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- Tacoma Residents Complain of Noisy, Dilapidated Streetcars
Mayor Linck demands action against the Pacific Traction Company as citizens protest the jarring noise of 'triangular' wheels.
- The Industrial Revolution of the Puget Sound Frontier
Two local inventors debut a massive, horse-powered stump-pulling machine, promising to clear vast swaths of Washington timberland for a fraction of the cost.
- The School Board's Costly Real Estate Wake-up Call
After proposing to trade high school land for a smaller plot, officials discover the exchange would cost them thousands and force a costly infrastructure upgrade.
- The Bitter Breakup of Seattle’s Football Elite
A simmering dispute between the Seattle Athletic Club and the University of Washington boils over, resulting in a permanent rift and a complete shake-up of the local season.
- The Rivalry That Gripped the Pacific Northwest
Seattle and Portland prepare for a high-stakes football clash at Madison Park to determine the regional championship.
- The Rapid Rise of the Kennewick Valley Club
Valley farmers organize, design, and break ground on a new clubhouse in less than two weeks, planning to complete the project with donated labor.
- A Monument for the Forgotten Conflict
Walla Walla's Red Cross society secures a contract for a Spanish-American War memorial, sparking debate over its placement in the city.
- The End of Wooden Seattle
A historic property deal marks a turning point as Seattle trades its 'dilapidated, squatty, and dangerous' wooden storefronts for modern, multi-story brick architecture.
- The City Hall that Moved into a Squatter's House
After the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, the city found itself without a seat of government, forcing the council to move into a private residence that the owner refused to vacate.
- The City Hall That Never Was
Civic leaders reveal ambitious designs for a permanent municipal headquarters on the Keezer property, intending to end the city's reliance on rented space.
- The Perilous Mudholes of Early Seattle
A wagon spill involving a local judge exposes the treacherous, unpaved state of Seattle’s streets in 1876.
- The Sloop Race of the Century on Lake Washington
A summer-long rivalry between two local sloops concludes with a narrow, heart-pounding finish off the Madison Street wharf.
- Seattle, Tacoma and Portland Gear Up for a New Baseball League
The Pacific Northwest League plots a comeback, with Bellingham Bay, Salem and Victoria fighting for the fourth club.
- The Streets Seattle Was About to Give Away
A city council committee votes to vacate waterfront streets south of Charles Street, and the city engineer warns that private tide-land leases could cut Seattle off from deep water.
- When the Skagit River Swallowed Mount Vernon: The Great Flood of 1894
A sudden heat wave melted mountain snow, sending rivers over their banks and putting whole towns underwater. In Mount Vernon, 300 men fought a losing battle against the rising Skagit.
- The Vigilantes' Ghost: Seattle's Dark Secret in Two Maple Trees
A poem published in the *Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer* reveals the city’s foundational myth: that its current 'peaceable' order was bought with the blood of six men hanged by a secret committee when the law failed to act.
- The First Rector of Trinity: A Quarter Century, and a Church Rebuilt from the Fire
Rev. George Herbert Watson marked 25 years in the ministry and 16 in Seattle, where he founded Trinity Parish, started Grace Hospital, and saw his first church destroyed in the Great Fire.