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25 stories
- The Price of Disappointment
Retribution against Indigenous medicine men persists in Yakima and Klickitat counties over failed spiritual interventions.
- Tragedy on the Night Train
A traveler is found severely injured after being thrown from a train near Roosevelt.
- The Fatal Tradition of Medicine Men
A tragic report from Klickitat County details the violent death of a traditional healer, highlighting the clash between Indigenous medical customs and outside influences.
- The Strange Fate of a Goldendale Defendant
A legal dispute takes a turn when two attorneys realize their client paid them in horses, which he then traded away.
- The Tragedy at the Corral: A Fatal Dispute in the Pioneer Era
A violent confrontation over a cattle dispute in rural Washington territory leaves one dead and exposes the raw edges of frontier justice.
- Jury Returns Second-Degree Verdict for Goldendale Murder
John Green, 21, narrowly avoids a first-degree murder conviction for the killing of William Dunn at a local hotel.
- Centerville Burns: A Klickitat County Business Block Lost in a Night
An August 3 fire destroyed $15,000 in property—two hotels, a Mercantile Hall, a store, homes and the Knights of Pythias hall—with only small insurance.
- Ballot Box Battle in Goldendale
A tight election leads to accusations of fraud, lost ballots, and an appeal for funds in a county split by Populist politics.
- Trapped on the Columbia River Ice
A bank cashier and his stage coach driver find themselves stranded on shifting ice flows until an Indigenous horseman orchestrates a daring rescue.
- The Blacksmith’s Final Act
A quiet masquerade ball ends in a shocking domestic tragedy in Goldendale.
- The Strange Desecration of Timmerman’s Grave
After two years in the earth, the body of an executed murderer was dragged from its resting place and anchored in the river.
- Locomotive Strikes Boulder in North Bank Slide
A train derailment on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle line injures an engineer but spares passengers as the train was moving slowly through dangerous terrain.
- A Sheepman Vanishes on the Way Home
A Klickitat County rancher carrying a large sum of cash disappears while attempting to return to Scotland, sparking fears of foul play.
- The Klickitat Sheep Inspector Scandal
After a costly and ineffective attempt to tax Oregon sheepmen, Klickitat County officials fire their inspector, sparking a local debate over governance and border control.
- The Goldendale Airship Nobody Saw Coming
A secretive inventor reports a successful flight in an aluminum airship—eight years before Kitty Hawk.
- He Splinted His Own Broken Leg, Then Rode Five Hours for Help
Joe Hooker's horse kicked him in the Simcoe Mountains. Alone in the backcountry, he set his own leg and rode to a farmhouse.
- Goldendale Mill Reduced to Ash
A morning blaze destroyed the Beckett planing mill in Goldendale, causing thousands in damages.
- Goldendale Mill Lost to Fire
Volunteer firefighters saved the surrounding lumber yard, but the Beckett mill plant was completely destroyed by a boiler room blaze.
- Goldendale’s Ten-Million-Dollar Dream
A newly incorporated railroad company eyes a line from Goldendale to North Yakima, with local elites betting big on the route.
- The Grass Belongs to Klickitat
A new Washington sheep quarantine law promised to shut out 75,000 Oregon sheep — and local stockmen said the range was theirs, not the neighbors'.
- The Mysterious Grass That Killed Hundreds of Klickitat Cattle
A Bickleton stockman blamed a rarely ripened wire grass for a deadly outbreak among cattle in Klickitat County.
- The Sunken Treasures of the Cascades
A Bingen resident donates an extensive collection of stone tools recovered from the Columbia Riverbed during record low water.
- A Household Tragedy in Goldendale
A toddler’s attempt to help in the kitchen ends in the accidental scalding of her infant sibling.
- Big Ambitions for the Horse Heaven Hills
A new company announces a $100,000 irrigation project to bring water from the Klickitat River to the parched Horse Heaven area.
- A Deserted Farmer and His Wayward Wife
A Klickitat County farmer appeals for information about his wife, who left their rural home for Portland, only to file for divorce citing cruelty.