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3 stories matching danc

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:dan, dancer, dancin, dana, dane, danl

  1. The Ballroom Ignored the Flames: Olympia’s Nonchalant Dance Amidst Disaster

    While citizens and firemen battled a blaze at the Washington Hotel on Friday evening, revelers inside continued dancing with startling indifference to the falling cinders.

    Nov 30, 1860Washington StandardOlympia, Thurston CountyStrange But True

  2. A May Day Celebration on Chambers Prairie

    While war clouds gathered on the horizon, the citizens of Olympia took to the countryside to celebrate May Day with a traditional picnic, Maypole, and dancing.

    May 4, 1861Washington StandardChambers Prairie, Olympia, Thurston County

  3. A War Party Among the Makah

    James G. Swan recounts the violent return of a Makah war party to Neah Bay after a retaliatory expedition against the Elwha people near Dungeness.

    Nov 2, 1861Washington StandardNeah Bay, Neah Bay, Clallam CountyStrange But True

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