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10 stories matching ghost

  1. Spokane Prophetess Predicts End of World

    An elderly Spokane woman has prophesied that the world will end on December 30th, sparking religious fervor among the local tribes.

    Apr 16, 1891The Yakima HeraldSpokane, Spokane CountyLocal Legends

  2. The Great Capital Debate of 1889

    Proponents of North Yakima push to designate the rising agricultural hub as the state capital, highlighting its central geography.

    Sep 26, 1889The Yakima HeraldYakima, Yakima CountyCity Hall

  3. The Ghost of the Pesbastin Creek Mining Camp

    Decades after a gold rush stampede left cabins to rot, speculators are eyeing the old claims again—but local memory suggests they were never worth the effort.

    Jun 25, 1891The Yakima HeraldPeshastin, Chelan CountyBoom & Bust · Gone Forever

  4. The Ghost Railroad Through Cowlitz Pass

    Booster papers are peddling impossible surveys for a transcontinental line that exists only in the imagination of speculators.

    Mar 14, 1889The Yakima HeraldCowlitz Pass, Yakima, Lewis CountyBoom & Bust

  5. The Ghost Mine of Tietan Basin

    For twenty-three years, Judge Nelson has hunted the secret silver ledge revealed by an Indigenous man, but the secret died with him.

    Jan 9, 1890The Yakima HeraldYakima, Yakima CountyTrue Crime

  6. The Ghost of Snoqualmie Falls

    Engineers and trainmen report sightings of a spectral Klickitat woman searching for her lost lover in the mists of the falls.

    Mar 3, 1892The Yakima HeraldSnoqualmie Falls, Snoqualmie, King CountyTrue Crime

  7. The Ghost Farm on the Big Bend

    A pioneer spends his life building a homestead for his family, only to lose them in a catastrophic train wreck on the day they were to join him.

    Mar 24, 1892The Yakima HeraldWaterville, Douglas CountyDisasters

  8. The Unseen Labor of a Garden Hand

    A day-laborer finds beauty and respite in the shadow of a forsythia bush while waiting for the train to bring the town’s elite back from their business.

    Jun 6, 1889The Yakima HeraldYakima, Yakima CountyWork & Pay

  9. The Ghost That Wasn't There

    A nervous homeowner fires a shotgun at his own shadow, hospitalizing his son-in-law in the chaos.

    Nov 12, 1891The Yakima HeraldYakima, Yakima CountyStrange But True

  10. The Ghost Warrant of Ellensburgh

    A legal warrant for a pre-fire assault is discovered in the brush, long after the records and the town itself were consumed by the blaze.

    Aug 13, 1891The Yakima HeraldEllensburg, Kittitas CountyStrange But True

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