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13 stories matching walton
- The Battle of the First Ward
A neighborhood dispute over perceived slights escalated into a broomstick brawl, resulting in a day in jail for a local family.
- Baseball Heartbreak at Robbins' Park
A stellar pitching performance by Walton is undone by a disastrous seventh inning of errors in a local baseball clash.
- The Bullets That Whizzed Through Commercial Street
A quiet walk near the foundry turns into a terrifying brush with death as three men open fire on passersby.
- After the Clallam Went Down, a Seattle Man Asked Why No Puget Sound Steamer Had a Lifeboat That Floated
J. Walton wrote to the president and to Congress with a plain charge: not one passenger steamer on the Sound is properly equipped to save lives — and in two round trips to Nome he never once saw a fire drill.
- Tragedy on the Road in Yakima
A five-year-old boy lost his life in a wagon accident, a grim reminder of the daily hazards in a growing frontier town.
- Methodist Conference Rejects Modern Amusements
Delegates vote to uphold strict bans on dancing, card playing, and theater-going, keeping the church’s moral discipline intact.
- The Trout Fry Went to Colville. East Stevens Anglers Paid for Them.
County commissioners stocked western streams with hatchery trout, leaving fishermen on the east side of Stevens County to raise their own money—and resent the license fees they already paid.
- The Carriage-Trade Heists of Seattle
A stylish young couple is arrested for a string of hold-ups where the wife served as the getaway driver while her husband robbed pedestrians.
- The Day Stanford Routed the University of Washington
A historic football rout at West Seattle saw Stanford defeat the local University of Washington eleven, 40 to 0.
- The Secret Railway Building Under Seattle’s Streets
While the city slept, a mysterious construction crew pushed a new railway line through the downtown core, dodging private lots and baffling local observers.
- The Unlucky Fisherman of Seattle
A satirical poem from 1878 chronicles an angler who spends a week sitting by a local sawmill, only to become a living piece of landscape architecture for the local insect population.
- The Baseball Game the Gamblers Paid Stanford to Lose
A Tacoma betting ring recruited Stanford’s manager, pitcher, catcher and fielder to throw a game for $500. Captain Sheehan refused $100 — and then played like a demon to win it anyway.
- The Homegrown Railroad That Opened the Snoqualmie Country
Seattle citizens incorporated the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern in 1885 to reach Gilman, North Bend and Snoqualmie Falls. Northern Pacific took control, receivership followed, and the line kept loggers alive through the depression.