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19 stories
- The Horror at Slaughter
A man named Spafford is arrested for the gruesome killing of his wife in a small village near the White River after he attempted to perform an illegal abortion.
- The Deadly Night at Bennett’s Headquarters
A saloon shooting on the Green River turns into a tragic lesson on the dangers of 'doping' whisky and the thin line between murder and manslaughter.
- The River That Could Drown a Valley
A brewing legal and ecological battle in the White River valley pits farmers against a railway company, as shifting waters threaten to swallow millions in property.
- The Unsolved Execution at Green River
A lonely homesteader is found dead in the woods, his cabin undisturbed and his secrets kept, sparking a flurry of local suspicion.
- Fatal Fall from a Cascade Bridge
A young bridge builder falls thirty feet to his death on the Northern Pacific railroad line, leaving a grieving mother in Oak Harbor.
- The Tragedy of the Parks Children
An Auburn father faces arrest after his children succumb to starvation while he allegedly schemed to remarry.
- A Father’s Deadly Lesson
A tragic household accident on the White River ends in the death of a toddler when a borrowed rifle discharges during a demonstration.
- The Bridge at the Commissioner's Back Door
A group of settlers in the White River Valley accuses a King County commissioner of misusing taxpayer money to build a bridge near his own property, ignoring the needs of the actual traveling public.
- The Boom on White River
Railroad expansion and hop farming are bringing sudden, unprecedented prosperity to the valley.
- The Tragic Confinement of Madia Joy
A ten-year-old girl is committed to an insane asylum after suffering from a paranoid delusion that her own family was trying to kill her.
- The Tragedy of the Missing Mill Worker
A husband and father vanishes into the woods, leaving his family behind as the town whispers of a dark insurance scheme.
- The Tragedy of a Cattle Stampede
A panicked herd causes a fire and widespread destruction near Seattle, leaving the community reeling from the sudden calamity.
- The Fight for the White River Bridge
A century before modern infrastructure debates, King County residents were struggling with the same basic problem: a river that split a community in two.
- The Unpredictable Fury of the White River
For decades, pioneers in the White River Valley have battled shifting channels and massive log jams that threaten to drown the farmland—and now, a desperate, explosive attempt to save the riverbank has left the community divided.
- Eight-Year-Old Frank Smith Drowns in White River
A young boy drowns while crossing the river in a skiff as his sisters watch helplessly.
- A Violent Dispute on the White River
A German laborer and two employees of H. C. Jefls trade blows in a roadside altercation that lands both parties in front of a judge.
- Vandalism at the White River Schoolhouse
Two young boys find themselves behind bars after a destructive incident at a local schoolhouse, sparking anxiety in a respectable city family.
- The Riot at the White River Schoolhouse
A young drifter recounts how he and his companions, spurred by a mysterious 'big fellow,' turned a quiet schoolhouse into a scene of chaotic destruction.
- The Great Seattle Hop Rush of 1889
As harvest season peaks in the shadow of the Great Seattle Fire, a local firm attempts to manage the precarious trade of Washington hops to the London market.