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- The Green Pool of Puyallup
A health-hazard stagnant pond in the center of town sparks a call for action.
- Knights of Labor Declare War on Monopoly
Assembly 101 releases a manifesto against Jay Gould, framing the labor struggle as a historic battle for the future of the working class.
- The Loggers and the Law: A Ledger of Territory Disputes
In August 1888, the Seattle district court docket revealed a sprawling conflict over the Washington timber frontier, pitting private mills and railroads against the federal government.
- The Ghostly Harvest of the North Pacific
A brutal accounting of how 19th-century pelagic sealers, operating out of Washington ports, pushed a species to the brink of extinction through industrial-scale slaughter.
- The Invisible Army Under the Microscope
A scientific lecture delivered in Snohomish contemplates the origins of life, the invisible world of bacteria, and the processes of decay.
- Midnight Panic at the St. Cloud
A spectacular five-story blaze in downtown Seattle forces guests to flee in their nightclothes, leaving a landmark hotel in ruins.
- The Hasheesh Defense: A Seattle Murder Trial Turns on a Drugged Cocktail
Harry Fraser was shot dead in a Northern Hotel saloon. The accused insisted the last thing he remembered was dice dancing on the table—and a drink that may have been laced with hasheesh.
- A Cannery, a Reef, and the Indians’ Right to Fish
A federal injunction stops the Point Roberts packing company from taking sockeye while the cannery argues the reef was never reserved to the Lummi—and that 130 jobs hang in the balance.
- The Miracle of the Daily Paper: How Pullman’s New Herald Brings the World to Your Doorstep
In its inaugural editorial, the newly launched *Pullman Herald* reflects on the alchemy of journalism—transforming rags into news—and celebrates the fertile wheat lands of the Palouse.
- The 1898 Sales Pitch That Called the San Juan Islands a 'Klondike at Home'
A judge's promotional essay promised apples, prunes, sheep, fish, limestone and health in Washington's island county—and complained that the outside world had not yet noticed.