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2 stories matching blockad

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:block, blockhead, blocker, bloc, bloch, blockhous

  1. The Rail Blockade at Elma

    A landowner is arrested for obstructing tracks on his own property, escalating a long-standing right-of-way dispute with the Northern Pacific Railroad.

    Jun 29, 1893Aberdeen HeraldElma, Grays Harbor CountyFollow the Money

  2. The tugboat blockade at Grays Harbor

    A local editor exposes a corrupt tugboat manager for sabotaging a critical federal survey of the harbor bar.

    Jan 22, 1891Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyFollow the Money

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