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11 stories
- Record Floods Wreak Havoc at Kettle Falls
Unprecedented mountain snowmelt triggers massive flooding on the Columbia, washing away bridges and isolating local settlements.
- The Last Voyage of Ronald McDonald
Son of an Astor Fur Company founder and grandson of Chief Comcomly, Ronald McDonald dies on the Colville Indian Reservation after a life of shipwreck, captivity, and frontier guiding.
- The Fight Against Classroom Brutality
After the conviction of two teachers for beating a student in Chewelah, the P-I condemns corporal punishment as a 'relic of a dolorous age.'
- The Farmer Who Drowned a Valley
A drainage project meant to reclaim marshland turns a peaceful river into a recurring disaster zone for downstream farmers.
- Teachers Fined for Brutal Discipline
A husband-and-wife teaching team is fined for excessive corporal punishment in a local schoolroom.
- Chief Moses’ Nephew Wanted: A Family Murder and a Reservation Manhunt
Jack Osakin, nephew of Chief Moses, is accused of killing his mother after earlier slaying his brother. The chief, grief-stricken, has ordered him shot on sight as authorities fear he may flee to Canada.
- A Hillside Fell Into the Columbia—and Took the Railroad With It
Forty acres of mountain slid into the Columbia near Marcus, wrecking miles of the Spokane Falls & Northern and cutting Stevens County off from its markets.
- Washington Asked Congress for $34,500 to Finish Carving Up the Colville Reservation
An 1894 dispatch from the capital details the surveying and allotment machinery behind opening the northern Colville Reservation to settlement — right down to the promise that the cost would be repaid 'from the proceeds of the lands when sold.'
- The Chinook Chief's Grandson Who Was Shipwrecked in Japan
Ranald McDonald — son of a Hudson's Bay trader and Chief Comcomly's daughter — died on the Colville reservation after a life that carried him from Astoria to a Japanese prison and back to the mouth of the Columbia.
- The Oldest Settler in Washington Dies—and He Left a Peace Between Two Worlds
Thomas Stensgar came with the Hudson Bay Company, married into Chief Tomcomly’s family, and was called on to mediate between settlers and Indians.
- The Shepherd the Sheep Wouldn't Follow
A congregation in Kettle Falls stages a revolt against a minister imposed upon them by the Presbyterian missionary board, leading to a schism in the small town's religious life.