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31 stories matching stride
- The City That Forgot to Flush: Seattle’s Shameful Sewer Crisis
As the population surges toward 40,000, an editorial warns that neglecting public health infrastructure is a 'crime' waiting for a deadly summer.
- Puyallup Leader Peter Stanup Reported Missing in Tacoma
The Puyallup leader vanished after a night of drinking and tension over reservation land, leaving his community in mourning and suspicion.
- Senate Weighs Puyallup Land Rights and Citizenship
Senator Allen argues that citizenship should grant Puyallup tribal members the right to sell their property, challenging federal restrictions on the reservation.
- The New England Hotel's Ban
A local hotel owner strikes a blow against Chinese labor, signaling a rising tide of xenophobic economic policy in the Pacific Northwest.
- Whose Land Is It? Seattle Takes On the Northern Pacific Railroad
The president of the Northern Pacific comes to the Chamber of Commerce to argue his company needs the public lands as collateral — and a furious editorial fires back that the city's whole future is on the line.
- The $5.5 Million Bet That Would Reshape Seattle's Waterfront
St. Louis investors sign on to fill the tide flats and dig a canal linking Lake Washington to Puget Sound, betting Seattle will become the Pacific coast's leading city.
- The Iron Giant of Seattle: How a Local Foundry Fueled the City’s Rapid Rise
In 1876, Seattle’s industrial heart was beating with molten metal. As the Puget Sound Iron Works churned out rails for expanding railroads and coal mines, local leaders predicted a future where Seattle would rival San Francisco as a Pacific coast manufacturing hub.
- Henry Villard’s Hotel Test: Seattle Wins the Coast’s Comfort Race
A railroad magnate’s refusal to overnight in Portland’s bad hotels becomes a Seattle booster’s proof that first-class accommodations were a competitive weapon.
- 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.
- The $1,000 Christmas Theft and the Clean-Shaven Fugitive
A Tacoma bookkeeper accused of lifting a gold-stuffed pocketbook is caught in Seattle after shaving off his beard and plotting a steamer run to Victoria.
- Washington’s New Industrial Insurance Program Hits Its Stride
A progress report from the state’s Workmen’s Compensation Commission reveals a busy start, thousands of claims, and the curious realities of the injured worker's experience.
- The Yakima Valley's Great Hop Boom
Farmers across the Yakima region are racing to plant hops, betting that local soil and climate will dominate the industry as neighboring districts struggle with pests.
- A Municipal Technicality Leaves Aberdeen Officials Jobless
A legal opinion concerning dual office-holding triggers a sudden, awkward vacancy for city staff.
- From Two Rooms to a Building Fund: The YMCA’s Early Expansion in Seattle
Three years after arriving in Seattle, Secretary George Carter reflects on the YMCA’s transformation from a struggling group in a pair of rented rooms to a city institution with grand building ambitions.
- Aberdeen’s Call to Action
A local editor criticizes the Chamber of Commerce for inertia and demands improvements to the Wishkah River road to boost the city's growth.
- A Church Built of Cement Blocks and Small-Town Pride
Hope Congregational Church dedicated its new $7,400 edifice, filled the pews, and raised $1,200 on the spot to pay down the debt.
- The Forgotten Sailors: A Call for Reform in the U.S. Navy
A seasoned veteran of the U.S. Navy writes from Port Townsend in 1886 to lament the decline of practical seamanship and the lack of decent pensions for sailors who have served their country for decades.
- The Passing of a Seattle Police Pioneer
A biography of Phil Sullivan, an ex-lieutenant of the Seattle police force, who died of consumption at the Pacific House.
- The River Opens: First Steamboat Conquers the Skagit's North Fork
After settlers cleared the jam at La Conner, Captain Hill’s vessel became the first to navigate the treacherous waters of the North Fork, unlocking a new era for the region.
- The Politics of the 'Money Cow'
Republican firebrands tour Eastern Washington to combat Populist influence and secure support for John H. McGraw.
- The Great Sheep Boom of 1897
As drought devastates Australian herds, Northwest sheepmen anticipate a massive windfall in wool and mutton prices.
- The 1898 Sales Pitch That Called the San Juan Islands a 'Klondike at Home'
A judge's promotional essay promised apples, prunes, sheep, fish, limestone and health in Washington's island county—and complained that the outside world had not yet noticed.
- The Perilous Journey of the Little Brown Jug
A logger's desperate, tipsy attempt to retrieve his prized whiskey jug from the Seattle harbor makes for a chaotic afternoon on the waterfront.
- The Yakima Carriage King
How local craftsman Michael Schorn is proving that North Yakima can outbuild the eastern factories.
- The Mother-in-Law’s Vengeance
A cantankerous encounter at the local recorder's office reveals a domestic dispute that turns violent, involving a skillet and a very narrow escape.
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- The Struggle for a Sidewalk
Citizens and the City Council wrangle over basic infrastructure as Seattle grapples with rapid growth and urban order.
- A Sidewalk Battle on G Street
Property owners spar over mandatory concrete upgrades in the face of recent plank-walk investments.
- The Chain-Gang’s Shovel Symphony
In the heart of Olympia, a group of convicts turned Pacific Avenue into their personal construction site, wielding pickaxes and shovels with obstinate pride.
- The Seneca Street Sludge
A persistent drainage issue on a downtown sidewalk sparks frustration among Seattle pedestrians, highlighting the lack of basic civic maintenance in the growing city.
- The City Will Pave First Avenue—Cable Tracks or Not
Seattle's street committee orders brick pavement from Yesler to Pike and threatens to pave straight over the Front Street Cable Company's sagging rails if the company won't pay to raise them.
- The Mayor’s Sidewalk Mandate: Seattle’s First War on Public Infrastructure
In August 1872, Mayor J.T. Jordan issued Ordinance No. 32, forcing property owners on Capitol Hill to build their own sidewalks or face fines—a stark early example of the city shifting infrastructure costs onto private citizens.
- Injured Man Sues City Over Sidewalk Maintenance
A pedestrian seeks damages after a fall on a dangerous city sidewalk.
- The Struggle for Sidewalk Accessibility in 1877 Seattle
An early editorial plea highlights the difficulty of navigating the city’s unpaved streets where cows, not just people, claimed the right-of-way.