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- Dec 17, 1908The Boom That Wasn't: 350 Workers Stranded in NewportAs the Idaho & Washington Northern extension stalled, contractors shipped in men before camps were ready; saloons fed and sheltered the stranded workforce.Newport, WA
- May 13, 1909A Fortune Arrives Too Late for Tunnel ForemanN. Wickstrom, a careful and sober tunnel foreman, was crushed by falling rock at Blueslide — on the same day a letter told him a long-awaited court judgment had come through.Blueslide, WA
- Sep 23, 1909The River's Secret: Eli Anderson's Last CelebrationEli Anderson, a shift boss on the tunnel, disappeared after a night of celebration. Months later, his body surfaced near Blueslide—and the mystery only deepened.Blueslide, WA