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1. The Struggle Over Tipping on Northern Railways

   Facing the threat of replacement by white workers, a labor group of Black Pullman porters in St. Paul organizes to abolish the 'tip evil' to save their jobs.

   Jan 11, 1904The Evening StatesmanSpokane, Spokane CountyWork & Pay

2. The Man Accused of Starting the Great Seattle Fire Gets a New Trial—and Denies He Did It

   J. W. Tollman, convicted of robbing a butcher, wins a new trial; he also confronts the old rumor that he knocked over the glue pot that burned Seattle in 1889.

   Mar 10, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime · Disasters

3. The Grizzly at Point Defiance

   A silver-tip grizzly escapes its cage at Tacoma's Point Defiance Park, wounding three park employees before being put down to protect the zoo’s deer and elk.

   Apr 4, 1904The Tacoma TimesPoint Defiance Park, Tacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

4. The Devil-Fish of the Chehalis

   Two local fishermen survive a terrifying encounter with a massive, tentacled monster in the waters of Grays Harbor.

   Feb 18, 1892Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyStrange But True

5. The Sad End of Seattle's National Symbol

   An American eagle, formerly an ornamental storefront display, escaped into the streets of Seattle, only to meet a tragic fate at the hands of those who couldn't handle its fierce independence.

   Jan 7, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerYesler Way, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

6. The $1-an-Acre Tip: How Washington's School Timber Was Sold Cheap

   A legislative investigation hands the attorney general evidence that well-connected buyers used paid cruisers to lowball the value of the state's school lands — with a wink and a dollar an acre.

   Apr 21, 1910The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentSeattle, King CountyFollow the Money · City Hall

7. The Last Embrace on the Precipice

   A Shoshone hunter discovers the remains of a man and a grizzly bear locked in a final, lethal tangle in the Washington wilderness.

   Jan 5, 1886Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

8. Bears on Driftwood and Bridge Washouts in the Skykomish River

   Heavy rains trigger a freshet in the mountains, leading to washed-out bridges and one very calm bear navigating the rapids on a log.

   Jun 15, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSkykomish River, Gold Bar, Snohomish CountyDisasters

9. A Terrifying Two-Mile Stalk in Snohomish

   After an unarmed rancher was cornered by a massive cougar, a dramatic rescue mission ensued to drive the beast back into the brush.

   Dec 18, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPilchuck Road, Snohomish, Snohomish CountyStrange But True

10. The Unlucky Blacksmith of Front Street

    A routine building project in early Seattle ends in a chaotic tumble as a blacksmith shop collapses, sending tools and timber into the thoroughfare.

    Sep 21, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerFront Street, Seattle, King CountyDisasters

11. The Mountain Lion Hunter of Chelan

    A local hunter brings in a massive cougar as regional reports note the predator is terrorizing the deer population.

    Feb 1, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerChelan, Chelan CountyStrange But True

12. Kennewick’s Police Paychecks Come Up $15 Short

    A budget cut with no ordinance behind it left the city marshal and patrolman refusing their January warrants—and the council scrambling to steady the boat.

    Feb 4, 1915The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick, Benton CountyWork & Pay · City Hall

13. Close Call with a Cougar in Orting

    Two children playing near the Carbon River were nearly snatched by a massive cougar before a quick-thinking visitor intervened.

    Jun 12, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerCarbon River, Orting, Pierce CountyStrange But True

14. Pullman Car Porters Ready to Strike

    A rare labor dispute draws public sympathy as porters seek wages rather than tips.

    Jul 10, 1890The Yakima HeraldYakima, Yakima CountyWork & Pay

15. The Skagit Cougar’s Poisoned Last Meal

    A bold mountain lion terrorized a Sedro farmstead, but an ingenious local farmer ensured it was the predator’s final raid.

    Jan 14, 1886Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSedro-Woolley, Skagit CountyStrange But True

16. The Marauder of the Poultry Yard

    A venerable, toothless cougar met its end after a spree of terrorizing local goose pens.

    Mar 14, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSultan, Snohomish CountyStrange But True

17. Workers Surprise Their Tunnel Superintendent

    A crew of men working on the Lake Union sewer tunnel show their appreciation with a gold-tipped ebony walking stick.

    Feb 25, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerLake Union, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

18. The Terror of the Middle Valley

    A massive cougar that plagued local settlers with livestock raids finally meets its end through a cunning trap.

    Nov 10, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerCathlamet, Wahkiakum CountyStrange But True

19. The Vulgarity of Legislative Gratuities

    An editorial critique argues that tipping public officials during legislative sessions undermines the dignity of the state.

    Mar 11, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOlympia, Thurston CountyCity Hall

20. The Predator of Hutchinsons Creek

    A Danish settler in a local farming community takes matters into his own hands after a cougar targets his livestock.

    Jun 22, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerAcme, Whatcom CountyStrange But True

21. Seattle's 1889 Fire Destroys 64 Acres of Downtown

    A glue pot disaster in a paint shop levels sixty-four acres of Seattle’s business district, triggering a massive regional relief effort.

    Jun 13, 1889The Yakima HeraldSeattle, King CountyDisasters

22. A Judge Called Unpaid Hotel Work 'Mild Larceny'—and Freed the Bellboy Who Stole $1.15

    Nathan Sanguinetti, a West Indian bellboy at Seattle's Rainier Hotel, was convicted of stealing a planted purse. When Judge Humes learned the hotel had made him work 18 months without pay, he called that the real crime—and a pardon followed.

    Sep 16, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyWork & Pay

23. The Midnight Smuggling Ring at Oyster Bay

    Customs officials track a clandestine operation smuggling Chinese laborers into Washington via the mudflats near Olympia.

    Sep 18, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOyster Bay, Olympia, Kitsap CountyExclusion & Resistance · True Crime

24. The Real Estate Titan Who Fell to Earth

    Allen C. Mason, the man who built the Tacoma boom, sees his mortgage empire collapse under the weight of taxes and hard times.

    Mar 7, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyBoom & Bust

25. A Wall of Smoke and Flame Across Puget Sound

    Forest fires from Hood Canal to the Nooksack Valley left dozens of families homeless in 1894, while smoke turned steamboat travel blind and daily life in Seattle into a gray haze.

    Sep 1, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPuget Sound, Seattle, King CountyDisasters

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