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1 story matching potlatch
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:latch, patch, potlick, unlatch, pot
- The Iron Road Rushes East
In 1892, railroad tycoon James J. Hill arrived in Spokane to finalize plans for a massive rail expansion that would forever link the Columbia River plateau to the transcontinental network.