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23 stories matching tucker
- Whidbey Island Land Speculation
A syndicate eyes 14,000 acres for fruit farming, signaling a shift in regional agricultural development.
- The First Poet of Snohomish: A Captain’s Verse and a Hotelier’s Blunder
A retrospective on the town's earliest settlers reveals that E. I. Tucker wasn't just a steamboat engineer—he was also its first literary figure, while his father’s linguistic mishaps provide a glimpse into the colorful social life of the era.
- Midnight Fire in the Livery Block
Volunteers prevent a catastrophic fire at H. L. Tucker's residence and adjacent livery stable.
- Contempt of Court at the Casino
Two gamblers and their attorney land in hot water after a failed attempt to swindle a mark on a Lake Washington excursion.
- The Salvation Army's Plan to End Urban Poverty
A proposal to move impoverished tenement dwellers from congested cities onto government-allotted public lands in the West.
- The Teenager Who Enlisted Himself
A young man with no family and no means travels from Skagit County to Seattle to find a legal guardian, simply so he can join the U.S. Army.
- The Salvation Army's Radical Plan to End Urban Poverty
Commander Booth-Tucker calls for government-backed farm colonies to rescue the urban poor, citing the success of land reform in New Zealand.
- Brutal Murder at Port Discovery
A man found slain in his home with axe wounds remains an unsolved mystery as authorities open an investigation.
- A Peoria Syndicate Tried to Turn Whidbey Island Into One Big Orchard
With $100,000 in capital and 10,000 acres, outside investors promised a prune empire, new roads, wharves and Eastern colonies — but insisted they were not selling a townsite.
- Establishing the Penitentiary's Pay
Legislators grapple with the cost of housing inmates at the Steilacoom jail while the permanent penitentiary site remains a mystery.
- The Olympia Legislative Power Struggle
A dramatic standoff at the Olympia Hotel as Republican factions scramble to secure the House speakership and organize the new government.
- The Birth of a Regional Logging Monopoly
A massive consolidation of timber interests threatens to revolutionize the logging industry across Western Washington.
- The Mother, The Child, and The Purser’s Zeal
A desperate mother is arrested in Seattle after a daring escape from the hospital, exposing the cruelty of rigid legal intervention in the 1870s.
- The Unintended Romance
After attending a Chautauqua lecture on marital advice, a Seattle-area farmer attempts to woo his wife with small acts of kindness, leading to an unexpected thaw in their long-stagnant marriage.
- The Elephant-Sized Trap of Shelton
A blacksmith-made iron trap, built twenty-five years ago for an Indian trapper, emerges from history to go on display.
- A Fist Shaken in Open Court
A reputation suit turns personal when a witness calls the defense attorney a liar — then threatens him on his way off the stand.
- The Most Hard-Fought City Election in Yakima History
A three-way contest between the Citizens’, Taxpayers’, and Knights of Labor tickets reshapes the city council.
- The Minister and the Mysterious Cartload of Produce
A thrifty frontier couple surprises a local minister with a literal 'garden' fee for his services, proving that a modest beginning can grow into a generous legacy.
- The Strange Detention of the British Yeoman
A British ship captain claims he was arbitrarily detained at Port Townsend while trying to sail for Seattle, fueling local frustration with customs enforcement.
- The Settler Who Watched Olympia Get Claimed
R. C. Smith, who crossed the plains in 1848, recalls the canoe landing where Edmund Sylvester took the claim that became Olympia.
- The License Collector Caught in His Own Trap
E. W. Bates shook down Lake Washington resorts, tried to pin the money on his boss, and was fired and arrested in the same afternoon.
- Washington's House Votes to Ban Cigarettes — and the Tobacco Trust Moves In
In 1893 the state House passed a prohibition on cigarette sales after a debate that mixed moral reform, monopoly fears and anti-Chinese prejudice. Lobbyists were already working the Senate.
- A Dry-Hills Gamble: Sixty Settlers and a Well
When boosters claimed Yakima’s brown hills could farm, thirteen families put up $25 each to drill for water and prove it.