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A quiet town under the shadow of the Northern Pacific railroad suddenly erupts in land speculation, with rumors swirling that local figures are merely fronting for powerful railway interests.
“There has been a great deal of speculation—that is, the real sort of speculation—concerning the real owner and the number of railroad buildings passing through it.”
A lone rider’s remains, discovered near Enumclaw, spark a haunting reflection on the anonymous lives lost in the rush to settle the wild West.
“The world has little time to devote to the rider who returns to the light or to the rider whose steed stumbles and falls. The horseman who never returns... these stand for those who ride into life's forest and sink before the sunlight greets them.”
Logging camps near Enumclaw are fighting to survive as wildfires threaten the regional timber industry.
“The roaring of the flames could be plainly heard at this place, some miles distant from the scene of the conflagration.”
A sober and industrious logger vanishes into the dense woods near Enumclaw with a fortune in his pocket, sparking a community-wide hunt for a murderer.
“The suspicion that he might have left the vicinity of his own volition is dismissed as unworthy of belief.”
Early Washington farmers protest the neglect of rural infrastructure, warning they will take their trade to Tacoma if the King County commission fails to connect them to the city.
“We have asked and asked, only to have our appeals thrown into the waste basket.”
A laborer from Enumclaw with grand delusions of immense wealth and heavenly status is committed to the asylum at Steilacoom.
“He prattled about his untold millions of money, bushels of diamonds, and acres of land until the Count of Monte Cristo would have been envious.”
George Eigensteller disappeared from his cabin near Enumclaw; the next morning the cabin burned, and no remains were found in the ruins.
“His cabin was burned down the next morning ... and a thorough investigation of the ruins has failed to disclose any signs of his remains.”
A letter from an early settler argues that connecting the remote Osceola precinct to Seattle is vital to the county's economic future.
“The necessity of bringing it into suitable communication with our county seat cannot be too strongly urged, as a delay might forfeit it to Pierce county.”
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