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3 stories

  1. A Dead Man’s Name on the Payroll

    A Walla Walla ex-employee files twenty charges against L. T. Erwin, accusing the Yakima Indian agent of fraud, perjury, and turning the agency into a private larder.

    Jul 30, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerToppenish, Yakima CountyCity Hall · Scandal

  2. He Asked the Way Across the River and Was Never Seen Alive Again

    A Whidbey Island man headed to the Yakima country to look at a farm, asked where to ford the river, misunderstood the directions, and drowned—his horse found wandering in the sagebrush two days later.

    May 22, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerToppenish, Yakima County

  3. A Ride That Cost a Tramp Both Feet

    Trying to steal a freight ride near Toppenish, a man calling himself P. McAllister falls under the wheels of a Northern Pacific train.

    Apr 5, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerToppenish, Yakima CountyDisasters

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