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| Year | Stories |
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| 1877 | 3 |
| 1883 | 2 |
| 1885 | 1 |
| 1892 | 1 |
7 stories matching silveri
- Canoeing the Queets: Promise and Dispossession on the Olympic Peninsula
An 1892 travelogue celebrates homesteaders in the Queets River valley while arguing that Native hunters should be confined to the reservation.
- The Heartbreak of the China Valley
A young blacksmith’s quiet life in the valley is shattered when his sweetheart, Octavia, leaves for the mills of Lewiston and returns with a husband.
- The Moonlit Confession: A Romantic Friendship in Snohomish
A local resident’s poetic declaration of love to a companion named Fidencia, published in the 'Wonders' column, reveals the tender, coded language of queer intimacy in late-19th century Washington.
- The Case for a 'Seattle the Beautiful'
A visionary letter to the editor advocates for creating a network of public parks before the city's rapid expansion makes such land unaffordable.
- The Porch Light Intervention
A romantic evening on Snohomish's Piety Hill is brought to a splashy, unceremonious end.
- Holiday Revels and the 'Bronze Fountain' at Port Gamble
A glimpse into a settler's New Year’s social circle in 1877, featuring ambitious landscaping, amateur theater, and a bustling mill town economy.
- Letter from a Lost Seattle Pioneer
A former Seattle druggist living in Long Beach, California, writes back to the 'Queen City' to reminisce about the old days, painting a vivid portrait of a town changing faster than the pioneers could keep up with.
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- The Seattle Silver Rebellion
A convention of delegates from the South and West met in Seattle to demand that the federal government restore silver to its rightful place alongside gold, signaling a growing populist resistance against Wall Street's control of the nation's currency.