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| Year | Stories |
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| 1884 | 2 |
| 1893 | 2 |
| 1898 | 1 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1916 | 1 |
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- The Prohibition Tug-of-War in Colfax
A Whitman County sheriff’s liquor seizure tests the limits of state law, pitting authorities against the express company in a legal standoff.
- Vigilante Morality in Colfax
A secret league forms to purge the town of gambling and prostitution through direct action.
- Railroad Land Grabs Threaten Whitman County Settlers
Homesteaders fight a corporate legal battle to save their farms from a massive Northern Pacific land grant interpretation.
- Women Organize for Mutual Aid
Local women establish a new court to provide charitable support and insurance benefits to the community.
- The Price of a Violent Temper
A town roughneck learns the limits of his reach after an unprovoked assault on a farmer in downtown Colfax.
- The Tramp Problem in the Palouse
Unemployed men camping outside Colfax have turned to raiding gardens and chicken coops to survive.
- Secret of the Palouse River
A grisly discovery of blood-stained shirts and Spanish documents suggests a cold case murder.
- Left Stranded: Discharged Railroad Workers Occupy Train
When a railway company abandoned its discharged laborers without transport in Colfax, the men staged a peaceful occupation of a train to demand passage home.