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| 1854 | 3 |
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| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 6 |
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| 1864 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 9 |
| 1876 | 58 |
| 1877 | 48 |
| 1878 | 32 |
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| 1880 | 13 |
| 1882 | 9 |
| 1883 | 68 |
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| 1886 | 20 |
| 1887 | 26 |
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| 1889 | 128 |
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| 1892 | 92 |
| 1893 | 73 |
| 1894 | 85 |
| 1895 | 107 |
| 1897 | 9 |
| 1898 | 13 |
| 1899 | 22 |
| 1900 | 3 |
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| 1903 | 59 |
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1,361 stories matching futur
- The 1888 Land Rush: Selling the 'Future Great City' of the Pacific
An aggressive pitch from Eshelman, Llewellyn Co. urges Seattle visitors to stop paying rent and buy into 'Ross' Second Addition' to secure their family's future.
- The Future of Seattle
Prominent local businessman John Leary returns from New York with word that the city is set to become the terminal of two major railroads.
- A Community Rallies After a Railway Tragedy
When a young brakeman loses his foot in a rail accident near the Cedar River, local citizens organize to secure his future.
- Introducing a New Species to the Walla Walla Valley
Local farmer George F. Thomas is importing game birds from the Willamette Valley to enrich the landscape for future generations.
- A Critique of Preachers' Neglect of Practical Reform
A biting editorial calls out local clergy for focusing on the 'unknown future' while ignoring the immediate sanitary crises, poverty, and vice plaguing the streets of Seattle.
- The Sermon on the Forest
A Seattle pastor warns that the unchecked destruction of Washington's timber is a moral failure and a theft from future generations.
- The Looming Legislative War Over Temperance
A local editor warns that stalling on the anti-saloon 'local option' bill will only lead to future political ruin for state lawmakers.
- The Vagabond Fortune-Teller: Seattle Arrests 'Madame Malla' for the Crime of Telling Futures
In May 1877, the city’s law enforcement decided that predicting the future was a crime against public order. They dragged 'Madame Malla' from her shop, citing vagrancy, despite her having done nothing but read palms.
- The Rise of the Creamery Cooperative
Richland farmers see a booming future for their cooperative creamery as production numbers soar.
- The Settler's Faith in Horse Heaven
Life on the frontier requires more than just endurance; it demands a resilient, if sometimes wavering, belief in the future of the arid landscape.
- The Push for Better Roads in Lewis County
Chehalis merchants and commissioners pivot from legislative talk to tangible road improvements to save winter trade.
- The Carcass Complaint
A public health warning issued regarding the improper disposal of dead animals in public roads.
- The Unproven Future of the 'Attractive Townsite'
Northern Pacific President Thomas F. Oakes visits the burgeoning town of Everett in 1892, skeptical of its long-term viability despite the optimism of its East Coast developers.
- The Buried Treasure of Seattle’s Industrial Future
A real estate notice reveals the immense value—and looming development—of a coal field near Lake Washington, long before the city’s urban expansion.
- The Struggle for Seattle's Green Future
Citizens and city officials unite to plan a comprehensive park system before the city's growth makes it impossible.
- The Rapid Rise of Ainsworth
A town that was nothing but sagebrush and coyotes four years ago is now a railroad terminus and a contender for the future state capital.
- Eastern Capitalists Bet Big on Seattle's Future
A Boston bank president purchases a half-block of prime downtown Seattle real estate for a major business development.
- Charting the Future of the Columbia River
Lieutenant T.W. Symons releases a landmark report on making the Upper Columbia navigable for trade, mining, and agriculture.
- The High License Battle
As Seattle debates the future of the liquor trade, the city's editorial voice warns that failing to support 'high license' regulation will only invite full prohibition.
- The Iron Horse Wakes the Mountain: Aberdeen’s Rail Boom
As the Northern Pacific Railroad pushes its iron spine through Chehalis County, local depot construction accelerates, promising to transform the sleepy timber town into a bustling commercial hub.
- The Million-Dollar Tug-of-War Over Seattle's Waterfront
When two railway titans clashed over the location of a union depot, Seattle's newspapers turned the city's future into a public spectacle of corporate ego and investigative scoops.
- The Unchecked Ambitions of 1878 Seattle
A prophetic editorial from the Intelligencer reveals how early leaders envisioned Seattle as the industrial and commercial juggernaut of the Pacific Northwest.
- Building a Solidarity Stronghold
Everett’s labor unions propose a new, worker-owned headquarters to accommodate the city’s rapid industrial expansion.
- The Fight to Break the Northern Pacific Monopoly
A fiery editorial argues that Congress must reclaim millions of acres of 'unearned' land granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad to save the future of Washington Territory.
- The 1876 Plea to Ditch the City for the Soil
Amidst economic stagnation in a young Seattle, a local editorial poem urges the 'idle clerks' and unemployed of the city to trade their pens for plows.