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2 stories matching root

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:roo, rooter, rot, rood, roof, room

  1. The Cheney War Scare

    A false alarm regarding an Indigenous uprising sends the town of Cheney into a panicked frenzy.

    Jun 9, 1883Spokane Falls ReviewCheney, Spokane CountyExclusion & Resistance

  2. The Boomer Who Lied About the Gold Fields

    Spokane Falls' paper takes a Minnesota editor to task for a wildly inaccurate account of the Coeur d'Alene mines — and in doing so lays bare the whole machinery of Western town-site hype.

    Feb 23, 1884Spokane Falls ReviewSpokane, Spokane CountyFollow the Money · Boom & Bust

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