In the early hours of April 28, a fire consumed H. S. Huffman’s sawmill and planer in Bossburg, Washington, destroying not just timber but the livelihoods of the community that depended on it.
A young woman vanishes from a boarding house, leaving behind her savings and a trail of conflicting clues.
“A few days later a man made cautious inquiries at the hotels and boarding houses in Kettle Falls to learn if any young woman had been engaged as help.”