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2 stories matching rigg
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:rig, rigger, riggin, riggio, rigi, rigo
- The Gail Vanishes: A Launch Stolen From a Private Landing in the Night
R. L. Banta's gasoline launch disappears from his own riverfront landing. A steamboat captain half-remembers seeing her; a search up the Snake comes back empty.
- Astoria’s Bold Gambit on the Snake River
A delegation of marine experts is surveying the Snake River to pioneer new steamship routes connecting Lewiston to the Pacific Coast.