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1. The Great Bicycle Path Experiment

   While freezing weather destroyed the city's old cinder paths, the new asphalt tracks remained pristine, sparking a push for further infrastructure investment.

   Jan 7, 1904The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyBoom & Bust

2. The City's Experimental Bike Lane

   Walla Walla tests a new $140 wooden bicycle path on Alder Street to solve the issue of rough cinder trails.

   Jul 30, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyBoom & Bust · City Hall

3. Walla Walla Bicyclists Fund Road Repairs

   City cyclists step up to pay license fees, funding new asphalt paths for safe transit.

   Sep 22, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyCity Hall

4. Paving the Way for Cyclists

   Walla Walla's city leadership moves to revitalize local bicycle paths with asphalt ahead of the rainy season.

   Aug 12, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyCity Hall

5. The City’s Great Bicycle Experiment

   Walla Walla’s Bicycle Commissioner tests asphalt versus wood planks as he pushes to expand city infrastructure for wheelmen.

   Jul 16, 1903The Evening StatesmanEast Alder Street, Walla Walla, Walla Walla CountyCity Hall · Strange But True

6. The Fight Against Walla Walla’s Bicycle Tax

   While the Supreme Court has deemed special vehicle taxes unconstitutional, Walla Walla cyclists continue to pay up for the sake of path maintenance.

   Jun 24, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyCity Hall

7. Trapped by the Beast in Eden Valley

   A rancher’s attempt to capture a predatory panther results in a harrowing fight at the edge of a cliff.

   Jan 19, 1904The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyStrange But True

8. The Tragedy of an Obsessive Pursuit

   A Scandinavian immigrant's obsessive courtship in Tacoma turns violent, ending in a police manhunt and a quiet deal to exile the suitor.

   Jul 11, 1903The Evening StatesmanTacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

9. Farmers and Railroad Kings: A Unequal Debate

   Walla Walla's wheat growers face a deck stacked against them as railroad presidents arrive to ‘discuss’ freight rates on their own terms.

   Jul 30, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyFollow the Money

10. The Myth of the Unclimbable Mountain

    Defying widespread reports that Mount Rainier had been rendered impassable by avalanches, two men successfully summit the peak to set the record straight.

    Jul 29, 1903The Evening StatesmanMount Rainier, Pierce CountyStrange But True

11. Walla Walla’s Great Water Debate

    The City Council faces a fractured path forward as they weigh options for a new gravity water system to solve the city's supply crisis.

    Oct 20, 1903The Evening StatesmanMill Creek, Walla Walla, Walla Walla CountyCity Hall

12. City Council Abolishes Poundmaster Role to End Lawsuit

    In a four-minute legislative maneuver, the Walla Walla City Council eliminated the position of poundmaster to neutralize an ongoing legal dispute.

    Nov 18, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyCity Hall

13. Age Technicality May Free Convicted Youth

    A young man sentenced to reform school for burglary finds a path to freedom after it is revealed he is over the legal age for juvenile detention.

    Dec 31, 1903The Evening StatesmanSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

14. The City’s Bicycle Tax Crackdown

    Walla Walla police launch an enforcement campaign to force cyclists to register their wheels and pay local taxes.

    Sep 9, 1903The Evening StatesmanAlder Street, Walla Walla, Walla Walla CountyCity Hall

15. The Ghost in the Church Window

    A young man encounters a spectral presence behind a local church, sparking a mystery that has the town of Kalama whispering.

    Dec 17, 1903The Evening StatesmanKalama, Cowlitz CountyTrue Crime

16. The Engineer, the River, and the Farmers Who Objected

    A Northwestern Gas and Electric engineer stops in Walla Walla to inspect survey routes for a new power plant on the Walla Walla River — but riverside farmers are already resisting the chosen paths.

    Nov 25, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla River, Walla Walla, Walla Walla CountyFollow the Money

17. The Maze of the Snake River Hills

    Early road surveys were so poorly planned that settlers were forced to build their own paths, leading to a tangled web of private property and impassable public routes.

    Dec 11, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyCity Hall

18. Healing Through Faith: Judge Hanna at the Opera House

    A prominent Christian Science lecturer visits the Walla Walla Opera House to explain the doctrine's stance on sickness and the 'mental cause'.

    Jan 20, 1904The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountySnake Oil

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