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1. The Outlaw Who Bought His Way Into a Saloon

   Frank Mossman, a notorious repeat offender with three prior jail breaks, walked into a Port Townsend saloon on Sunday night and refused to leave—until he threw rocks at the bartender.

   May 22, 1888The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Townsend

2. The Milkman Wars of Grant Street

   A competition for customers on the Grant Street bridge turns into a physical altercation, leading to an arrest.

   May 21, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerGrant Street, Seattle

3. The Packing Plant That Wasted Nothing

   At Meeker on the Seattle–Tacoma line, the Pacific Meat Company turned cattle, hogs and sheep into cured meat, sausage and fertilizer with almost no waste—and kept a small town working.

   Jan 1, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPuyallup

4. Team of Horses Nearly Plunge Into The Bay

   A local expressman is injured after his runaway team bolts through railroad yards and narrowly misses a deadly drop from a coal bunker.

   Mar 4, 1909The Tacoma TimesThea Foss Waterway, Tacoma

5. The Suitcase Man's Mania

   A repeat offender known as the 'suitcase man' faces a stiff prison sentence for a compulsive habit of theft.

   Jan 22, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma

6. From Pack-Saddle to Pioneer Town

   How a lone merchant’s log store over the Cascades sparked the settlement of the Kittitas Valley.

   Mar 6, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerKittitas

7. The Bolters: Disappointed Office-Seekers Tried to Hand King County to the Populists

   An editorial savages the Republican 'insurgents' of King County — a slate of men who wanted nominations, didn't get them, and now threaten to bolt the ticket and throw the county to the Democrats and Populists. It names names.

   Sep 12, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

8. A Rough Road for Blackman Brothers

   A massive timber haul turns into a dangerous mishap, highlighting the perils of Snohomish's logging industry.

   Apr 26, 1879The Northern StarSnohomish