JUL 24, 1894Penawawa, WA
A Saturday-night swim turned fatal for two 19-year-olds and a 15-year-old; a brother on shore saw them go under only ten feet from safety.
“He ran for help, but in the meantime the three boys sank to the bottom only ten feet from the shore.”
Disasters
SEP 11, 1903Penawawa, WA
James V. Odell, a prominent early lawyer and delegate to the first constitutional convention, dies at his ranch near Penawawa.
“He was a delegate to the first constitutional convention held in Walla Walla and was the first lawyer to practice in Whitman county.”
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