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| 1886 | 1 |
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20 stories
- The Deadly Vengeance of a Rancher’s Wife
A Big Bend rancher who murdered his wife dies in jail after she allegedly poisoned him before her death.
- Big Bend Settlers Win Land Rights Over Northern Pacific
Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith rules against the railroad in a landmark case involving indemnity lands in Eastern Washington.
- The Ghost Farm on the Big Bend
A pioneer spends his life building a homestead for his family, only to lose them in a catastrophic train wreck on the day they were to join him.
- Unearthed Artifacts at a Railroad Grade
Construction crews working on the Great Northern Railway discovered an ancient, mysterious cache of weapons while carving through an Indian grave site near Rock Island.
- The Strange Afterlife of a Murdered Man
Letters from disgruntled ex-wives and rivals surface after a Waterville man is murdered, revealing a long, chaotic trail of failed marriages.
- The Tragedy of a Matrimonial Paper Marriage
A farmer is arrested after a horrific, confessed murder of his wife, a woman he met through a matrimonial advertisement just a year prior.
- J.C. Mills Lost in the Swollen Columbia
A man disappears into a whirlpool near Bridgeport, highlighting the treacherous nature of the river during high water.
- The Great Northern's Bridge to Nowhere
A spectacular fire tears through the Moses Coulee trestle, halting traffic and forcing a massive rebuilding effort in the Washington wilderness.
- Blood Over Hay in the Big Bend
A violent dispute over the ownership of a hay stack leads to a pitched battle with multiple casualties.
- A Frontier Editor Tells a Political Rival to Sink His Soul in the Columbia
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reprints a rival editor’s furious attack on Hon. M. W. Miles, a Waterville politician accused of writing to the editor’s ex-wife—and the insults get very personal.
- Smuggling Scandal at Mary Island
A customs official is dismissed for allegedly allowing small craft to run illegal liquor shipments to Indigenous populations, sparking a debate on enforcement limits.
- The Government Bans 'Holy Moses' Mining Claims
A federal ruling in Washington state aims to put a stop to 'tenderfoot' miners who give their claims offensive and profane names like 'Jumping Jesus.'
- A Bungled Burglary in Waterville
A thief breaks into a grocery store expecting a windfall, only to find the till completely empty.
- Three Miles a Day: The Great Northern Races the Snow to the Columbia
With tracklayers advancing west from Spokane and a tunnel still to be bored, John F. Stevens tells Seattle he needs men—and expects to connect the line by mid-November.
- The Sun Dogs of Douglas County
A rare and haunting atmospheric display over St. Andrews puzzles local observers and scientists alike.
- Great Northern Railroad Pushes Toward the Columbia
Tracklayers near the river as construction crews work around the clock to connect the Big Bend country to the Seattle market.
- Missing Money Lender Feared Dead in the Snow
An elderly man disappears while trekking across a fifteen-mile stretch of frozen prairie near Waterville.
- Great Northern Crews Race to Save a Columbia River Bridge
A Waterville railroad worker reports sixty men straightening a tunnel and reinforcing a Columbia crossing after engineers feared the bridge might slide into the river.
- Waterville Pitches the Great Northern for a Branch Line
A Douglas County town argues that a fifty-mile spur through the Moses Coulee and Foster Creek country would open twenty-five townships of homestead land — and bring the trade to Seattle.
- The Ghost in the Land Office
Federal authorities in Washington D.C. mistakenly appointed a man to a receiver position—unaware he had been dead for three months.