleared the river faster than human hands ever could.
- The Girl Who Joined the Road Gang
A teenager looking to fund her high school education finds unexpected employment—and respect—among a tough paving crew near Spokane.
- The One-Armed Compositor: A Seattle Printer Defies Gravity and Doubt
Harry Penrod, who lost his left arm in a train accident three years ago, has mastered the art of typesetting with one hand—working faster than two-handed men and setting records that baffle the industry.
- The Crackdown on 'Fast Riding' in Old Seattle
When rowdy horsemen turned Front Street into a racetrack, the city police decided the era of reckless riding in the city center had to end.
- The Midnight Elopement on the Sound
When parents blocked a teenage romance in Port Gamble, a sympathetic reverend and a fast steamer turned a family feud into a dramatic escape across the border.
- The Tragedy of the Skykomish Logger: A Life Cut Short by a Single Log
In the dangerous world of early 20th-century logging, James Magher’s fatal accident serves as a grim reminder of the perilous conditions faced by workers in Snohomish County's timber camps.
- The Great Pasco Land Grab of 1889
Capitalists from across the U.S. descended on the junction of the Columbia and Snake Rivers, pitching a 'Gate City' to Seattle investors.
- The Forty-Minute Commute: A Plan to Link Seattle and Tacoma
Promoters announce an ambitious electric interurban rail project designed to connect the two cities in under an hour and transform the Puyallup Valley.
- The Day Tacoma Painted Itself Blue, White and Yellow
A mile-long parade, camels, a captive elk and a senator's electric button opened the Interstate Fair in a burst of Northwest boosterism.
- A New Span Across the Columbia
A state-sanctioned franchise promises a steel bridge at Vantage Ferry, linking the North Central highway and opening the high desert to faster travel.
- Winter Thaw Damages Yakima Valley
A rapid melting of snow causes significant disruption to irrigation infrastructure and roads.