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  1. The Town of Oakesdale Is Reduced to Smoldering Ruins

    A three-story hotel blaze consumes the city's business district in just two hours, leaving merchants devastated and the community reeling.

    Jul 26, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSteptoe Avenue, Oakesdale, Whitman CountyDisasters

  2. 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.

    Jan 14, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOakesdale, Whitman CountyWork & Pay · Boom & Bust

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