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| Year | Stories |
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| 1876 | 4 |
| 1877 | 4 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1883 | 4 |
| 1885 | 3 |
| 1887 | 1 |
| 1888 | 2 |
| 1889 | 8 |
| 1891 | 1 |
| 1892 | 6 |
| 1893 | 3 |
| 1894 | 5 |
| 1895 | 4 |
| 1899 | 4 |
| 1910 | 1 |
| 1916 | 1 |
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- The Vampire Panic of Seattle
A grim, gothic account of a 'vampire' outbreak in a local immigrant community, documenting the desperate, violent lengths to which villagers went to protect their own.
- The Murderer in the Parlor
A frontier tavern killing, a suspicious trial, and a woman who rose from obscurity to the height of Washington society—only to be haunted by a past she thought she’d buried.
- The Price of a Pioneer Homestead in 1877
A modest real estate listing from a century-and-a-half ago highlights the stark contrast between early Seattle’s property market and today's vertical city.
- The Pride of the Frontier: Mukilteo’s Eagle Brewery
A legacy of 19th-century Pacific Northwest industry, where the Eagle Brewery staked its claim as the premier producer of beer in the territory.
- A Controversial Screening in Spokane
The film adaptation of a white supremacist narrative begins its engagement at the Auditorium Theater, marketed as a major record-breaking spectacle.
- The Real Estate Hustle of 1888
Before the skyline, there were the speculators: a look at how early Seattle developers used the 'Great City' narrative to sell lots in mud-soaked additions.
- The Forbidden Courtship of Seattle’s Laboring Class
A satirical poem recounts the trials of a young couple forbidden by their employer from speaking while working on his land.
- Rewriting the Pig War
Colonel Granville O. Haller disputes a revisionist history of the 1859 San Juan Island standoff.
- Diphtheria Grips Lewis County
A tragic account of a local diphtheria outbreak that has claimed multiple children and left families in mourning.
- The Unflinching Defense of Mrs. Dudley
Facing a court in a high-stakes trial, a woman demands the right to testify in her own defense, challenging the gendered biases of her era.
- Sold to the Highest Captain: Seattle’s Sailor Boarding-House Scandal
An editorial demands an investigation into Seattle’s sailor boarding houses, where men were allegedly lured into debt, beaten, and effectively sold to ship captains—and warns union organizers against using the same coercion.
- The Political War Over Washington's Senate Seat
Voters in Whitman County erupt in anger over 'lying' newspaper correspondents misrepresenting their support for John B. Allen against challenger George Turner.
- The bloody evidence in the Wilcox murder trial
A courtroom drama unfolds as prosecutors reveal gruesome relics while the defense challenges the integrity of the police investigation.
- The Tragedy of Trixey Leighton
A gambling house faro dealer and his mistress are found in a grizzly scene in Spokane, leading to a murder investigation that revealed the stark, hidden vulnerabilities of women living on the social margins of the 1890s.
- The Women's Suffrage Fight at Washington's Constitutional Convention
Delegates at the 1889 constitutional convention engage in a fierce debate over including women's suffrage, ultimately voting to put the question to the voters instead of enshrining it in the state constitution.
- The Forgotten Siege of Franklin
A murder trial reveals the raw nerves of a violent labor conflict between striking miners and those who replaced them.
- The Pioneer Nursery Bringing Life to the Sound
Before Snohomish was a sprawling suburb, it was a frontier canvas for orchards and ornamental gardens seeking to tame the wild Washington landscape.
- The Atheist of Sixth Street
A Seattle man is arrested for sending threatening, anti-religious letters to a local clergyman while attempting to frame his prosecution as a political attack.
- The Ghost of the Coal Wars
A murder trial in Franklin uncovers the bitter reality of 'dead lines' and armed guards during a violent labor dispute.
- The Brewery Alibi
A burglary suspect at Duwamish claims he spent the night of the crime butchering a roadkill cow for a brewery engineer.
- The Boom, The Bust, and The Fire That Haunted Whatcom
A pioneer chronicles the rise and fall of the Bellingham Bay settlements, from the discovery of coal to the geopolitical ironies that stifled a regional metropolis.
- The Tall Tale of a Shipwreck Survivor
A man claiming to be a shipwreck survivor arrives in Seattle with an incredible story, only for the local press to tear his narrative to shreds.
- The Ghost of the Seattle Riots
A labor organizer confronts senatorial candidate Thomas Burke over his role in the 1886 anti-Chinese expulsions, challenging the sanitized historical narratives of his political campaign.
- The Express Driver's Abandonment: A Frontier Scandal
A local expressman faces public condemnation after seducing two young women in northern settlements and fleeing town with his family's savings.
- The Ghost of Ballast Island
A laborer’s body washes up on the Seattle waterfront, leaving a trail of questions about a midnight splash and a missing man with a light overcoat.