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- The Day She Asked for Our Front Door
A Snohomish resident’s hilarious and exasperating account of his neighbors’ audacious borrowing habits reveals the thin veneer of civility in close-knit frontier communities.
- Kennewick to Vote on Forming Port District in 1916
Voters face a pivotal election to establish the Port of Kennewick and authorize the purchase of a dock and the dredging of the Columbia River.
- The Hilltop Inferno: Arson Claims a Seattle Landmark
When the residence of J.P. Robbins burned in 1877, the city’s lack of water infrastructure and public apathy turned a potential save into a total loss.
- The Unmaking of a Mayor: Corruption and Scandal in 1885 Seattle
Ahead of the municipal elections, the 'Post-Intelligencer' launched a blistering attack on the incumbent mayor, calling for his ouster over accusations of police negligence, gambling racketeering, and moral failings.
- The Broken Promise of the Rail
Farmers organize a protest against a railroad company for failing to operate the line between Tacoma and Seattle as contractually obligated.
- Logger Leon Richards Found Slain on Mercer Island
A logger missing for a month is found dead in Lake Washington, revealing a brutal struggle and a connection to a local counterfeiting ring.
- The Sheriff's Plot to Jail His Rivals Before the Convention
Seattle Republicans gathered at the Armory in 1894 amid rumors that Sheriff Woolery and John Considine planned to have First Ward leaders arrested before the county convention could organize.
- A $100 Bribe and a Lifetime Pass: Seattle's Streetcar Scandal Erupts in the Council Chamber
Alderman J. Eugene Jordan accuses Union Trunk Line president K. F. Wittier of trying to buy his silence—then the board turns on itself.
- The Ball That Shook Seattle: A Night of Masks, Money, and 'Transposed Sexes'
In the damp cold of February 1877, Seattle’s elite gathered for a masquerade ball that defied social norms, featuring cross-dressing performers and a prize for the 'best sustained character'—a rare glimpse into the territory's vibrant, chaotic social life.
- The Rat That Didn't Die: A Seattle Street Performer’s Electric Shock Gambit
In a desperate bid to steal customers from a rival vendor on Commercial Street, an electricity salesman rigged a dead rat to a copper plate—only for the rodent to remain stubbornly lifeless.
- Blood and Grids: Seattle and Tacoma's Football Rivalry
After a bruising match in Tacoma, Seattle prepares for a Thanksgiving Day rematch as local pride fuels the nascent football culture.
- A Desperate Act in Waitsburg
A young woman is found unconscious after ingesting carbolic acid, sparking local debate over whether the act was a tragic mistake or a suicide attempt.
- The Women Who Refused to Look Away
Tacoma’s most prominent ladies rally behind a betrayed young woman in court, challenging Seattle’s apathetic society to stand with her.
- The Fire Commissioner's 'Fee'
A whistleblower exposes a brazen bribery scheme within the Seattle Fire Department, revealing how public jobs were allegedly sold for cold cash.
- The Trial of the City Treasurer
Adolph Krug faces a marathon legal battle over allegations of misused city funds during a high-stakes embezzlement trial in 1894.
- Four Drown at Wild Goose Bill Ferry
A ferry accident on the Columbia River leaves four men dead as their wives watch helplessly from the shore.
- A High-Stakes Gamble at the Front Street Poker Table
A desperate gambler nearly takes his own life after a losing streak in Seattle's underworld, only to be saved by a sudden twist of fortune.
- The Vampire of Hard Times: Why Seattle's Banks Are Starving Its Growth
An editorial in the March 1877 *Seattle Intelligencer* blames the region’s economic stagnation not on a lack of enterprise, but on predatory lending rates that are strangling local industry.
- The Snake in the Parlor: How Two Con Artists Drained an Elderly Man Dry
In May 1877, John Dowd and his accomplice targeted a respected Seattle citizen with a fake land deal, winning his trust before stealing his watch, cash, and dignity at a local saloon.
- The Confidence Woman of Akron
A local employment agent is charmed by a fellow Midwesterner and left empty-handed.
- Portland Press Labels Washington Territory Disloyal
A neighboring newspaper warns Olympia that unless the territory proves its Unionist fervor, federal support and favors will remain out of reach.
- Farmers Revolt Against County Extension Office
Agricultural groups in Benton County push to purge the county agent's office and force the retirement of state college leadership over cooperative marketing disputes.
- The Editors Came, Saw the Grapes, and Went Home to Boost Kennewick
For three days in September 1914 the young river town threw its Fourth Annual Grape Carnival, wined and dined the weekly editors of three counties, and sent them home to write love letters about cement sidewalks, shade trees and enormous bunches of grapes.
- Can 840 Acres of University Land Become 42 Veterans’ Farms?
White Bluffs boosters asked the state university to sell 840 acres near Vernita at $10 an acre, arguing that settled farms would raise the value of the rest.
- The Waterfront Pay Strike of 1882
A Seattle longshoreman calls out the steamship company for wage stagnation and abysmal working conditions, demanding a living wage for the dangerous work of loading the S.S. Geo. W. Elder.