National Bank
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- Aug 11, 1883Bank Bets Big on Spokane Falls CornerA livery stable lot at Main and Howard sells for a tidy sum as the National Bank plans a three-story brick block, proof of the city's soaring property market.Spokane, WA
- Dec 5, 1886The Great Seattle Theater Con: A Swindler’s ExitA smooth-talking promoter claiming to represent an opera company flees Seattle under the cover of night, leaving behind a baffled police guard and a nearly empty safe.Theater district, Seattle, WA
- Sep 20, 1894A South Bend Mill Assigned Itself to Creditors, Then Burned to the Ground That NightThe Willapa Cedar Lumber Company signed its assets over to creditors at 4:55 p.m. By 11 that nightthe shingle mill and dry house were in flames, five car loads of shingles lost and $12,000 gone up in smoke.South Bend, WA
- Jun 25, 1895A Promised Fortune in Kittitas Mines Turns to Legal WarJohn R. Wolcott promised to develop eight mining claims on Negro Creek, but when the ore proved worthless, the owners tried to cancel his contract—and he sued to keep his third interest.Leavenworth, WA