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172 stories
- A County Treasurer Vanishes—and Turns Up in Honolulu
A defaulting Clallam County official is reportedly living openly in Hawaii, but an old treaty may keep him beyond the reach of Port Angeles authorities.
- The Shipwreck of the Persevere
A vessel founders near Cape Flattery, leading to a precarious encounter with local tribes and a recovery effort by Indian Agent H.A. Webster.
- A Tragic Accident in the Solduck Valley
A mother and child were severely scalded after a household accident involving a stove and a boiling kettle.
- Inferno in the Olympics
Citizens gather on Church Hill in Port Angeles to watch a massive timber fire burning in the Olympic Mountains.
- The Wreck of the Revere
A dense fog causes the American bark Revere to run aground near Cape Flattery, resulting in a total loss of the ship but a successful rescue by local Indigenous communities.
- The Political Value of Infrastructure
Port Angeles residents celebrate Senator John B. Allen's success in federalizing local infrastructure projects.
- The Legend of Dan Pullen
A profile of a pioneer 'bull puncher' and pilot in the Quillayute Valley, whose reputation for fearlessness and run-ins with wolf packs defined a generation of settlers.
- A Tragic End for a Lovestruck Youth
After his romantic advances were rejected, a Tennessee man took his own life in Port Angeles.
- The Final Voyage of the Eritrea
A Chilean ship navigating the Strait of Juan de Fuca mistakenly identified a fog signal, leading to a total wreck on Dungeness Spit.
- The Tugboat Border War
A British tug is seized by U.S. authorities for towing a ship through the Strait of Juan de Fuca, triggering an international violation of maritime law.
- Delayed Hopes in Port Angeles
A much-anticipated townsite lot sale in Port Angeles is postponed as officials scramble to clear legal hurdles and land records.
- Port Angeles Taxpayers Revolt
Citizens unite to investigate city council corruption and the misuse of public warrants after the council voted to pay its own members.
- The Neah Bay Sealing Fleet Returns
Local Makah hunters report a windfall catch during the seal migration, demonstrating the significance of traditional maritime economies.
- A Battered Coal Ship and a Ghostly White Boat Off Cape Flattery
The overdue J.B. Brown limps into San Francisco after a storm off the Columbia, while a swamped ship's boat sighted off Washington's coast deepens the mystery of missing steamers.
- The County Treasurer Who Walked Out of Custody
With $2,063 missing from Port Angeles accounts, ex-Treasurer M. J. Clump slipped away from a deputy and inspired a reward nobody expected to collect.
- A Costly Pursuit of Justice in Clallam County
County commissioners face backlash for spending more on legal fees than the amount they hope to recover from a former treasurer.
- Told to 'Subsist on the Climate': A Homesteader's Plea Denied
A poor woman near Port Angeles asked the General Land Office for leave to leave her claim and earn money to improve it. The commissioner refused, and told her she would have to stay home and live on the weather.
- Port Angeles Pays $5,000 for a Failed Municipal Power Scheme
City officials settle with a contractor after a water power project collapses, leaving taxpayers to cover the cost.
- The Tug Mogul's Last Run and the Engineers Who Took the Blame
A letter from Victoria defends the engine-room crew of the tug Mogul, insisting the vessel was unfit to reach Neah Bay and that no one panicked as the water rose.
- The Quillayute and Makah Had Been Trading Across the Strait for Years. Then the Customs Inspector Arrived.
Inspector Fisher of Port Angeles seized $1,500 in blankets, sugar, rope and tinware bought in Victoria, and arrested two Quillayute men who freely admitted the practice — and pleaded it was the custom of years.
- The Great Stink of 1882
When Makah schoolgirls in Neah Bay proved to their matron that rotting whale blubber smelled better than imported Limburger cheese.
- The Lonely Life of a Government Wireman
Operating the seventy-six-mile telegraph line to the tip of the Olympic Peninsula was a grueling, low-paying job that pitted the weather bureau against the raw Washington wilderness.
- The Hunter and the Buck: A Wild Struggle near Port Crescent
A local man's desperate wrestling match with a wounded buck turns into an endurance test.
- Olympic Highway to Restrict Camping
Land Commissioner C.V. Savidge plans to mandate designated camping zones to protect state timber from fire risks along the new scenic highway.
- The Beacon at the Edge of the World
A rare dispatch from the remote Tatoosh Island lighthouse reveals the technical marvel of the Fresnel lens and the isolation of the keepers guarding the Pacific entrance.