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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1889 | 7 |
7 stories matching old
- The Transformation of the Potlatch
Indigenous communities around Skokomish evolve the ancient tradition of the potlatch into a Fourth of July celebration.
- The Ghost in the Corral
A Washington Territory farmer digging a post hole on the banks of the Snake River unearths a skeleton in fine, velvet-trimmed clothing buried in a horse corral.
- Indigenous Couples Legally Wed in Shelton
Four Indigenous couples at Skokomish hold a ceremony to secure legal recognition of their long-standing marriages.
- The Day the Sow Ate the News
A small-town editor explains why his paper missed a week: a red sow, a keg of ink, and a very narrow escape.
- The Tenderfoot Lumbermen and the 340-Foot Giant
When two skeptical Wisconsin mill men visited the Pacific coast, they tried to school the locals on timber estimating—only to be humbled by the sheer scale of Washington's old-growth forest.
- A Local Woman's Wit on the Suffrage Debate
A satirical letter to the editor uses the 'woman question' and local chores to expose the absurdity of the disenfranchisement of women.
- The Fugitive and the Colonel
A Seattle man living under an assumed name in Vancouver attempts to negotiate his return home after alleged felonies.