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791 stories matching pioneer
- The Pioneer Squabble
A meeting of the Washington Pioneer Association turns tense as members clash over whether their organization exists to boost the city or preserve the past.
- A Heart-of-the-City Gift for Seattle's Pioneers
P.H. Lewis offers a valuable corner lot at Madison and Fourth Streets to build a permanent home for the Washington Pioneers' Association.
- The Pioneer Grumble: A Call to Organize
A longtime resident complains that 'tenderfeet' arriving on luxury trains have no idea what it actually cost to build the state.
- The Great 'Old Settler' Debate of 1898
Ritzville's town paper picks a fight over who actually earns the title of 'pioneer' in Adams County.
- The Pioneer's Protest Against the Building Tax
A pioneer stands his ground against city ordinances, preferring jail to paying what he calls an 'unjust tax.'
- The Fading Mineral Palace
Citizens petition to remove the aging, unsightly 'Mineral Palace' from Pioneer Place.
- The Pioneer Variety Store's 'Clearance' Sale
A shopkeeper at Seattle's Pioneer Variety Store announces an urgent clearance sale to avoid 'carrying' his current stock into the coming year.
- The Pioneer's Divorce Scandal
After forty-three years of marriage, a Seattle pioneer faces a contested divorce suit that alleges intimacy with a younger woman.
- The Pioneer Defense of John McGraw
Prominent Seattle figures and old neighbors rally to defend gubernatorial candidate John McGraw against smear campaigns claiming he once ran a gambling house.
- End of a Pioneer Trail
A pioneer of the 1850s who helped build the wheat industry of the Pacific Northwest passes away in Colfax.
- A Fugitive Pioneer’s Final Flight
After years of local sympathy, a 73-year-old pioneer skips town and abandons the friends who staked their reputation on his bond.
- The Hidden Hoard of Seattle's Pioneer Square
A rare coin discovery in 1888 offers a glimpse into the transient, globalized pockets of Seattle's earliest residents.
- A Kenton Picnic Speech and the Justification of Native Displacement
At a Kenton picnic, Judge Orange Jacobs cast pioneer survival as historical necessity and used dehumanizing rhetoric to defend the displacement of Native Americans.
- The Ghost in the Slough
The body of an unidentified Chinese man was discovered near Pioneer in a disturbing scene, underscoring the climate of violence against immigrants in the region.
- Seattle Bids Farewell to Its Founding Father
As Henry Yesler, the man who built the city's first sawmill, is laid to rest, Princess Angeline and the city's pioneers reflect on the rapid transformation of their frontier home.
- A Noon Fire Erased Sequim's Pioneer Block
A stove accident destroyed a hotel and the Pioneer Block—including a bank, druggist and city council room—with losses over $10,000.
- The Pioneer Who Built Seattle’s Timber Empire
William M. Fulton, a lumber magnate who shaped the city’s early economy, has died at his Jackson Street home.
- A Seattle Pioneer Returns to the Frontier
After surviving a family tragedy on Whidbey Island, a pioneer returns to the West to rebuild his life.
- A Final Reunion for Northwest Pioneers
After eighty years apart, the remains of missionary William H. Gray and his wife are reinterred alongside the Whitmans in Walla Walla.
- The Battle Over Seattle’s History
Pioneer C. B. Bagley takes to the pages of the P-I to correct misstatements about the city's early development and street history.
- A Frontier Farewell: The Seattle Pioneers Mourn Hannah Horton
A quiet moment of communal grief in early Seattle as the Pioneers' Association honors the life of a 'noble woman' in 1872.
- Twenty-Ton Cable Sinks into Pioneer Place
A massive power-house cable falls through a street-level planking, requiring hours of heavy lifting to recover.
- Prominent Pioneer Detained
A longtime city contractor suffers a mental health crisis at home.
- A Pioneer's Desperate End
After business reverses and personal tragedy, a pioneer hardware merchant dies by suicide in his North Seattle store.
- The Passing of a Pioneer
John Cain, a sturdy rail-splitter and pioneer of the Puget Sound, passes away in Blaine at age 86.
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- The Pioneer Developer Building the Future of Downtown Seattle
As Seattle grapples with rapid growth and a critical shortage of hotels for visiting businessmen, pioneer Dexter Horton announces a major new business block on Cherry Street.
- An Old Pioneer's Promise to a Dying Friend
A rare trip from Olympia to Seattle reveals the enduring bonds of friendship among the pioneers who built the territory.
- The Pioneer Dream: Settling Seattle as an Organized Colony
In 1877, Seattle newspapers championed the idea of 'colonizing' the Washington Territory to solve the isolation of homesteading, mirroring today's debates over density and regional growth.