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Seattle's First Paper is Published: The Gazette
Steilacoom and Port Townsend already have newspapers, but Seattle doesn%u2019t. So Henry Yesler decides to do something about it. He offers space, food and lodging for James Watson to publish the city%u2019s first paper, The Gazette. Photo: Henry and Sarah Yesler (no date). Courtesy of MOAHI. -
The Gazette is renamed the Seattle Intelligencer
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The Intelligencer purchases the Post, initiating the joint name
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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Changes Hands
The city fathers buy the paper to use it in a crusade to clean up the city. They turn around and sell it to Leigh Hunt. -
The Great Fire Destroys P-I's Offices
Offices of the P-I are destroyed in the Great Fire. The paper doesn%u2019t miss an edition and is printed temporarily out of owner Leigh Hunt%u2019s residence. HistoryLink article on the Post-Intelligencer Photo: Mural of the Great Fire, Seattle, June 6, 1889. By Howard Giske. Courtesy of MOHAI. -
Royal Brougham Joins the P-I
Royal Brougham drops out of Franklin High School to become a copy boy at the P-I. He works there for 68 years and dies while on the job in 1978. HistoryLink article on Royal Brougham Photo: Royal Brougham at KOMO studios, 1946. Courtesy MOHAI. -
The P-I is acquired by The Hearst Corporation
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Newspaper Guild Members Begin Three Month Strike
Newspaper Guild members go on strike at the P-I and are joined by longshore workers and other unions. Teamsters leader Dave Beck says his drivers won%u2019t deliver newsprint until the strike is settled. Hearst blasts the strikers in radio ads, but sits down to negotiate after FDR is reelected. HistoryLink article on the 1936 strike -
P-I Photographer Records Japanese-American Detainees
P-I photographer Ken Harris takes what become celebrated photographs of Japanese-American detainees as they journey from their homes on Bainbridge Island. Photo: Japanese-American internees preparing to leave Camp Harmony for internment camps, Puyallup, 1942. Courtesy MOHAI. -
The P-I Globe is Mounted
The 30-foot steel globe is hoisted above the P-I headquarters at 6th Ave and Wall St. in downtown Seattle. The neon slogan, %u201CIt%u2019s in the P-I%u201D revolves around the equator. Photo: Seattle P-I building, 1948. Courtesy MOHAI. -
P-I Exposes Police Payoffs
P-I takes on one of the state%u2019s most powerful politicians, King County Prosecutor Charles O. Carroll. The paper exposes police payoffs by gambling operations and Carroll%u2019s meetings with the owner of a company owning pinball machines. HistoryLink article about King County Prosecutor Charles O. "Chuck" Carroll Photo: Seattle P-I building, 1961. Courtesy <a href="http://www.seattlehistory.org/>MOHAI</a>. -
Robert Perry Turns to P-I Reporter for Escort
State legislator Robert Perry flees federal corruption charges. He contacts the P-I and says he%u2019ll turn himself in to authorities under the escort of political reporter Shelby Scates. -
P-I Hires First Female Photojournalist at a Seattle Daily
The P-I hires Kerry Coughlin, the first female photojournalist at a Seattle daily. -
P-I's Royal Brougham Passes Away
Royal Brougham dies after suffering a heart attack in the Kingdome press box. HistoryLink article on Royal Brougham Photo: Royal Brougham at KOMO studios, 1946. Courtesy MOHAI. -
The P-I and Times Share Presses Under New Agreement
The first edition of The Post-Intelligencer published under the terms of a Joint Operating Agreement rolled off the shared presses of the Times and P-I. -
The P-I Globe Moves to Waterfront Offices
The 18.5 ton globe is dismantled and moved from the P-I%u2019s previous building to its current location near the Seattle waterfront. Photo: P-I headquarters, 2008. Courtesy Wikipedia. -
Antiwar Activists Spoof the P-I
Antiwar activists grab issues of the Post-Intelligencer out of street racks and paste a satirical front page over the real one. Their page is headlined %u201CWE LIE for your own good.%u201D HistoryLink article on P-I spoof. Photo: Frontpage of P-I, April 1, 1991. Courtesy HistoryLink.org and Peter Blecha. -
David Horsey Wins Pulitzer Prize
David Horsey wins first of two Pulitzer Prizes as the P-I%u2019s editorial cartoonist. He receives the second Pulitzer in 2003. Horsey in the P-I. Photo: David Horsey. Photo by Jimmy So. -
The Times Moves to a Morning Publication
The Seattle Times moved to morning publication, initiating a newspaper battle, head-to-head with The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Photo by Jim Gates. -
P-I Series Chronicles King County Sheriff's Office Conduct
Investigative series %u201CConduct Unbecoming%u201D by Eric Nalder and Lewis Kamb chronicles the King County Sheriff%u2019s office failures to investigate and discipline employees. P-I Series: Conduct Unbecoming -
P-I Series Chronicles Boy Scouts' Logging Activities
Investigative series %u201CChain Saw Scouting%u201D chronicles logging activities by the Boy Scouts. P-I Series, "Chain Saw Scouting"
