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| 1859 | 1 |
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| 1877 | 1 |
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6 stories
- The Forced Exodus of Whidbey Island’s Chinese Community
A campaign of economic exclusion and harassment leads to the near-total disappearance of Chinese residents from Whidbey Island by 1892.
- The Collision in the Fog
When the passenger steamer Premier and the collier Willamette crashed off Whidbey Island, passengers were left trapped in a splintered, half-sunken wreck.
- The Hidden Tracks on Whidbey Island
Federal agents capture a British steam launch allegedly used to bypass Chinese exclusion laws by landing contraband passengers on the coast.
- The Price of a Human Life
A Seattle newspaper critiques the wildly inconsistent sentencing for murder in Washington Territory, highlighting how local bias and venue changes drastically altered justice for accused killers.
- The Whidby Island Land Heist
A townsite development company claims a notary public fraudulently altered a contract to seize control of their Whidby Island property.
- The Whidbey Island Job Scam
Workers are left stranded and out of pocket after a hiring agent vanishes.