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- The Miracle Inning at Tacoma
Down by nine runs, the Seattle baseball squad defied the odds with a legendary eleven-run outburst in a single inning against Tacoma.
- The Forged Rent Voucher Behind a Guard Captain’s Refusal to Resign
Capt. Hilmer K. Brady defies Company D’s demand that he step down while the Post-Intelligencer traces a tampered Armory rent receipt to the heart of the feud.
- The Forgotten Strike of 1886
As rail workers faced off against the Missouri Pacific Railroad, a local businessman found himself in the crosshairs of a community boycott for his role in the labor dispute.
- A Boy's Fishing Line Hauls Up 20 Pounds of Smuggled Opium
Lucky children and treasury agents netted a smuggler's jettisoned cargo from under Seattle's wharves — and the owner was never found.
- The Boys of Spring: Seattle Dominates Tacoma in 1892 Baseball Duel
Before the Mariners, the Puget Sound Amateur League drew massive crowds to the diamond with high stakes, fierce local rivalries, and the occasional 'wretched fumble.'
- A Barber Died Behind the Saloon. The Coroner Blamed One Soldier — Then the Other One Walked Out of the Guardhouse.
A Ballard inquest names Joseph Veno in the clubbing death of barber James Sullivan, but when Veno's companion slips out of the Fort Lawton guardhouse, the soldiers begin to wonder which man actually swung the club.
- The Brutal Reality of the 'Sailor's Home' in 1886
A local reporter exposes the predatory labor practices and 'blood money' schemes targeting sailors in Seattle's waterfront boarding houses.
- The Waterfront Hustle: A Snapshot of 1888 Seattle
Before the skyscrapers, the heart of Seattle was a chaotic symphony of coal, salmon, and stone as the city scrambled to build its future.
- The Trial of a Future Governor's Character
As John H. McGraw campaigns for Governor, friends and former associates rush to defend his reputation against allegations of business fraud and illicit gambling in his early years.
- The Unattainable Dream of a Seattle Boarding House
A glimpse into the precarious housing market of 1880s Seattle, where a small slice of land near the bustling Occidental Hotel could cost a fortune.
- The Hustlers Claim Victory in a Thrilling Baseball Showdown
A spectacular performance by Seattle’s baseball team secures another win over the reigning champions from Portland, cementing a local streak.
- Tragedy at the wharf: The lonely death of Harvey Burrell
A former county clerk meets a grim end in the Seattle harbor after wandering down to the docks at night.
- Tragedy on the Sound: Government Boat Capsizes
A government surf boat capsized in a squall near Fort Madison, leading to a grim search for the lost soldiers.
- Seattle's Baseball Team Defeats Portland
A strong start in the first inning secures a victory for the home team at Madison Street Park.
- A Nail-Biter at Madison Street Park
Seattle edges out Spokane in a tense, hard-fought baseball match decided by late-game heroics.
- The Sloop Race of the Century on Lake Washington
A summer-long rivalry between two local sloops concludes with a narrow, heart-pounding finish off the Madison Street wharf.
- The Eastern Oregon After the Fire
A board of survey finds the burned steamer's machinery ruined and its safe intact, while the crew buries the ship's cook.
- A Chaotic Day on the Seattle Waterfront
Multiple steamship collisions, a warehouse fire, and a capsized picnic boat turned the Seattle harbor into a disaster zone on a single August day.
- The Ball Club Breaks Up and the Boys Scatter for Winter
Seattle's professional nine pockets its benefit-game proceeds, cancels the barnstorming trip east, and dissolves — leaving a dozen players to find work from Butte to Omaha.
- The Legislature Tried to Starve the Militia. Seattle’s Officers Rebelled.
A cut to $8,400 — and the abolition of commissioned officers — convinced Washington militia leaders that the state was quietly trying to disband its citizen army.
- Troops Take the Yards as Seattle Braces for the Great Railroad Strike
Regular artillery, deputy marshals and a nervous militia dig in across the city — even hauling the state's rifles up to the university for safekeeping — as the 1894 Pullman boycott reaches Puget Sound.
- The Great Seattle Land-Grab Controversy
A political advertisement from 1889 exposes a list of prominent Seattle figures accused of inflating real estate prices and manipulating the local land market.
- The Canal or Bust: Seattle Rallies to Buy Its Own Waterway
A packed crowd cheers a plan to hand St. Louis capitalists a public subsidy to dig the south canal and fill the tide flats of the lake — with a grand mass meeting called for the Armory.
- The People's Choice: Robert Miller Named Seattle Mayor in Historic Convention
In a dramatic display of civic unity, the Republican City Committee bypassed traditional balloting to unanimously nominate Robert Miller for mayor, signaling a new era of reform and efficiency in Seattle's leadership.
- The Pastor, the Missing Husband, and the Seattle Libel Trial
A church feud goes to court as Rev. M. H. Nichols is tried for circulating scandalous charges against Dr. T. B. Ford—whose testimony reveals a broken engagement, a vanished first husband, and a dramatic courtroom kiss.