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1. A $100 Million Power City Planned at Priest Rapids

   A grand, hundred-million-dollar vision for an industrial city rises on the Columbia—though for now, it exists only on paper.

   Mar 20, 1925White Bluffs SpokesmanPriest Rapids Dam, Priest Rapids, Grant CountyBoom & Bust

2. The Battle for the Columbia

   Fishing interests argue that a proposed 90-foot dam at Priest Rapids would slash their $10 million industry in half.

   Jan 18, 1924White Bluffs SpokesmanPriest Rapids Dam, Priest Rapids, Grant CountyFollow the Money

3. The Mystery of the Beverly Bridge

   A young, well-dressed man is found dead on the Columbia River crossing, leaving behind only a grocery list and haunting questions of foul play.

   Dec 7, 1923White Bluffs SpokesmanBeverly Bridge, Beverly, Grant CountyTrue Crime

4. The Salmon Elevator: How Science Aims to Tame the Columbia

   A new basket-based mechanical lift promises to move migrating salmon over high dams, challenging the limitations of traditional fish ladders.

   Dec 12, 1924White Bluffs SpokesmanPriest Rapids Dam, Mattawa, Grant CountyFollow the Money · Strange But True

5. Tragedy at the Woodsaw

   A young child is killed in a ranch accident near Wilson Creek.

   Dec 8, 1916White Bluffs SpokesmanWilson Creek, Grant CountyDisasters

6. Delirious Judge Found Frozen in Snow

   A tragic end for Hiawatha Valley's Judge S. G. Griffith after a nighttime disappearance.

   Jan 18, 1924White Bluffs SpokesmanEphrata, Grant CountyTrue Crime

7. The Great Chinook Flood of 1925

   A rapid thaw across the Yakima Valley triggered widespread flooding, inundating low-lying roads and Crab Creek in the highest water event in over a decade.

   Jan 23, 1925White Bluffs SpokesmanCrab Creek, White Bluffs, Grant CountyDisasters

8. The Desert to Bloom: Federal Engineers Back Massive Irrigation Plan

   A definitive federal study deems the Columbia Basin project physically and economically sound, signaling a potential turn in the state’s agricultural future.

   Mar 13, 1925White Bluffs SpokesmanEphrata, Grant CountyFollow the Money

9. The Tragedy Under Saddle Mountain

   A lonely settler is found dead by his own hand, deepening the mystery surrounding a parcel of land marked by consecutive deaths.

   Dec 24, 1915White Bluffs SpokesmanSaddle Mountain, Mattawa, Grant CountyTrue Crime

10. The Legion's Frustrated Ambitions for Valley Land

    American Legion delegates seek to expand the local land settlement project, only to find the cost of pumping water may bury the plan.

    Sep 14, 1923White Bluffs SpokesmanWahluke Slope, White Bluffs, Grant CountyFollow the Money

11. Discovery of Unidentified Body in the Columbia

    A man’s remains, recovered near Coyote Rapids, leave investigators with little evidence beyond dental work to identify him.

    Jun 30, 1916White Bluffs SpokesmanCoyote Rapids, White Bluffs, Grant CountyTrue Crime

12. Tragedy at Long Lake

    A duck hunting excursion ends in a desperate, failed struggle against freezing waters.

    Dec 5, 1924White Bluffs SpokesmanAdrian, Grant CountyDisasters

13. Prospecting Tragedy on the Columbia

    Two men set out from Prosser in search of fortune, but a capsized boat on the Columbia River left one man lost to the current.

    Apr 28, 1916White Bluffs SpokesmanTrinidad, Grant CountyDisasters

14. The Cricket War at Stratford

    Farmers in Stratford scramble to maintain ditches as a massive migration of crickets threatens to devour wheat fields.

    Apr 28, 1916White Bluffs SpokesmanStratford, Grant CountyStrange But True

15. Rabies Outbreak Struck Down by 'Mad Coyotes'

    A series of violent livestock deaths across the Columbia River has been linked to an influx of infected coyotes, marking the first documented cases of hydrophobia in the region.

    Jan 12, 1917White Bluffs SpokesmanWahluke, Grant CountyStrange But True

16. A Coulee City Colt Heads to the Derby

    For the first time, a thoroughbred foaled in Washington State is set to compete in the Kentucky Derby.

    Apr 13, 1923White Bluffs SpokesmanCoulee City, Grant CountyStrange But True

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