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- The Industrial Ambition of the Seattle Halibut Trade
How the establishment of a $10,000 curing plant at the foot of Pike Street in 1889 signaled Seattle’s transformation into a massive commercial fishing hub.
- A Woman’s Solitary Spiral at the Winsor Hotel
After days of isolation, heavy drinking, and cigarette smoking, a guest from Port Angeles was found raving in her room.
- Governor McGraw Refuses to March for Free Silver
Invited to send three delegates to a Salt Lake City convention, Washington’s governor writes a blunt refusal—and says 16-to-1 coinage is not a popular doctrine in this state.
- The Battle Over Initiative 24
A leading activist warns local women that the 'Brewers' Bill' is a veiled threat to the state's hard-won prohibition laws.
- The North End Industrial Boom
A new stone quarry and improved infrastructure are transforming the north end of Aberdeen.
- Kennewick Writer Questions Rattlesnake Hills Oil and Gas Claims
A skeptical resident questions the feverish speculation surrounding potential oil and gas discoveries in the Kennewick area.
- Populist Party Reorganizes for Adams County
Delegates rally to push for direct democracy, bimetallism, and a formal political realignment in rural Washington.
- Farmer's Alliance Convention Ends in Chaos
A political assembly in Dayton dissolves into a brawl after the president is expelled.
- The Brotherhood Challenges a Receiver's Firing Spree
Conductors from the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern railroad sue for reinstatement, claiming their firing was a retaliatory, arbitrary act by a receiver ignoring labor contracts.
- The City’s Chinese Population
An editorial analysis of the city's Chinese residency, labor practices, and the economic tensions of the late 1880s.
- The Tide Marsh Farmer's Million-Dollar Pitch
A La Conner entrepreneur calls for local investment to stop the exodus of grain wealth, offering land to any miller willing to set up shop.
- The Rising Voice of Labor in Washington Territory
William Lee, foreman of the Knights of Labor, details a plan to unite farmers and workingmen to challenge the state's political establishment in 1892.
- The City of Experts
Walla Walla's local government is criticized for a wave of high-priced, unnecessary 'expert' consultants while local talent remains ignored.
- The Turkey Rush on the Columbia
As irrigation transforms the desert, Benton County ranchers pivot from livestock to poultry, forming a new association to stake their claim in the Thanksgiving market.
- The Birth of the Big Steel Dream
A British entrepreneur plans to transform a massive site on the shores of Lake Washington into a steel empire, promising jobs for thousands.
- The Struggle for the Snoqualmie Pass Trail
As Seattle grew, settlers in the Kittitas Valley argued that their future prosperity—and the survival of their farms—depended entirely on carving a road through the Cascade Mountains.
- The Struggle for a Coal Railroad
Business is stagnant, and a local editor argues that the only path to prosperity is building a city-backed rail line to the Green River coal fields—despite opposition from the Northern Pacific.
- Seattle Investors Plan a Boot Factory and Tannery
Before tech and aerospace, Seattle’s business elite plotted to stop shipping raw hides to San Francisco and instead build a city of tanneries and shoe factories.
- The Boom That Never Was: How Utsalaay Tried to Steal Seattle's Thunder
In 1901, a rival town on Puget Sound launched an aggressive land sales campaign, claiming its harbor was superior and its resources 'inexhaustible,' while Seattle’s own economy sat in a dull slump.
- The Newspaper Mill That Almost Came to Snoqualmie Falls
In 1895, New York's biggest papers looked west at cheap cottonwood and waterfall power—and a Seattle booster tried to close the deal.
- The Salmon Wars of 1891: Puget Sound’s Battle for Fishing Sovereignty
While the Columbia River dictated state fishing laws, Washington’s northern waters faced an existential threat, prompting a legislative clash over spawning cycles and local control.
- The First Republican Banner in the Territory
A local correspondent celebrates the arrival of a new political voice in Whatcom, marking a rare moment of partisan pride in the remote frontier.
- The Seattle Silver Rebellion
A convention of delegates from the South and West met in Seattle to demand that the federal government restore silver to its rightful place alongside gold, signaling a growing populist resistance against Wall Street's control of the nation's currency.
- A Tiny Office, No Warehouse, and a Load of Cut-Rate Onions
A Seattle commission house is drawing attention with suspiciously cheap produce, and a farm paper warns Northwest growers to check the books before they ship.
- Gold Fever Empties the Army Posts—and Leaves Steilacoom’s Mail in a Canoe
A steamer from the north brings word of rich surface diggings on the Fraser and Thompson rivers, soldiers deserting lower Puget Sound posts, and Steilacoom cut off from its mail.