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3 stories matching gerrish
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- The Fake Telegram That Almost Started a Diplomatic Incident
A bored telegraph operator in Blaine sparked a scandal after forging a message from Secretary of State James G. Blaine to a town assembly, causing embarrassment for local officials and leading to an investigation by the Pacific Postal Telegraph Company.
- A $500,000 Mining Syndicate Sends Forty Men Into the Slate Creek Snow
A Montana capitalist bonds a cluster of high-country claims and outfits a wage crew from Seattle and Anacortes for a 60-mile push into the Methow.
- Ten Days Over Cascade Pass—and No Wagon Road
A member of Mayor Curtis's 1894 party recounts the camps, storms and lost pack animals on the route from Marblemount to Winthrop.