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  1. Forest Fires Ravage the Dosewallips Valley

    Families flee their homes and bury their possessions as a massive, uncontrollable blaze sweeps through the settled Hood Canal valley.

    Sep 8, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBrinnon, Jefferson CountyDisasters

  2. Four Days Lost in the Olympics

    A prospecting trio faced starvation in the mountains after their supply boat route was blocked.

    Sep 9, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBrinnon, Jefferson CountyStrange But True

  3. Snowbound in the Dosewalips

    Isolated by record snowfall, pioneers in a rugged valley face the threat of starvation before a desperate trek to safety.

    Mar 22, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBrinnon, Jefferson CountyDisasters

  4. Camp Kelpie: A Seattle Hunting Party in the Last Great Bear Country

    In 1895, Seattle sportsmen pitched camp on Hood Canal between the Duckabush and Hamma Hamma rivers and found a wilderness thick with black bear, salmon, and one very unlucky tenderfoot.

    Mar 3, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBrinnon, Jefferson CountyStrange But True

  5. The Great Dosewallips Panic

    Exaggerated reports of forest fires in the Dosewallips Valley lead to a humorous scene of local panic.

    Sep 16, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBrinnon, Jefferson CountyStrange But True

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