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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1889 | 6 |
| 1891 | 4 |
| 1892 | 24 |
| 1893 | 41 |
| 1894 | 18 |
| 1895 | 15 |
108 stories
- The Preacher, the Deed, and the Burning House
A small-town minister's affair with a married parishioner ends in arson, a whitewash trial, and an effigy swinging from an electric light pole in the heart of Oakesdale.
- The Farmers' Alliance Grain Rebellion
Palouse farmers bypass railroad-controlled elevators to handle their own grain, yielding massive profits.
- A Tragic End in Colfax
A woman took her own life in Colfax after being forced into sex work by her husband, a gambler.
- A Brother Watched Three Boys Sink in the Snake
A Saturday-night swim turned fatal for two 19-year-olds and a 15-year-old; a brother on shore saw them go under only ten feet from safety.
- The Wild Frontier of Washington’s Legal System
Before high-rises and air-conditioned courtrooms, pioneer lawyers traveled by canoe, slept in tents, and sometimes held court with a loaded derringer in their pockets.
- Political Infighting Hits Washington’s Young Agricultural College
Regents move to meet in North Yakima in an apparent power struggle to depose college president Warren Lilley.
- The Palace Intrigue at Washington’s Agricultural College
A bitter power struggle ends with the firing of President Lilley, amid allegations of ghost-salaries and cronyism at the state's new college in Pullman.
- Was the College Location Bought?
A regent suggests the Pullman site for the agricultural college was secured through secret payments.
- The Barber, the Boarder, and the Bad Meat
A Rosalia boarding house proprietor sues for $6,000 after a poet lampoons his culinary standards in the local paper.
- When Eggs Became Legal Tender: How the Palouse Survived the Panic of 1893
After the rains wrecked the 1893 wheat crop and merchants slammed shut the credit system, Palouse farmers discovered that the hen — and then the hog — could save them.
- Palouse Chief Challenges Tribal Land Taxation
Chief Wolf travels to Washington D.C. to protest state seizure of his horses over unpaid taxes on disputed land.
- The Irrigation Land Swindle
A confidence man posing as a land agent scams thirty-five laborers out of their hard-earned wages.
- The Long Journey of 'Grandma' Gregg
An early pioneer couple in Rosalia dies, leaving behind a 66-year marriage.
- She Took the Bar Exam Beside Her Husband — and Became Whitman County's First Woman Lawyer
W. H. Harvey and his wife, E. M. Harvey, of Pullman, pass their oral examinations in Colfax, making Mrs. Harvey the first woman admitted to practice law in Whitman County.
- The Ground-Squirrel Plague and the Bomb That Sent Them to 'Squirrel Heaven'
Whitman County farmers hoped a mysterious disease would wipe out the pests. Then came strychnine, arsenic and patented giant-powder bombs.
- The Year Palouse Horses Were Worth Less Than Hog Feed
With Eastern markets closed and thousands of horses starving on overgrazed range, Whitman County farmers began eyeing their herds as pork feed.
- The Whispered Land Grab in Whitman County's School Lands
A state land official reports that valuable school lands were leased for 'trifling sums' through a secret arrangement involving county commissioners, a Colfax lawyer and a banker—but stops short of naming names.
- The Nez Perce Spend Their Windfall
After receiving a large payment, the Nez Perce people arrived in Farmington to trade, filling the town with new buggies, blankets, and curiosity.
- The Expensive Cipher Mistake That Rocked Colfax
A bungled telegram message causes a small-town grain buyer to accidentally trigger a massive payout to local farmers.
- The Political Grudge Match in Rosalia
A legislative seat is caught in a bitter proxy war after a list of locals is circulated to pressure a politician’s vote.
- Dormitory Pranks and Faculty Feuds at Pullman
Agricultural college students torment their professor with snow-filled beds and carpet tacks while an editorial war over college management brews.
- The Pullman College Rebellion
A campus dispute over room assignments leads to a standoff between students and local constables.
- The Fight for Homestead Security in Whitman County
Settlers organize to petition the new Secretary of the Interior for land titles, dismissing reports that they oppose the Democratic administration.
- The Tramp Problem in the Palouse
Unemployed men camping outside Colfax have turned to raiding gardens and chicken coops to survive.
- The Juvenile Crime Spree in Colfax
A gang of boys, sons of prominent citizens, ran wild in a night of vandalism and theft.