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117 stories
- The Great 1894 Flood Devastates the Pacific Northwest
As rivers finally begin to recede, towns from Conconully to Portland recount the total destruction of homes, bridges, and livelihoods in the wake of the historic spring freshet.
- The Columbia River in Upheaval
Unprecedented flooding devastates communities along the Columbia River, washing away homes, bridges, and livelihoods.
- Chief Moses Agrees to Relocate
A landmark settlement in Washington Territory promises to open two million acres to settlement.
- The Lynch Law in Conconully
After settlers in Okanogan County took an Indigenous prisoner from jail to hang him, local officials scrambled to arm the white population, fearing a retaliatory uprising.
- The Lynching of a Teenager in Okanogan
A fifteen-year-old boy, accused of murder, was dragged from a jail cell by a masked mob and executed, igniting a cycle of violence in the Washington territory.
- Vigilante Justice in Okanogan County
A young indigenous man held in the Conconully jail is abducted and lynched by a masked mob, leaving behind a chilling report of frontier lawlessness.
- The Ghost of Conconully
The Okanogan county seat was reduced to smoldering ruins in just two hours, leaving only the courthouse and schoolhouse standing.
- The Town That Washed Away
A sudden deluge destroyed nearly the entire county seat of Okanogan County, leaving survivors homeless and struggling.
- The Deadly Slide at Coal Creek
Tragedy strikes a mining camp as a massive snow slide buries cabins and claims lives, leaving families in mourning and survivors in constant fear.
- A High-Speed Rescue on the Streets of Oroville
When a runaway horse endangered a child in the heart of town, a man bypassed the mob to execute a daring automotive rescue.
- The Opening of the Reservation
Court grants petition to subdivide and sell Indian minor heir allotments to white settlers.
- The Lynching of an Innocent Youth in Conconully
An Okanogan boy was snatched from legal custody and murdered by a mob, despite having been granted bail by a court commissioner.
- A Frontier Town Washed Away in the Night
A catastrophic flood destroyed the business district of Conconully in Okanogan County, leaving residents destitute and the town in ruins after a suspected cloudburst.
- The Price of Disposal: Colville Reservation Opens to Homesteading
Federal authorities announce the opening of 350,000 acres of the Colville Reservation to white homesteaders, touting the financial management of tribal wealth.
- The Engineer Who Found Stevens Pass Drowned in the Columbia
C.F.B. Haskell, who carved the pass’s name on a tree for his boss, was caught in a whirlpool with W.A. Barton and Mrs. Powell. Wenatchee went into mourning.
- The Swarm Descends on Okanogan
Farmers in Okanogan County are battling a historic infestation of grasshoppers that threatens the region's entire wheat yield.
- The Town That Went Up in Smoke
A major fire at a general store and post office cripples a local business hub in Tonasket.
- A Killing Winter
A brutal freeze destroys orchards and crops, threatening the livelihoods of settlers across Okanogan County.
- A Violent Outbreak Near the Similkameen Bridge
A notorious local man sparks a manhunt after a stabbing and a brutal attack on a school teacher.
- Smallpox Quarantine on the Colville Reservation
An epidemic sweeping the southern half of the reservation prompts orders barring Indians from leaving and whites from entering.
- A 1.5-Million-Acre Taking: The Colville Reservation Was About to Be Thrown Open
Federal officials and land agents anticipated a rush of white homesteaders into the southern half of the Colville Indian Reservation, framing Indigenous land as 'closed' and state growth as its natural destiny.
- The Tragic Burial of a Mining Camp
A massive snow slide crashes through the Vallejo mining camp, claiming multiple lives and leaving a community to dig through the frozen rubble.
- A Botched Rescue on the Okanogan Road
A deputy's long ride to arrest a suspected murderer ended in a roadside gunfight, with the prisoner shot dead—apparently by his own son—and the young man still at large.
- The Loomis Independence Day Killing
A confrontation between a miner and a member of Chief Moses' band leads to a fatal shooting during Fourth of July celebrations.
- The Forgotten Battle at the Mouth of the Okanogan
A newly unearthed cannonball recalls a bloody 19th-century massacre between Hudson’s Bay Company traders and local Indigenous tribes.