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  1. The Price of Progress: Yakima County Bids for the State College

    In a special session, county commissioners authorize $15,000 in warrants to help secure the site for the newly forming state agricultural college.

    Apr 23, 1891The Yakima HeraldYakima County Courthouse, YakimaCity Hall

  2. The Great Manastache Mining Hoax

    A town's feverish dreams of gold were shattered when a slick assayer fled with their hopes and their money.

    Dec 24, 1891The Yakima HeraldEllensburg, Kittitas CountyBoom & Bust · True Crime

  3. The Political Brawl in Yakima

    A fiery editorial exchange exposes the political posturing of John L. Wilson and the partisan tensions of the era.

    Mar 13, 1890The Yakima HeraldYakima, Yakima CountyCity Hall · Scandal

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