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168 stories matching horn
- The Missing Will That Would Have Given Seattle a Library
Henry Yesler's widow and two doctors are arrested, accused of burning a will that left the pioneer's fortune—and his mansion—to the city.
- Betrayal and Bloodshed at Chuckanut Bay
A poultry farming partnership in Bellingham ends in a horrific murder-suicide after years of mounting suspicion and personal strife.
- The Great Elk Horn Swindle
A Westport man’s clever scheme to outwit a raffle winner leads to a courtroom showdown in Ocosta.
- Seattle Waterfront Owners Organize Against 'Ram's Horn' Right-of-Way
In 1892, Seattle property owners launched a crusade against the Northern Pacific Railroad to stop a monopolistic expansion of track rights that threatened to strangle the city's commerce.
- Seven Months at Sea: The State of Maine’s Ordeal
The State of Maine left New York in July 1892 and reached Seattle 201 days later, her crew disabled by saltwater boils, her water spoiled, and her captain forced to beat men to the pumps.
- Seattle’s Waterfront Property Owners Fight the ‘Ram’s Horn’ Tracks
Developers and property owners attempt a massive land swap to resolve a long-standing rail right-of-way dispute along the Seattle waterfront.
- The Canal That Could Save the West: How a New Waterway Would End Seattle’s Shipping Nightmare
As the Panama Canal project gains momentum, local experts calculate that Pacific Northwest farmers are losing millions annually due to the prohibitive costs of shipping grain around Cape Horn.
- Seattle’s 'Ram's Horn' Tracks Finally Straightened
After years of litigation and civic headache, the city moves to eliminate the dangerous and obstructive curving rail path known as the 'Ram's Horn' between Yesler Way and Union Street.
- The Sealing Monopoly Judge Swan Called a ‘Monumental Humbug’
A federal report from Port Townsend shows Puget Sound sealers thriving while a Smithsonian expert blasts the Alaska Commercial Company’s grip on the Pribilof Islands.
- Railroad to the Rescue: 100 Empty Cars for Seattle's Shingle Mills
Northern Pacific's general manager promises relief for backlogged shinglemen and a settlement of the long-delayed Ram's Horn right-of-way dispute.
- Local Contractor Dies Following Bridge Fall
H. G. Horn perished after falling into a gulch near the Tacoma Eastern depot in the dark.
- The Battle for the Waterfront: Seattle's 1892 Railroad Struggle
As the Northern Pacific sought to claim prime space on Railroad Avenue, the city council faced a pivotal decision: prioritize corporate rail expansion or protect the public from the dangerous, crooked 'ram's horn' tracks that choked the waterfront.
- The Ram's Horn: When Seattle Went to War With a Railroad Over Six Blocks of Public Street
Boxed in by an injunction, Corporation Counsel Donworth finds a lawyer's loophole: let the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad lay its rails, but serve notice that the city denies the right-of-way exists at all.
- The Great 'Ram's Horn' Railroad Conflict
A proposed plan to reroute Seattle’s waterfront rail tracks onto the 'Ram's Horn' right-of-way promises to end the city's long-standing struggle with grade crossings.
- The 75-Year-Old Whistling-Buoy Inventor Comes to Fit the Navy's 600-Ton Gate
James Bigler, who has built the giant steel caissons in every government dry dock in the country, arrives on Puget Sound to assemble the mammoth gate for the Port Orchard dock — a 600-ton steel vessel shipped in pieces around Cape Horn.
- The Endless Track Dispute
A four-year legal battle over the 'Ram's Horn' railroad tracks continues to stall city development between Columbia and Marion streets.
- Solving the 'Ram's Horn' Snarl
A council committee moves to eliminate a crooked railroad right-of-way that has long hindered harbor development on the Seattle waterfront.
- Untangling the 'Ram's Horn' Rail Lines
A committee of aldermen pushes to straighten a confusing rail right-of-way that crippled Seattle's waterfront development.
- Around the Horn With a Hold Full of Salmon
Seattle shipping men launch a regular Cape Horn service to New York and Philadelphia, betting on the Panama Canal to put salt water on equal footing with the railroads.
- The Great 'Ram’s Horn' Legal Battle Ends
A landmark Supreme Court decision upholds railroad franchises against the City of Seattle, clearing the way for new industrial development along the waterfront.
- The 'Ram's Horn' Railroad Riot at Yesler Way
A morning of chaotic track-laying, derailed railcars, and a shouting match between the Mayor and a railroad giant over a contested franchise.
- The 'Ram's Horn' Waterfront Fight
A landmark court battle over railroad right-of-ways and the city's power to control its streets against corporate expansion.
- The Last-Second Injunction That Saved a Seattle Building From the Railroad
Judge Langley cleared the way for demolition, then a federal mortgage-holder's suit stopped the axes at the Colman block.
- The First Wedding in Seattle, Celebrated Forty-Two Years Later
David and Louisa Denny gather four generations of pioneers at their Temperance Street home, where relics of the 1850s—and the certificate from Seattle’s first marriage—turn an anniversary into a founding story.
- The Waterfront Right-of-Way Battle
The Supreme Court rules in favor of the railroads, allowing them to rebuild the controversial 'Ram's Horn' track along the waterfront.
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- The Battle of the West Street Crossing
A lone police officer stands his ground against a railroad crew in a decades-long property dispute.
- The 'Ram's Horn' Tracks Cleared for Construction
A Supreme Court ruling clears the way for the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad to proceed with construction, settling a long-standing legal battle over land access.
- The Dignity of the 'Horny Hand'
In 1878, a Seattle editorial warned against the ‘pauperism’ caused by an overabundance of professional graduates who were too proud to labor.
- Mammoth Relics Unearthed Near Wallula
Biological experts confirm rare prehistoric discovery along the banks of the Columbia River.
- Transforming Van Horn Lake
Benton County officials hatch a plan to drain, clean, and restock a local lake for recreational fishing.
- Tragedy in the Timber: A Pioneer's Fatal Accident
A newlywed husband is widowed in a freak accident when a tree, toppled by the great storm of 1891, crushes his wife in their own backyard.
- He Sailed Around the Horn in '49. Thirty-One Years Later, He Went Home.
S. S. Bassett, who farms at the mouth of the Snohomish, has come back from six months east — a boyhood village he could no longer read, a Centennial he will not stop describing, and a hard-times East that sent him home more convinced than ever about Washington Territory.
- A Violent Collision in Front of the New Opera House
A frightened team of horses pulling a vegetable wagon caused a severe accident, leaving a valuable Percheron horse seriously wounded.