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Heavy winter rains and falling timber isolate a community, trapping a funeral party and challenging travel across the rugged Grays Harbor backcountry.
“The county road is in a fearful condition, the mud being in places up to a horse's belly, and blocked all along with fallen trees.”
A government surveying party returns from Chehalis County with tales of an impassable road, a hotel meal that required a salmon spear, and soil and timber worth the misery.
“It needed a salmon spear to tackle the meat, but we managed to get through with it.”
A survey of the Humptulips road reveals treacherous conditions, sparking a debate over the best way to connect the county.
“For miles the mud is from one to two feet deep.”
Two hunters capitalize on a deep snowstorm to capture and relocate wild elks near Humptulips City.
“the elks were thoroughly exhausted they made little effort to escape.”
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