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  1. The Price of a 'Square Meal' for a Piano Tuner

    After recovering from a drinking binge in Oroville, a hungry traveler found himself penniless—and learned the hard way that business owners in 1882 took a dim view of unpaid bills.

    Apr 27, 1882Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerOroville, Okanogan CountyNightlife

  2. The Fruit Feud: Oroville vs. Riverside

    A war of words erupts between local newspapers over winter damage to orchard crops.

    May 28, 1909The Oroville Weekly GazetteOroville, Okanogan CountyBoom & Bust · Scandal

  3. A Sinking Buggy, a Borrowed Team, and a Reservation About to Open

    In 1892 a newspaperman packed his wife and infant into a rickety buggy to cross the soon-to-open Colville Reservation, fording the Kettle River and leaning on Native families along the way.

    Aug 22, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOsoyoos Lake, Oroville, Okanogan CountyExclusion & Resistance · Strange But True

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