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56 stories
- Vigilante Mob Executes Prisoners in Oysterville Jail
After the supreme court granted a new trial to two men accused of murder, a Pacific County mob took matters into their own hands, storming the jail and killing the suspects.
- The Colossal Graveyard at the Columbia
With seventy-five lives lost to the river's breakers this season alone, local reports condemn the lack of intervention to protect the fishermen.
- The Wild West of Willapa Bay
Tensions boil over as armed citizens and rival officials fight a desperate 'seat war' to determine the county capital.
- The Mob Gathers in South Bend
An early 1891 town hall meeting in South Bend marks the rising tide of exclusionary organizing in Chehalis County.
- Lost for Days in the Grays Harbor Wilderness
An elderly hunter is rescued in a state of delirium after disappearing in the rain-soaked timberlands north of Riverside.
- Mill Owners Battle State Over Waterfront Rights
A major lumber company files an injunction to stop the State Harbor Line Commission from seizing mill property and wharves under new, secret harbor mapping.
- Washington Wins Its Tide Lands—and Willapa Oystermen May Finally Get Title
A federal ruling clears the way for state ownership of tide lands, threatening South Bend's mill wharf while offering squatters on Willapa Harbor a path to legal claim.
- South Bend’s Mill Burns While the Hose Company Stays Home
The Willapa Cedar Lumber Company’s mill and dry house burn to the ground; a kerosene-soaked fireball and a short hose supply leave the town reeling.
- They Robbed the Dead as the Surf Came In
A Pacific County newspaper condemned beach scavengers who stripped bodies and trunks after a shipwreck—and recalled the shame of the Grace Roberts disaster.
- The Oyster Trust Comes for Willapa Bay
Oystermen in South Bend fight a Senate amendment that would let a San Francisco corporation keep its grip on Willapa Bay's oyster beds.
- A Desperate Three-Hour Struggle in Willapa Bay
A mother fighting the tides and the wind after her sailboat capsized managed to save both her young children before rescue arrived.
- The Salmon-Trap Border War
Oregon fish officers arrested Washington fishermen for violating a Sunday closure—then found themselves indicted for kidnapping.
- The Hidden Trade in Willapa Harbor
While boosters brag about new ports, illicit opium and seal poaching thrive just down the coast.
- The Oysterville Affair Remains Unpunished
A prosecutor declines to pursue charges in a notorious Pacific County incident, admitting that a jury conviction would be impossible.
- The Mystery of the Sands
A decomposed body found bound and weighted on the beach near Bay Center leaves investigators with a gruesome crime and no suspect.
- The Cost of Governance in South Bend
Facing economic pressure, the city council slashes official salaries and eliminates the night watchman position.
- The Sleeping Judges of South Bend
A contest arises in Pacific County after election officials allegedly fell asleep during the vote count.
- Ballot Stuffing Allegations in South Bend
A heated challenge to the results of a Pacific County election alleges voter fraud and negligence after poll workers allegedly slept through the count.
- A Deadly Christmas Eve Dispute in Willapa
A drunken argument over railroad work ended in a shooting at a gravel pit, leaving a respected foreman dead and his killer in jail.
- South Bend Wins Water Frontage Fight
Citizens vote to bond the city to bypass Northern Pacific railroad control of local wharf access.
- The Cranberry Harvest and a Divided Labor Force
A report on the burgeoning Pacific County cranberry industry reveals the reliance on Chinese labor and the exclusionary sentiment of the era.
- Ilwaco Cannerymen Fight the Introduction of Catfish
Local industry experts warn that catfish will destroy the salmon population in Washington waters.
- Expulsion of Chinese Laborers
Two Chinese men arrested at a cannery are sent to McNeil Island before deportation.
- The $80,000 Cranberry Bog Behind the Ilwaco Beach
A state commissioner tours Pacific County's cranberry marsh — 1,600 acres, 7,280 bushels shipped to San Francisco, 200 pickers at fifty cents a bushel, and a company openly hoping to replace its Chinese crew with white labor.
- A Fatal Mistake on North River
A settler dies a slow, agonizing death after a horse-riding accident miles from help.