Research the archive
Narrow 22,457 newspaper stories by words, years, place, newspaper and subject. See when and where they ran, then download what you find.
Put a phrase in quotes ("rent strike") or leave a word out with a minus (strike -baseball). Old scans misspell names, so when little is found, near-spellings are offered.
Refine
Show the numbers
| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1876 | 4 |
| 1877 | 4 |
| 1878 | 2 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1885 | 5 |
| 1887 | 3 |
| 1888 | 2 |
| 1889 | 8 |
| 1891 | 3 |
| 1892 | 3 |
| 1893 | 5 |
| 1894 | 8 |
| 1895 | 2 |
| 1899 | 2 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1903 | 4 |
| 1904 | 5 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1909 | 6 |
| 1916 | 1 |
| 1917 | 1 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1924 | 1 |
76 stories matching oliv
- The Captain's Fistfight
A maritime dispute over a scraped ship in San Francisco leads to a brawling captain seeking surgery in Seattle.
- A Wedding on the Skagit Flats
A frontier celebration in the late 1870s brings together four river communities for a night of dancing and revelry.
- The Political Trading Floor in Mission
A backroom bargain in Chelan County pits local ambition against the governor's power, revealing the high-stakes chess game behind early 20th-century endorsements.
- Tragedy at Falling Springs
A domestic terror incident near Pomeroy ends in the perpetrator's suicide.
- The Gilded Union: A Chorus Girl and a Chinese Actor Defy Convention in Seattle's Chinatown
In a scandalous departure from social norms, Jessie Kitchie and Ah Bock exchanged vows in the opium-scented apartments of Jackson Alley, marking a rare public union across racial lines in 1889.
- The Ferryboat War of Elliott Bay
A high-stakes territorial dispute over a commercial shipping slip leads to a dangerous maritime game of chicken between two competing steamships.
- Prominent Pioneer Olive Delaney Dies After Surgery
A life spanning the cross-country emigrant trails to the settlement of the Walla Walla valley ends following complications from an operation.
- The High School Garroter
A fifteen-year-old high school student is in custody after confessing to a series of violent street robberies in Tacoma.
- A Forgery Arrest, a Suicide Attempt, and a Case Spokane Papers Got Wrong
Brad Knapp was arrested in Seattle over school warrants; days earlier his wife had shot herself, and a mistaken identity muddled the story.
- The Revenue Cutter Steward’s Opium Cache
A longtime employee of the U.S. revenue cutter 'Oliver Wolcott' is arrested for smuggling opium from British Columbia, exposing a decade-long secret life.
- The Electrocution of a Lineman
A routine day for a Seattle Electric company worker ended in a harrowing, public death that left his body suspended over the city's Sixth Avenue for fifteen minutes.
- A Week of Tragedy in Pierce County
A string of suicides, murders, and accidents shocks Tacoma as a young student and an asylum patient end their own lives.
- The Unpaid Wages of Seattle's Mill Workers
Employees at a local mill face financial desperation after being notified that their promised wages for two weeks of labor cannot be paid.
- Settlers Challenge the Railroad
Local homesteaders take on the Northern Pacific railroad in a land dispute, finding hope in a federal investigation.
- The Boiler That Killed Safety: How Neglect Nearly Sank the Oliver Walcott
A steamboat captain’s repeated warnings about a faulty boiler were ignored by department officials until the vessel burst into the dock at Port Townsend, leaving it stranded for repairs.
- The Man Who Bought the Territory: Miles C. Moore’s Rise to Governor
From a Walla Walla bookstore clerk to the head of Washington Territory, Miles C. Moore’s appointment signals a shift in power from Seattle’s elite to Eastern Washington’s business barons.
- Military Band vs. Union Labor
The federal government is accused of strike-breaking by allowing Army musicians to perform at a Seattle dance academy that refused to hire union members.
- The Price of Industrial Expansion in Old Seattle
When two prominent wire and manufacturing firms faced insolvency, a crowded meeting of creditors reveals the fragile state of local commerce and the high cost of debt.
- A Local Pastor’s Miraculous Escape from a Train Disaster
Rev. Oliver T. Mather, arriving in Tacoma to lead the Bethany Presbyterian Church, survives a catastrophic Canadian Pacific derailment.
- A Lake Stevens Bathing Party Ended in Drowning
Olive Hinman, daughter of a county commissioner, and Miss Jordan went into the water for an evening swim. Rescue came too late.
- The City That Vanished: Seattle’s First Real Estate Bubble and the Ghosts of Terry’s Addition
A look back at January 1890, when Seattle’s land boom was in full swing, prices were soaring, and developers like George Dorffel were selling lots in new subdivisions to speculators eager for a quick profit.
- The Neah Bay Sealing Conflict
A local captain alleges a corrupt scheme involving a government agent and a private trader to monopolize the sealing industry at the expense of Indigenous laborers.
- The Tragedy at Mrs. Story’s Boarding House
A jealous suitor infiltrates a Seattle residence to commit a double murder, leaving the city in shock over the death of a prominent socialite.
- A Spilled Bowl of Soup, a Fatal Shot at Camp Murray
A mess-tent quarrel between two young soldiers ended with Private Thomas Vandiver shot through the body and Private Frederick Stubbs in the county jail, claiming self-defense.
- Four Killed in Everett Bridge Tragedy
Two automobiles collided on the Weadwater Slough bridge near Everett, sending both vehicles and their passengers into twenty feet of water.
Also about this, in other words
- Labor’s Young Socialist Hopeful for Everett Commissioner
As Everett transitions to a commission-style government, the labor movement taps 27-year-old R.J. Olinger, an electrical worker, to represent their platform in the upcoming municipal election.
- Fatal Family Dispute Over Squatter's Rights
A Lake Chelan property feud ends in a fatal shooting after a father and son attempt to intimidate a relative.
- A Knockout at the Walla Walla Athletic Club
A boxing match ends in less than a round, leaving the crowd stunned and the challenger dazed.
- The North Bend Punch-Up
A grudge match between two former partners leads to a brawl and a trip to court.
- The Pastor and the Organist
A physical brawl between a clergyman and his church organist raises the question of how to handle insubordination in the pews.