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  1. The Pioneer Who Found His Home on the Fairgrounds

    A celebratory gathering honors 'Grandpa' Waldrip, an 82-year-old pioneer who once helped settle the land now occupied by Whitman County’s fairgrounds.

    Mar 9, 1900The Colfax GazetteColfax, Whitman County

  2. The Gold Bonanza Beneath the Palouse

    On the headwaters of the North Palouse, two Farmington brothers struck a quartz ledge they say assays at more than $6,000 a ton — and they swear not one inch of it is for sale.

    Mar 30, 1900The Colfax GazetteFarmington, Whitman CountyFollow the Money · Boom & Bust

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