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3 stories matching eager

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:meager, yeager, creager, steager, ager, eagl

  1. The Gold Rush That Never Was: Seattle’s First Wave of Klondike Dreamers

    As the first steamers arrive from the Yukon with empty hands and full cargo holds, Seattleites prepare to follow them north, unaware that the gold rush is already over.

    Jun 16, 1899The Seattle StarWestern Avenue, Seattle, King CountyBoom & Bust

  2. The Klondike Gold Rush Arrives in Seattle

    When the steamer Humboldt pulled into the Arlington Dock, it carried a fortune in gold dust and the dreams of men hoping to strike it rich in the North.

    Jun 23, 1899The Seattle StarSeattle, King CountyBoom & Bust

  3. The Forgotten Soldiers of the First Washington

    While other states showered their troops in Manila with home-front support, Washington's volunteers were left to subsist on standard army rations.

    Jul 19, 1899The Seattle StarSeattle, King County

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