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- Nov 5, 1892The Heroine of North BeachHow Martha White, a solitary woman on the storm-lashed coast, braved mountain-high waves to pull dying sailors from the surf.Gray's Harbor, WA
- Jul 14, 1894The Great Columbia Salmon Run Was Dying — and Oregon and Washington Couldn't Agree Who Should Save ItIn 1894 a Portland memorial to Congress warned that the Chinook were vanishing: a $31.5 million trade, thousands of jobs, and a two-state turf war over who got to regulate the river.Ilwaco, WA
- Oct 7, 1915Astoria’s Bold Gambit on the Snake RiverA delegation of marine experts is surveying the Snake River to pioneer new steamship routes connecting Lewiston to the Pacific Coast.Kennewick, WA
- Jan 25, 1924The Shake-up at the Farm BureauWashington State’s agricultural leadership avoids a public brawl, ousts its secretary, and pivots toward the cooperative marketing models of the 1920s.Kennewick, WA