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  1. Hop Picker Kills Intruder in Midnight Stand-off

    A teenage hop picker at a South Prairie ranch shoots and kills an unidentified man during a confrontation at a barn.

    Sep 14, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSouth Prairie, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

  2. Zoe Gayton Bets the World She Can Walk It — Then Cheats at the First Tunnel

    A week out of Seattle on her round-the-world wager, the pedestrian record-breaker was told she could not walk the two miles of the Northern Pacific's Stampede Tunnel. A locomotive pulled up. Everybody swore secrecy. A newspaper man heard anyway.

    Jun 21, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSouth Prairie, Pierce CountyLocal Legends · Strange But True

  3. The Elopement That Tore a Family Apart

    A South Prairie father assisted his 14-year-old daughter in her secret elopement, only to find his own marriage dissolved by his wife's outrage.

    Aug 4, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSouth Prairie, Pierce CountyScandal

  4. The Featherweight 'Blood' Match at South Prairie

    A much-hyped prizefight between two heavyweights in a dance hall turned out to be less about violence and more about a bizarre, non-contact stalemate.

    Oct 31, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSouth Prairie, Pierce CountyNightlife

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