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- The State Draws a Line Along Seattle’s Waterfront
In 1896, Olympia fixed the harbor boundary from West Seattle to Meadow Point, mapped new Duwamish and Salmon Bay waterways, and cleared the way to sell tide lands.
- Vancouver Spends $2,500 to Open Its River Gate to Bigger Ships
The Northern Pacific dredger cleared a channel with at least fourteen feet of water over the bar below Vancouver, and citizens who guaranteed the cost now wanted an improvement district—and a federal jetty—to keep it open.
- The Partisan Vitriol Against J. Hamilton Lewis
The Post-Intelligencer launches a scathing attack on gubernatorial candidate J. Hamilton Lewis, labeling him an 'unscrupulous charlatan' and a 'political street fakir.'
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- The Peril of the Deep
Divers and engineers battle immense pressure to raise a sunken tugboat from the depths of the bay.
- The Peeping Captain and the Landlady
A Seattle municipal court case reveals a bizarre dispute over a rental property, featuring an spying tenant and allegations of a framed morality crime.
- The Unkindest Cut
A young boy's poignant question about inclusion and dignity sheds light on the treatment of people with disabilities in our community.
- The Deepest Diver's Eviction Dispute
A local court hears a malicious mischief charge against those who cleared out the home of a world-famous diver.
- A daring descent into the dark
Two women make history by descending 2,000 feet into the Oregon Coal Company mine at Coal Creek.
- A Rare Shark Surfaces in Hood Canal
A deep-sea fisherman pulls a species unknown to the Pacific from the waters of Puget Sound, stunning local museum curators.
- Testing the Depth: A Steamer’s Experimental Voyage
Captain J. R. Blanchard brings his steamer, the Alice, into Aberdeen to prove the harbor's potential for deep-water trade.
- The Narrow Escape in Whitechapel
After a laborer was robbed and tossed into the frigid tide flats of Seattle's waterfront, an unlikely group of rescuers saved him from a watery grave.