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3 stories matching limb
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- The Price of a Leg: How Snohomish Neighbors Funded a Stranger’s Recovery
In the spring of 1877, when a man named Samuel Smallman lost his limb, the community didn't just offer sympathy—they pooled their cash to buy him a state-of-the-art prosthetic from Philadelphia.
- Falling Log Crushes Andrew Gullen's Leg on the River
A tragic accident on the Snohomish River leaves a young logger struggling for survival, highlighting the brutal toll of frontier labor.
- The Parson’s Secret Ringer
When a local sexton entered a decrepit, bony carriage horse into a high-stakes town race, nobody expected the old animal to outrun the finest steeds in Snohomish.