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- The Logger Who Waited in Silence
A brutal ax wound and a stoic patience define the daily risks of Puyallup Valley labor in 1876.
- The Last Great Gush: West Seattle’s Promoters Promise Paradise on the Edge of the Sound
In February 1889, real estate agents and newspaper editors were busy selling a dream of West Seattle, touting its majestic views of Mount Rainier and promising that the new railroad would turn this rugged plateau into the next gold rush for land speculators.
- Midnight Fire at the Northern Hotel
A fire breaks out in the kitchen of the Northern Hotel, sending guests fleeing into the halls in their nightclothes.
- A Gushing Future at Deep River?
A discovery of high-grade petroleum gas in Washington state sparks dreams of a regional energy boom.
- The Promised Heights of West Seattle
A booster-era description of a neighborhood rising above the clouds, promising a future of wharves, factories, and mountain views.
- The Million-Kiss Lawsuit
A breach-of-promise trial in Seattle brings a jilted suitor's personal letters into open court, revealing a bizarre tally of affection.
- The Real Estate Boom of 1890
A booster’s pitch for West Seattle highlights the city's turn-of-the-century obsession with land development and panoramic vistas.
- The Waterworks War: Engineering the Future of West Seattle
While the rest of the city struggled with water, West Seattle turned to subterranean springs to build a booming suburban dream.
- The Secret Millionaire of West Seattle
How a San Francisco journal saw the promise of Seattle’s 'West End' before the city was fully grown.
- The Bid for the Capital: North Yakima’s 1889 Pitch
Before Olympia was cemented as the seat of power, boosters in North Yakima laid out an elaborate, nature-inspired argument for why their valley was the natural heart of the new state.
- The Real Estate Pitch That Conquered West Seattle
A booster-era advertisement uses high-flown, flowery prose to compare the views of West Seattle to the Swiss Alps, aiming to sell lots in a burgeoning new neighborhood.
- Seattle's Fire Drill Revealed a City Almost Defenseless Against Flames
A routine test of the fire department exposed feeble water pressure and sent two firemen to bed with serious injuries.
- The Bankrupt Giant and the Tacoma Land Ring
A skeptical editor exposes the Northern Pacific Railroad's questionable finances and a suspicious telegraph campaign used to inflate land values in Tacoma.
- Brutal Waterfront Robbery Leaves Swedish Laborer Penniless
A night of drinking at a Washington Street saloon ended in a violent alleyway ambush that stunned the local community.
- The Real Estate Boom of the 'West End'
Developers pitch the sweeping vistas of West Seattle as the city's future crowning jewel, borrowing praise from a San Francisco journal to lure investors.
- The Masquerade Ball at Judge Keyes' House
A motley crew of ghosts, devils, and literary figures gather for a secretive and exuberant social event in Aberdeen.
- Snowbound Actors Race the Clock to Make Their Seattle Curtain
A stalled train nearly cancels the show, but the Riggs company reaches Cordray's at 9, dresses in a hurry — and performs without supper for a handful of loyal ticket-holders.
- A Circular Saw Opened His Skull—and He Stayed Conscious
At the Stetson Post Mill on Commercial Street, engineer Horatio Stetson crawled under a rip-saw table to fix a belt. The saw caught his head, cutting through bone and into his brain, yet he never lost consciousness.
- A Christmas on the Ice King: The Climb That Saw Rainier Smoking
In 1894, Major Ingraham led six men, seven homing pigeons, and a camera onto Mount Rainier’s glaciers. They came back with frostbite, a story of steam and smoke rising from the crater—and one pigeon missing.