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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1889 | 9 |
9 stories matching sever
- A Train Derails in the Smoky Woods
A Satsop Railroad locomotive plunges off the tracks after hitting a fallen tree in the fire-choked timberlands near Shelton.
- The City of Shelton Takes to the Bay
A new vessel joins the fleet, promising daily trips between Tacoma and the booming town of Shelton.
- The Transformation of the Potlatch
Indigenous communities around Skokomish evolve the ancient tradition of the potlatch into a Fourth of July celebration.
- A Gunsmith’s Final Misfire
A lifelong firearms expert and pioneer gunsmith meets a tragic, accidental end at his home near Shelton.
- Butcher Skips Town Leaving Debts Behind
A local butcher flees Shelton, triggering a scramble among creditors for his remaining cattle and assets.
- The Logger Who Wrestled a Bear
A local timber worker narrowly escapes death after stumbling into a den and fighting a brown bear for fifteen minutes with an axe.
- The Great Shelton General Store Heist
Nine hundred dollars in goods vanishes overnight from a new store, leaving local law enforcement with no leads.
- The Fire Fiend Stalks Washington
After catastrophic blazes in Seattle, Vancouver, Ellensburg, and Spokane, the Mason County Journal sounds the alarm for Shelton to modernize its water system.
- 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.