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14 stories
- The Great Elma Bank Heist: Fire as a Distraction
Seven masked bandits robbed the Elma bank of $3,500 on Saturday night, using a strategically timed arson attack on the local school gymnasium to draw police and citizens away from the scene.
- The Tragedy on Long Prairie
A haunting account of a family destroyed by poverty and mental health crises, reminding us of the human cost lurking behind the pioneer narrative.
- The Battle for Elma’s Foundations
A massive legal challenge threatens the property titles of hundreds of residents in a Grays Harbor town.
- The Mills Are Stealing a Third of Our Logs, Chehalis Loggers Charge
A letter from Elma to the editor accuses the harbor mill companies of short-scaling hand loggers into permanent debt — and calls for a combination to force a fair scale.
- The Rail Blockade at Elma
A landowner is arrested for obstructing tracks on his own property, escalating a long-standing right-of-way dispute with the Northern Pacific Railroad.
- The Public Elopement of Elma
A husband in Elma negotiates a bizarre separation settlement that includes the contents of the house.
- Explosion Injures Four Children Playing with Gunpowder
A tragic accident in Elma highlights the hidden dangers in household heating appliances during the early 1900s.
- The Elma Iron Rush
Local prospectors are convinced they have struck it rich in the hills east of Elma, filing claims for iron deposits by the wholesale.
- The Teacher Who Saved the Schoolhouse
A quick-thinking teacher organized students into a bucket brigade to save a burning schoolhouse at Hughes' mill.
- Elma’s Mill Burned at Dinner Hour—and Nothing Was Insured
A noon-hour fire destroyed the John L. Hill saw and shingle mill in Elma, consuming 800,000 shingles and 50,000 feet of finished lumber while the crew ate dinner.
- A Terrifying Buggy Ride in Elma
A quiet Sunday excursion turned into a medical emergency when a runaway horse left a local man severely injured.
- The Narrow Escape of the Elma Hotel
A stove long left unused nearly claimed the town's hotel when it was fired up once too often.
- The Uninvited Guest in a Photograph
A local photographer and a prominent couple are left baffled after an extra, unrecognizable figure appears in their portrait.
- The Realities of a Frontier Childhood
A playful rivalry between two young boys in Elma takes a gruesome turn, highlighting the rough-and-tumble nature of early Chehalis County life.