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- Her Wages Bought the House at Fourth and Plum. The Sheriff’s Deed Was Canceled.
Elizabeth Burkett turned a $700 gift into a hotel and a home. When a Pierce County judgment against her husband threatened it, a Thurston County judge traced the property back to her own labor.
- The Partisan’s Price: How Civil Service Reform Cost a Delegate His Seat
In 1876, King County’s Republican establishment turned on Judge O. Jacobs for refusing to hand out federal jobs to party loyalists, revealing the brutal mechanics of the spoils system in early Washington Territory.
- City Hall's Petty Wars and the Cost of Patronage
Seattle's water and fire departments are being crippled by the 'reform' administration's obsession with political spoils and patronage over efficiency.
- The Newspaper War of 1878
Before the digital age, Seattle's editors fought their battles in court and print, trading accusations of corruption and forgery.
- The Geary Act in Port Angeles
A customs inspector initiates a crackdown under the Chinese Exclusion-era registration laws.
- The Temperance Hall With a Deed That Wouldn't Let Go
A judge voids a ruling on the Good Templars' Columbia Street property, reopening a fight over a free library, a moral clause, and which court had the power to decide.
- City Hall Power Struggle: Mayor Ronald Wins Right to Oust Appointees
A court ruling confirms that the Mayor of Seattle holds sole authority to remove city officials, signaling an end to a high-profile challenge.
- The Plot to Fire the Engineer Behind Seattle’s Sewer Tunnels
Democratic operatives wanted Reginald H. Thomson’s job for a patronage appointee. Mayor Ronald threatened to make them pay.
- Log-Rolling Tragedy at Cascade Mill
A foreman is killed in a workplace accident after slipping in smooth-soled shoes.
- The Seattle Correspondent’s Gaze on China
A disorienting, 1877 report from a Seattle newspaper explores the rigid social hierarchies and gender dynamics of the Qing Dynasty through a lens of Victorian fascination.
- 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.
- 1861 Treaty Sets Aside Quinault and Quileute Reservation
Federal authorities announce the formal setting aside of lands for the Quinault and Quileute tribes, imposing new restrictions on settlers.
- Tragedy at the Occidental Hotel
A pre-dawn fire at a downtown boarding house kills a resident and leaves others fighting for their lives in the smoke.
- The Missing Will That Would Have Given Seattle a Library
Henry Yesler's widow and two doctors are arrested, accused of burning a will that left the pioneer's fortune—and his mansion—to the city.
- The Ghost City of Stanley
Investors realize the 'City of Stanley' they bought into is a total fabrication, leading to a massive lawsuit against land speculators.
- Seattle Rallies Against Northern Pacific 'Steal'
Citizens organize to prevent a corporate land-grab of valuable coal and timber properties in King County.
- Great Northern Train Derails into the Wenatchee River
A passenger train falls into a washed-out track near Leavenworth, leaving three dead and passengers clinging to life in the mountain currents.
- The Tragic End of the Ferndale
A British bark shattered by Grays Harbor breakers leaves sixteen dead, but a local woman's bravery saves three survivors from the surf.
- Quinault and Quil-ich-ulte Reservation Established by Treaty
Superintendent of Indian Affairs William W. Miller formally establishes boundaries for the Quinault and Queets lands, warning settlers of trespassing.
- The Real Estate Frenzy that Built Spokane
An early reporter’s account of Spokane’s explosive growth, driven by railroad speculation and the 'lucky' millionaires of the mining boom.
- The 'Free Love' Riot of Port Angeles
When a local newspaper dared to suggest that marriage should be a voluntary contract, the citizens of Port Angeles formed a mob to drive the editors out of town.
- The Seattle Petition Against Chinese Labor
A group of prominent attorneys and citizens petition the territorial legislature, demanding the passage of exclusionary labor laws despite constitutional concerns.
- Labor Tensions Turn Violent in Ballard
A physical confrontation between non-union workers and union men at a local shingle mill sparks a heated debate over intimidation, scabs, and the future of labor in Seattle.
- The Collapse of a Fairhaven Empire
A prominent banker faces arrest as the Bank of Fairhaven closes its doors, leaving the county's finances in chaos.
- A Missing Man, a Secret Silver Oath, and a Sheriff's Certainty
Charles K. Gloystein vanished after refusing a vigilante pledge; Sheriff Pugh blamed political enemies in Spokane County's Populist hotbed.