Okanogan Smith
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- Jan 11, 1891The Lynch Law in ConconullyAfter settlers in Okanogan County took an Indigenous prisoner from jail to hang him, local officials scrambled to arm the white population, fearing a retaliatory uprising.Conconully, WA
- Aug 22, 1892A Sinking Buggy, a Borrowed Team, and a Reservation About to OpenIn 1892 a newspaperman packed his wife and infant into a rickety buggy to cross the soon-to-open Colville Reservation, fording the Kettle River and leaning on Native families along the way.Osoyoos Lake, Oroville, WA
- Feb 28, 1893The 83-Ballot Deadlock: 'Either Allen or No One'In Olympia, John B. Allen’s Republican caucus held the line while Judge Humes and Levi Ankeny saw their candidacies frostbitten—and the ballots kept piling up.Olympia, WA
- Feb 1, 1895Wild Goose Bill: The Frontier Ferryman Who Kept a Free Boat for the PoorA Washington paper remembers W. H. Condon, a 68-year-old pioneer whose free Columbia River ferry, homemade roads and violent past made him a local legend.Wilbur, WA
- May 13, 1895The Indian Agent Who Let Settlers Stay: A Lake Chelan Land FightA federal Indian agent delayed an order to restore land near Lake Chelan to Indigenous owners, then waded into the estate of 'Okanogan' Smith, prompting charges of military overreach into civil affairs.Lake Chelan, Chelan, WA