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339 stories
- The Bank That Quit the Nation
A Colton financial institution abandons its national charter, highlighting the struggle of small-town banks under federal mandates.
- Six Boys Fined for Snowball Assault
Local youths targeted a Chinese laundryman with a bone-filled snowball in a targeted act of harassment.
- The Collapse of Colfax College
Students walk out in unison, forcing the closure of the local college after faculty departures and administration disputes.
- The Warehouseman’s Betrayal
A legal dispute over the embezzlement of wheat highlights the fragile trust of the Palouse agricultural economy.
- The Auditor and the Postage Stamp Heist
A political scandal unfolds as a former auditor tries to justify cashing a $120 county warrant he was previously ordered to destroy.
- A Brutal Hazing at the High School
A young boy narrowly escapes death after being trapped in an outhouse by older students.
- Midnight Intruder Attacks Woman on Penawawa Creek
An unknown assailant chokes a woman in her bed, but flees after she calls for help.
- Quarantined and Cold
A citizen accuses county authorities of abandoning families to suffer in the winter cold during a smallpox outbreak.
- Medical Standoff at the Courthouse
Colfax physicians go on strike against the county commissioners over pay for mandatory insanity examinations.
- Devastating Hailstorm Wipes Out Union Flat Crops
A severe localized hail storm destroys 200 acres of prime winter wheat, leaving a local farmer to contemplate quitting the business.
- Domestic Crisis in Tekoa
A husband's attempt to isolate his wife leads to a standoff, a threat of murder-suicide, and a swift legal separation.
- A Tragic Search for a Missing Brother
A young man rides out on horseback to attend his sister’s funeral in Seattle, only to vanish into the frozen wilderness of the Territory.
- Neighbors Shun Sick Family During Fever Outbreak
A community's fear of contagion leads to the isolation of a grieving family in Oakesdale.
- The Wheels Threw Him Aside: A Coal Heaver's Narrow Escape
F. Brassell fell beneath freight cars at Tekoa's coal bunkers; he lost an ear and most of his scalp but survived the first night.
- The Fatal Dance of Washington's Ground Squirrels
Scientists at the state agricultural college tried to wipe out crop-destroying rodents with bacteria—and found a native plague that sent infected squirrels spinning until they dropped.
- The Prisoner Who Promised to Come Back and Kill the Sheriff
Caught sawing their way out of the Colfax jail, three depot burglars were hauled to the penitentiary — one of them vowing to return for Sheriff Canut and his deputy before he would consent to hang.
- The Pullman Fairgrounds Tragedy
A young man faces the gallows for a fatal shooting at the local fairgrounds, marking a dark chapter in the town's history.
- The Tragedy at the Cabin
A pioneer settler is found dead in his home after a brutal struggle, sparking a local manhunt near Colfax.
- The Haunted Cabin That Killed Twice
A Texas rancher’s murder mystery travels north to Washington, where a cowboy finds himself accused of killing his partner in the exact spot—and with the same knife—that vanished from a prosecutor's safe.
- The Tragedy of a Family’s Despair
In an era of rapid expansion and brutal labor conditions, a desperate man in Palouse City took the lives of his family, citing his inability to bear their suffering.
- The Great Rabbit Invasion of 1897
Farmers and settlers in the Palouse region faced a desperate agricultural crisis as a massive swarm of rabbits descended upon their fields.
- Blood and Beef: A Fatal Dispute in Oakesdale
A cattleman's refusal to accept payment for tainted meat leads to a cold-blooded killing in a quiet Washington town.
- Academic Chaos at Pullman
A rebellious professor attempts to hijack a legislative committee's visit to the state agricultural college, leading to a near-riot.
- A Cabinet Pick Sparks a Land War in Whitman County
Fifty-six farmers south of Colfax protested Hoke Smith’s appointment as interior secretary, saying the Northern Pacific was taking title to land they had settled and cultivated.
- The Railway Freight War in the Palouse
Farmers in Eastern Washington celebrate the enforcement of the Anderson Act, which drastically reduces freight costs and promises to revitalize wheat production.