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After the supreme court granted a new trial to two men accused of murder, a Pacific County mob took matters into their own hands, storming the jail and killing the suspects.
“The people felt outraged at the action of the supreme court in granting a new trial, and fearing that the justice they deserved would never be meted out to them, they resorted to taking the matter into their own hands.”
A prosecutor declines to pursue charges in a notorious Pacific County incident, admitting that a jury conviction would be impossible.
“This thing is done, and cannot be undone.”
A rare glimpse into the life of an Indigenous bride and her Chinese groom in the 1880s, amidst the backdrop of strict exclusion laws.
“He says $40 is a pretty high price for a wife in these hard times.”
A boat carrying two men home to the Point William lighthouse swamped in the rough waters of Pacific County.
“The bodies of the unfortunate men had not been found at last dates. Their loss will be severely felt.”
A bold proposal to connect Ilwaco to the oyster beds of Shoalwater Bay aims to revolutionize trade and tourism.
“Within a few years there will be an unbroken rail and steamer line from San Francisco to Seattle, of which this peninsula will be the great focal and transferring point.”
After scraping by in Oysterville, a former soldier finds a path to a dignified retirement at a veteran's home.
“The vigorous air of this region soon braced him up, and he found employment at digging clams at 5 cents a bucketful.”
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