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  1. A Christmas on the Ice King: The Climb That Saw Rainier Smoking

    In 1894, Major Ingraham led six men, seven homing pigeons, and a camera onto Mount Rainier’s glaciers. They came back with frostbite, a story of steam and smoke rising from the crater—and one pigeon missing.

    Jan 6, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMount Rainier, Pierce CountyStrange But True

  2. The Judge, The Dog, and the Mystery of the Missing Pet

    A Tacoma judge’s peaceful afternoon nap is interrupted by a miraculous reunion with his beloved terrier, who vanished months ago.

    Jun 10, 1888The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

  3. The Mystery of the Double-Wound Suicide

    A grain dealer is found dead in his office with a bullet in his head and another in his chest, raising questions of how a single gun could be responsible.

    Dec 25, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerWashington Avenue, Blaine, Whatcom CountyTrue Crime

  4. The Tragedy at the Grandvue Hotel

    A scandalous love affair and a newspaper exposé drive a Seattle woman to a fatal act of desperation.

    Jan 2, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyScandal

  5. A Desperate Three-Hour Struggle in Willapa Bay

    A mother fighting the tides and the wind after her sailboat capsized managed to save both her young children before rescue arrived.

    Jun 8, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBay Center, Pacific CountyDisasters

  6. The Devil's Range

    A drunken seaman's terrifying hallucination on a Port Townsend stove.

    Mar 11, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Townsend, Jefferson CountyStrange But True

  7. A Sinking Buggy, a Borrowed Team, and a Reservation About to Open

    In 1892 a newspaperman packed his wife and infant into a rickety buggy to cross the soon-to-open Colville Reservation, fording the Kettle River and leaning on Native families along the way.

    Aug 22, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOsoyoos Lake, Oroville, Okanogan CountyExclusion & Resistance · Strange But True

  8. When the Prey Fights Back

    A hunter discovers an unusually aggressive colony of rabbits in Whatcom County.

    Aug 21, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBellingham, Whatcom CountyStrange But True

  9. An 'Arrest' and a Banquet

    A surprise 'arrest' of Captain Ingraham by his own soldiers turns into a elaborate testimonial dinner at the armory.

    Jan 28, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  10. Naming a Peak for an Infidel

    Local climbers conquer a previously unclimbed mountain and name it after a controversial figure.

    Aug 21, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerHoquiam, Grays Harbor CountyStrange But True

  11. The Delusions of Martin Krop

    A young laborer's unrequited obsession with a stranger leads to his commitment at the insane asylum.

    Jan 4, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyLocal Legends

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