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| Year | Stories |
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| 1861 | 1 |
| 1863 | 1 |
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| 1876 | 1 |
| 1878 | 1 |
| 1880 | 3 |
| 1883 | 3 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1889 | 2 |
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| 1892 | 4 |
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8 stories
- Logging Train Disaster Near Stella
A runaway locomotive and loaded cars derail on a steep grade, leaving two men fatally injured and four others seriously hurt.
- Six Pleasure-Seekers Leap From a Burning Launch Into the Lewis River
A Friday-night outing turned into an hour in neck-deep water before lumbermen built a raft and brought everyone back alive.
- The Ghost of Windom Ranch
A lonely rancher’s remains are discovered months after he vanished from his homestead.
- A Close Call in the Columbia River Gorge
A young woman on horseback survives an encounter with a starving cougar.
- The Ghost in the Church Window
A young man encounters a spectral presence behind a local church, sparking a mystery that has the town of Kalama whispering.
- A Honeymoon Near Tragedy at Kalama
A newlywed woman narrowly escapes drowning after falling into the river while returning from a wedding trip.
- Tragedy in the Mount St. Helens Backcountry
A toddler is maimed after an accident with a hatchet in a remote squatter camp.
- The Six-Year Journey Home
A deer hound lost for half a decade miraculously swims back to his master at a Kelso shingle mill.