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28 stories matching santa
- A Seattle Hotel Fire Reaches a Family in California
Already recovering from a shipwreck, a Santa Ana woman learns that her mother and teenage brother were killed in Seattle’s recent West Street hotel fire.
- The Boomtown Boom: Life on Lake Union
A local reporter describes the rapid transformation of the Lake Union area into a bustling industrial suburb, predicting it will soon be closer to downtown Seattle than Santa Clara is to San Jose.
- Railroads Begin Farming Their Own Forests
Facing a national timber shortage, western railroads turn to industrial-scale tree planting to secure a future for their own infrastructure.
- Charity in the Cold: A Yakima Christmas in 1891
While many in Yakima enjoyed a comfortable holiday, neighbors stepped in to ensure that local families facing financial ruin still found a reason to celebrate.
- Blood Shed at the Waterfront
A violent clash between union longshoremen and strikebreakers at a Tacoma flour mill leaves three injured.
- The Governor's 'Miraculous' Absence
Did Washington's Governor fake an illness to tilt a Senate election?
- Longshoremen and Strike-Breakers Clash at Tacoma Flour Mill
Striking workers storm the Sperry flour mill and board a steamer, leaving guards and employees beaten in a violent labor dispute.
- The Industrial Boom of Van Asselt's Sewer Pipe
A newly discovered deposit of clay near the Green River births a factory, employing eighty men and shaping the city’s infrastructure.
- The Ploy to Oust the Poundmaster
A political machine allegedly attempts to abolish the office of poundmaster to fire an unwanted Union veteran.
- The New Columbian Stamps Debut in Seattle
A commemorative series featuring historical scenes marks a new era in American postal design, arriving at the Seattle Post Office on New Year's Day, 1893.
- The False Evangelist
A traveling preacher who claimed a massive inheritance is locked up in Seattle on charges of forgery.
- Wilson's Eight-Hour Day Plan Draws Railroad Pushback
As a national railroad strike looms, President Wilson clashes with industrial magnates over the fundamental rights of labor versus the stability of interstate commerce.
- The Christmas Miracle at Denny School
A heartfelt holiday secret unfolds as four teachers surprise their students with a hidden forest of gifts.
- The Great Christmas Bread Mix-Up
When an anonymous delivery of 150 loaves of bread arrived at a charity dinner by mistake, the organizers turned a clerical error into a holiday miracle.
- Small Town Minstrel Show Raises Funds for Christmas
Community members in Benton City put on a talent show, featuring local musicians and a 'Japanese chorus,' to fund a holiday celebration for local children.
- The Great Earthquake of 1892
A morning tremor rattles Central Washington, stirring memories of the catastrophic 1874 quakes that reshaped the Columbia River valley.
- The Scotch Sailor Boy’s Harrowing Escape
A teenage apprentice tells the tale of his brutal treatment, false imprisonment, and survival following a shipwreck in Lower California.
- Wilson Pushes Eight-Hour Day in Railroad Talks
President Wilson faces a potential national rail strike as executives and labor unions clash over the eight-hour workday and the limits of arbitration.
- City Council Tries to Oust Civil War Veteran
A local editor slams council members for attempting to remove a poundmaster who served in the Union army and lost his son in the Philippines.
- The Wild West Comes to the Third Street Depot
A young man arrives in town dressed for a frontier lifestyle, only to be told by local authorities that such theatrics are no longer welcome.
- The Palace on Rails: A Tycoon’s Private Journey to the Pacific
Dr. W. Seward Webb, brother-in-law to a Vanderbilt, prepares a $100,000 two-month excursion across the continent in a private, four-car train equipped with a piano, library, and hidden servants.
- The Shadow Over Seattle's Waterfront
As the anti-Chinese movement spreads through the Pacific Northwest, agitators in Seattle and Tacoma organize a campaign of expulsion, claiming the city's prosperity is at risk.
- The Great Western Land Grab
A federal investigation exposes how massive railroad corporations illicitly claimed hundreds of thousands of acres of public land by exploiting loopholes and keeping government clerks in the dark.
- The $1,300 Christmas Miracle: How Snohomish Ladies Saved the Town's Soul
In an era of economic panic, a group of 'enterprising young ladies' raised over $1,300 in gifts for the poor, proving that community spirit was the town's strongest currency.
- The Night Kennewick Lit Its Community Christmas Tree
Snow fell as hundreds of children gathered at Second and Yakima for candy, carols and a Boy Scout–guarded tree—with enough left over to send bags to a Spokane orphanage.