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- A Tug-of-War Over Local Pride
The South Bend Journal faced a humbling lesson in geography and maritime reality after prematurely bragging about a local shipping milestone.
- The Mob Gathers in South Bend
An early 1891 town hall meeting in South Bend marks the rising tide of exclusionary organizing in Chehalis County.
- The Passing of South Bend’s Founder
Captain F.W. Swett, a pioneer of Pacific County and the visionary behind South Bend, dies in Portland after a struggle with heart failure.
- The Fight to Turn Snoqualmie Pass Into a State Highway
Seattle and King County boosters petition Olympia to convert the old toll road from North Bend over the Cascades into a first-class route for cattle, crops and travel.
- A County Seat Fight With More Petition Signers Than Voters
Pacific County commissioners agreed to put the county seat up to a vote — then discovered that South Bend and Sealand had turned in 2,373 signatures from a county with barely 1,500 voters.
- Land Crazy in the Big Bend: A Dollar an Acre and a Warning
A traveller back from the Columbia's Big Bend reports farmers who owned nothing a year ago now signing for quarter sections as the railroad unloads its land — and predicts many will live to regret it.
- The Sleeping Judges of South Bend
A contest arises in Pacific County after election officials allegedly fell asleep during the vote count.
- Suspicious Blaze Consumes South Bend Building
A vacant commercial building in South Bend, Washington, burns to the ground under circumstances police suspect were intentional.
- The Three-Way Split: How Bitter Feuds Carved Eastern Washington
In January 1891, the state legislature dissolved Lincoln County into three new entities—Grant, Big Bend, and remaining Lincoln—to settle a decades-long battle over county seats that once involved armed men holding courthouse keys.
- The Water Wars of South Bend
A dispute over local water infrastructure ends with the arrest of a city contractor.
- Ballot Stuffing Allegations in South Bend
A heated challenge to the results of a Pacific County election alleges voter fraud and negligence after poll workers allegedly slept through the count.
- A South Bend Mill Assigned Itself to Creditors, Then Burned to the Ground That Night
The Willapa Cedar Lumber Company signed its assets over to creditors at 4:55 p.m. By 11 that nightthe shingle mill and dry house were in flames, five car loads of shingles lost and $12,000 gone up in smoke.
- The Cost of Governance in South Bend
Facing economic pressure, the city council slashes official salaries and eliminates the night watchman position.
- A Massive Log Raft Heads to South Bend
A major timber shipment from the Nackel River underscores the scale of the region's early logging operations.
- Blood Over Hay in the Big Bend
A violent dispute over the ownership of a hay stack leads to a pitched battle with multiple casualties.
- South Bend Wins Water Frontage Fight
Citizens vote to bond the city to bypass Northern Pacific railroad control of local wharf access.
- A Mysterious Cyclone Tears Through the Cascade Mountains
An eye-witness report describes a straight, 40-rod-wide path of destruction cut through the forest near North Bend, leveling timber and blocking mountain roads.
- Catastrophic Livestock Losses in the Big Bend
A harsh winter decimates ninety percent of range cattle and horses, pushing ranchers to financial ruin as they struggle to save what little remains.
- Great Northern Railroad Pushes Toward the Columbia
Tracklayers near the river as construction crews work around the clock to connect the Big Bend country to the Seattle market.
- The Iron Road Through the Wilderness
By 1891, the rush for transcontinental rail connections was transforming the remote timberlands of Lewis and Pacific counties, promising to turn quiet river valleys into bustling industrial hubs.
- The Newspaper Editor and the Horsewhip
A South Bend editor faces a public thrashing from his wife, sparking a local scandal that prioritized domestic discipline over newsroom dignity.
- A Rash of 'Skips' in South Bend
Local business owners face a string of losses as customers flee town without paying their bills.
- The Claim-Jumper Who Hired a Man to Sleep on His Land
A wanted land locater near South Bend left his wife and children on a contested homestead and used a hired sleeper to guard three other claims—until neighbors called his bluff.
- The North Bend Ducking Stool
When a man terrorized his family during a drunken rampage, his neighbors took justice into their own hands with an icy river dip.
- Washington Wins Its Tide Lands—and Willapa Oystermen May Finally Get Title
A federal ruling clears the way for state ownership of tide lands, threatening South Bend's mill wharf while offering squatters on Willapa Harbor a path to legal claim.