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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1889 | 4 |
| 1890 | 4 |
| 1891 | 6 |
| 1892 | 4 |
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- The Governor's 'Miraculous' Absence
Did Washington's Governor fake an illness to tilt a Senate election?
- The Valley That Grew Rich on Hops
A horseback correspondent rides through the Ahtanum Valley and finds scarce irrigation water, a handful of prosperous growers, and Yakima Indian crews doing the picking.
- Tragedy on the Tracks: A Silent Commuter
A deaf man walking to find work near Selah was struck by a train in the night.
- The Water Miracle in the Moxee
After expensive drilling, a new artesian well turns arid sagebrush into a potential oasis for Yakima settlers.
- The Bitter Battle for the Yakima Depot
A railroad official defends the controversial move of the townsite to North Yakima, dismissing long-standing charges of corruption and 'outrage'.
- The Water Wars of the Yakima River
Two competing land companies engaged in a legal and physical standoff over irrigation rights, leaving laborers arrested and local farms in limbo.
- A Bloody Dispute Over a Debt in Wenatchee
A local man is fighting for his life after a heated confrontation over unpaid money turned into a violent gunfight.
- Brutal Assault on the Reservation
An Indigenous man is found critically injured near Union Gap after an alleged attack by drunken companions.
- A Wrestler’s Reckoning in Chinatown
A visiting strongman who bullied locals found himself severely overpowered after attacking the Chinese quarter.
- 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.
- The Battle for North Yakima’s Future
As the territory prepared for statehood in 1889, land agents and local boosters scrambled to convince newcomers that North Yakima—not Ellensburg—was the region's inevitable capital.
- The Irrigation Boom of 1890
North Yakima gears up for a massive expansion of agricultural infrastructure and railroad investment.
- The Coroner Who Left a Body in the Ditch
A freight train killed a man on the tracks near Satus, but the coroner did not reach the scene until Friday, leaving the body where the engine had thrown it.
- 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.
- The Case for an Irrigation University
Yakima boosters argue that the arid environment makes the city the only logical choice for the new state Agricultural College.
- The Bold Scheme to Irrigate the Desert
Local entrepreneurs hope to redeem 15,000 acres of 'worthless' land through an ambitious artesian well project.
- Reading the Ancient Earth of the Yakima Valley
A US Geological Survey professor uncovers the deep history of Washington's arid lands, tracing the era of great prehistoric lakes.
- The Sudden Loss of a Young Editor
James Williams Holton, the young heir to the Yakima Republic, passes away at twenty-two.