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- Bear Hunt on Main Street
A surprise visitor causes a stir in a small town.
- Fireproofing the Tacoma Theater
Mayor Campbell mandates safety overhauls to ensure audience egress and stage safety at one of the city's premier theaters.
- Revenue Cutter Mohican Captures Schooner Volunteer
A small sealing vessel is intercepted in the Bering Sea and brought to port in Seattle, highlighting the tense enforcement of maritime laws.
- The Unlucky Life of the 'Phantom'
A small steamboat with a long string of technical failures and ownership disputes attempts a new life on the waters of the Pacific Northwest.
- The Only Safe Trust: Chauncy M. Depew’s Warning to Seattle Investors
Railroad magnate and former Senator Chauncy Depew tells a Seattle audience that the government must regulate trusts, predicting that 'rotten' companies will fail while others are placed on a proper basis.
- Queen Anne Addition Advertised 420 Water-View Lots
Developers pitch the 'Queen Anne Second Addition' with lofty promises of salt-water views, rapid transit, and colossal fortunes for the savvy investor.
- The Seattle Boom of 1888
A real estate pitch from 1888 promises fortune to those who buy into North Seattle’s 'unplatted land'—a document that highlights the origins of Seattle's rapid expansion and land speculation.
- The 1877 Seattle Real Estate Boom
A local newspaper editorial from 1877 argues that despite economic 'stringency,' land investment remains the safest bet for the city's future.
- The Boomtown Hype of Queen Anne Hill
A classic 19th-century real estate advertisement paints a dream of rapid transit and prosperity on Seattle’s growing northern skyline.
- The Schoolroom Rebellion
A student faces expulsion for daring to recite Robert Ingersoll in class.
- The Formosa Runs Aground in Bellingham Bay
A lumber-laden ship bound for Peru is stuck in the mud off Deadman's Point after a tug takes the wrong line—and her captain says the tug will pay.
- The City That Wasn't: Port Townsend’s Bold Pitch to Steal Seattle’s Thunder
In January 1889, the Mayor of Port Townsend published a scathing list of 'facts' in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, arguing that his town was the true commercial heart of the Pacific Northwest while Seattle remained a mere backwater.
- A Dispatcher's 'Lap Order' Sent Two Freight Trains Head-On Near Orting
A single mistake on a foggy single-track line killed engineer Louis U. Harmon and critically injured fireman Edward F. Martin—and left the dispatcher waiting helplessly for the crash.
- The Judge Who Warned Seattle Not to Sell Its Waterfront to a Canal Company
In 1894, Judge John J. McGilvra urged Congress to build the Lake Washington Ship Canal and warned that a private company's tideflat scheme would put tolls on the water and enrich speculators at public expense.