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| Year | Stories |
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| 1883 | 1 |
| 1886 | 1 |
| 1892 | 1 |
| 1895 | 2 |
| 1903 | 2 |
7 stories matching unturn
- The Day Seattle Voted on the Bottle
In a town-defining referendum in 1886, Seattle voters decisively rejected a prohibition measure, choosing the saloon over the temperance movement.
- Seattle's Fight to Land the Army Post at Magnolia Bluff
In 1895, the Chamber of Commerce touted a federal garrison as a monthly windfall—if Tacoma did not steal it first.
- Britain Is Quietly Mapping Alaska's Border, Former Federal Attorney Warns
In a Seattle interview, C. S. Johnson says the British government is spending freely to survey disputed Alaska territory while the U.S. government stalls, and Alaskans fear losing valuable mining districts.
- The Battle for the Land Office
Spokane Falls and Cheney trade barbs over the relocation of the federal land office, a prize that signifies the region's future growth.
- The Mystery of the Vanished Port Angeles Surveyor
A government townsite project stalls as the surveyor disappears, leaving the Interior Department scrambling to find his missing field notes.
- The Senator and the Governor
Senator Ankeny’s attempts to freeze Governor McBride out of the Republican ticket face stiff resistance from the ‘Boxers’ faction.
- The Water Monopoly Standing Between Yakima and Its Best Orchards
A fruit grower warns that the Washington Irrigation Company’s control of reservoir sites could block the high-line ditch needed to open Yakima County’s frost-safe uplands to orchards.
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A local wrestling match turns into a scene of chaotic challenges and bravado in Seattle.