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- Apr 12, 1884A Stagecoach Ride Into the Last Paradise of Bunch GrassA correspondent survives a headfirst plunge into an icy creek to report on the new stage route, the boomtown of Okanogan, and the railroad the Big Bend is begging for.Okanogan, WA
- Jan 26, 1891The Six Who Vanished: Tacoma’s Senatorial Scandal and the Art of Political SilenceIn the wake of a bitter Washington State Senate race, the six key allies of defeated candidate Judge Calkins have disappeared from public view, leaving behind a trail of bribery allegations and a furious debate over whether the election was stolen or won by superior strategy.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 1, 1893The Grim Toll of the Upper ColumbiaMultiple unidentified bodies recovered near Kettle Falls, sparking a grim puzzle of identity and drownings along the river.Kettle Falls, WA
- Apr 16, 1894Workers Plan Mass Protest Against Wage CutsTrade unionists organize a rally to voice grievances against local corporations and the city of Seattle.Seattle, WA
- Sep 9, 1894The Whisky Trial That Ended With an Empty ChairCharles Burns was on trial in Port Townsend for selling liquor to Indians. When the evidence tied his whisky to a Native man's suicide, Burns skipped bail and vanished.Jefferson County Courthouse, Port Townsend, WA
- Jan 6, 1904A Jeweler's Fight Against Police BrutalityA Seattle jeweler files a $6,000 lawsuit after being shot at, assaulted, and wrongfully imprisoned by city detectives who mistook him for a criminal.Seattle, WA