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- A Mother Stands Her Ground Against the Law
When an irate father tried to have his son arrested, his wife stepped in to stop the police in their tracks.
- A Spokane Craftsman's Twelve-Year Masterpiece in Human Hair
Charles Streib spent over a decade creating portraits of Generals Washington and Sherman from thousands of strands of human hair—a feat of patience and artistry that astonished the city.
- Kennewick Bargained for Brighter Streets—and a Ten-Year Utility Deal
In December 1916, Pacific Power Light proposed replacing Kennewick’s carbon arc lamps with hydrogen lamps, but council members wanted guarantees that new technology and future rate cuts would reach the city.
- The Battle for Tacoma’s Trees
Citizens revolt against a plan to destroy shade trees to make way for unsightly power poles.
- Seattle's Cow Pasture Problem
A local resident argues that Seattle cannot be a beautiful city of lawns and shade trees while the streets remain nothing more than open grazing grounds for cattle and horses.
- The Editors Came, Saw the Grapes, and Went Home to Boost Kennewick
For three days in September 1914 the young river town threw its Fourth Annual Grape Carnival, wined and dined the weekly editors of three counties, and sent them home to write love letters about cement sidewalks, shade trees and enormous bunches of grapes.
- Reflecting Sunlight to Save the Harvest
Wenatchee orchardists experiment with mirrors and lime to bring color to the shaded fruit of the orchard floor.
- The City That Forgot Its Trees: Seattle’s Dusty Streets and the Missed Opportunity for Green
A year after citizens demanded shade trees, the city remains barren. An editorial warns that without immediate action, Seattle will remain a 'dry, dusty' settlement rather than a beautiful metropolis.
- The Great Yakima Avenue Conflagration
A devastating blaze sweeps through the business district, leveled by fire and saved only by the grit of citizens and a stand of shade trees.
- The Miracle Town Rising from the Sagebrush
A visiting reporter describes North Yakima’s rapid transformation from a vacant townsite to a bustling center of commerce and irrigation.
- An Invasive Pest Stalking Seattle's Shade Trees
Millions of eggs have been discovered on poplar and maple trees, threatening to decimate the city’s urban canopy.
- A Tragic Afternoon at Laurel Shade
A two-year-old child drowns while playing at a Lake Washington resort despite a frantic rescue attempt by his older brother.
- The Mayor's War on 'Vice' at the Pavilion
Mayor J. T. Ronald refuses to license liquor sales at the Laurel Shade resort, citing its proximity to a cherished family park.
- Walla Walla’s 1884 Sales Pitch: From a Tent Store to a ‘Metropolitan’ City
A reprinted commercial sketch boasts of wheat, railroads, gasworks and thousands of souls — and lets slip the town’s whole origin story, from a tent on Mill Creek to the great fire of 1866.
- A Fortune in Strawberries: The Grower Who Says Thurston County Is Sleeping on Its Own Soil
Olympia closed the fruit season with its biggest shipments yet, but veteran orchardman George B. Hartman says the county's trees are thriving on forty years of neglect — and that proper cultivation could out-earn Oregon and California combined.
- A City Under Siege by Caterpillars
Citizens are struggling to find a way to exterminate millions of caterpillars that are stripping local trees bare.
- Seattle Prepares for a Fourth of July That Will 'Put in the Shade' All Previous Celebrations
As the nation celebrates its birthday, Seattle’s civic leaders are rallying to create a spectacle of unprecedented scale, aiming to transform the young city into a beacon of American pride.
- The 'Little Hatchets' of Commercial Street
Vandals are destroying shade trees in downtown Seattle, prompting local residents to demand authorities intervene against the neighborhood boys.
- The Presbyterian Picnic at Vashon Island
A mid-summer gathering of Sunday School members turns the undeveloped shores of Vashon Island into a scene of croquet, baseball, and local amusement.
- The Price of a 'Pigs in Clover' Puzzle
A Seattle mercantile house teases the latest nationwide fad—the 'Pigs in Clover' dexterity game—as the city's retail scene gears up for spring shopping.
- The Fevered Eve of the 1892 Election
Thousands crowd into Seattle’s armory for a final show of political might as Republicans and Democrats stage competing rallies on the eve of the presidential vote.
- The River Crossing: Why Our Youth Choose Pasco
A local editor criticizes Kennewick's lack of public recreation, arguing that if the town doesn't provide a place for youth to play, they will inevitably cross the river to find it.
- The House on Rollers: Moving an Entire Hotel to Save a Town
When the Northern Pacific Railroad bypassed Old Yakima, developers physically relocated the town's buildings—including the Holland House—to the new site, one mile at a time.
- Seattle’s ‘Palace of Trade’: 10,000 Crowd the Rialto’s Opening Night
A Boston-backed department store at Second and Madison threw open four floors of retail spectacle, declaring Seattle had arrived on the Pacific Coast.
- The Oasis in the Arid Belt
How irrigation transformed the Yakima Valley from desert to a model of agricultural productivity and speculative ambition.
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- The Unseen Labor of a Garden Hand
A day-laborer finds beauty and respite in the shadow of a forsythia bush while waiting for the train to bring the town’s elite back from their business.
- A Stormy Night in Guy
A fierce windstorm terrified residents as strange colors painted the midnight sky.
- The City Under a Smoky Shroud
In late 1889, Seattle found itself blanketed in a suffocating haze as forest fires raged across the region, yet the determination to rebuild the city burned just as brightly as the timber.
- The Shadow Over the Graders' Camp
Two workers in the Cascade wilderness are shot in cold blood by a pair of escaped convicts, fueling local fear and resentment.
- Left in the Dark: Seattle's Electrical Failure
When the lights went out across the city, a local resident spent the night navigating by touch.
- City Left in Total Darkness
A gas main failure leaves downtown Seattle residents scrambling for lamps on Thanksgiving Eve.
- The Shadow in Pioneer Square
A young woman takes a stand against her husband’s gambling habit on the streets of late-19th-century Seattle.
- The Mischief of a Shadowy Valentine
A parlor game of 'choosing' romantic partners via silhouette backfires when a young man masquerading in his sister's gown is mistakenly selected.