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  1. Fatal Train Wreck Near Cle Elum

    A freight train section breaks loose on a steep grade, colliding with a passenger train.

    Apr 24, 1890The Yakima HeraldCle Elum, Kittitas CountyDisasters

  2. The Cross-Threaded Nozzle That Cost Ellensburg the Race

    In an 1889 hose-cart contest, North Yakima’s fire team beat Ellensburg—but the day’s real drama was a stuck coupling and a heartbroken nozzleman.

    Jul 16, 1891The Yakima HeraldYakima, Yakima CountyStrange But True

  3. Accusations of Corruption Against the Gubernatorial Nominee

    The Herald levels harsh criticisms against Republican gubernatorial candidate John McGraw, citing a past career marked by alleged scandal and 'vice'.

    Oct 13, 1892The Yakima HeraldOlympia, Thurston CountyCity Hall · Scandal

  4. The Con Man Who Conned a Town

    Before he was caught, a master swindler known as 'Gen. Ward' charmed the elite of Spokane Falls and eloped with a banker's daughter.

    Mar 14, 1889The Yakima HeraldSpokane, Spokane CountyTrue Crime

  5. Farmer Chases Engineers Away with Barbed Wire

    A landowner in the lower Yakima Valley defended his property rights in spectacular fashion, chasing an engineering crew off his land with a lasso of barbed wire.

    Feb 18, 1892The Yakima HeraldYakima, Yakima CountyFollow the Money · Strange But True

  6. The Champagne Express

    A train full of high-ranking U.S. officials is forced to a screeching halt in Washington Territory because they ran out of wine.

    Aug 8, 1889The Yakima HeraldPuyallup, Pierce CountyScandal

  7. Tragedy at the Miners' Arms Saloon

    A senseless killing in a Roslyn saloon ends in the arrest of a suspect and the burial of the victim.

    Apr 11, 1889The Yakima HeraldRoslyn, Kittitas CountyTrue Crime

  8. The Morphine-Addicted Train Thief

    A train robbery gone wrong leads to a high-speed chase and a bizarre search for a missing ticket.

    Apr 23, 1891The Yakima HeraldYakima, Yakima CountyTrue Crime · Nightlife

  9. Fatal Train Wreck Near Cle-Elum

    A sleeping brakeman’s lapse leaves a freight train to roll backwards into a collision, killing a stowaway.

    Apr 24, 1890The Yakima HeraldCle-Elum, Kittitas CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

  10. The Teacher Who Erased His Own Past

    Jesse Edward Brown ran Yakima's Indian school, gave away his salary to his pupils—and destroyed every paper that might explain who he was.

    Nov 10, 1892The Yakima HeraldYakima, Yakima CountyTrue Crime

  11. An 18-Year Pursuit Ends in an Ellensburg Jail

    A fugitive who thought he had outrun his past is finally captured for an 1871 shooting in Los Angeles.

    May 23, 1889The Yakima HeraldEllensburg, Kittitas CountyTrue Crime

  12. Fatal Miscalculation at the Tacoma Railyard

    A tragic accident involving a Northern Pacific Railway official highlights the brutal mechanical risks of the era's expanding infrastructure.

    Feb 21, 1889The Yakima HeraldTacoma, Pierce CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

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