Midnight Fire Wipes Out Fall City's Store and Lodge Rooms

A blaze that began in D. N. Taylor's store destroyed three buildings, including the Masonic lodge room, with losses estimated at $7,000.

“The roaring of the fire awoke Mrs. Taylor and, thinking it was a storm, she called her husband's attention to the noise.”

The Miracle Doctor of Fall City

A smooth-talking grifter conned the countryside with fake cures and a borrowed horse, only to vanish into thin air.

“He prescribed for each case with all the philosophical gravity of an owl-wise doctor and sought to impress each patient with his great danger and the pressing importance of immediate treatment.”

The Race That Wasn't: A 'Compulsory' Chase on the Snoqualmie Road

In September 1876, a traveler near Fall City was forced into a high-speed gallop by five Indigenous men who claimed they only wanted to test their horses' speed against his.