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  1. The Great Thaw: Mountain Snows Turn Every River Into a Rampage

    An unusually cool spring held a winter's worth of snow until a few hot days sent it all down at once, flooding the Skagit, Cowlitz and Columbia, drowning farmland and putting Portland under water.

    Jul 5, 1880Puget Sound DispatchKalama, Cowlitz CountyDisasters

  2. The Girl Who Had No Birthplace

    A tragic drowning at Ilwaco Beach recalls the erasure of a pioneer town by the shifting Cowlitz River.

    Aug 23, 1880Puget Sound DispatchLongview, Cowlitz CountyGone Forever

  3. The 1880 Democratic Territorial Convention

    Washington Territory’s Democrats gather in Kalama to organize their bid for statehood and select a delegate to Congress.

    Sep 20, 1880Puget Sound DispatchKalama, Cowlitz CountyCity Hall

  4. The Battle for the Big Cut

    On the frontier of 1872, railroad crews fight the Cowlitz floods and 'Big Cut' rock to carve a path for the North Pacific line.

    Apr 4, 1872Puget Sound DispatchPumphrey, Cowlitz CountyBoom & Bust

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