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2 stories matching fend

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  1. The Day a Cannon Changed History at the Cascades

    Before he was a Civil War legend, Philip Sheridan fended off a regional uprising with a single, deafening shot.

    Aug 23, 1880Puget Sound DispatchNorth Bonneville, Skamania CountyExclusion & Resistance · Strange But True

  2. The Mill Town Schoolhouse Scandal

    When the town’s dominant lumber company controlled the land, the children and the schoolhouse were left to fend for themselves.

    Oct 20, 1877Puget Sound DispatchShelton, Mason CountyFollow the Money

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