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36 stories matching beaver
- Relocating Nuisance Beavers to Save Orchards
Game commission transplants beavers from Okanogan orchards to mountain streams to prevent damage and boost water conservation.
- The Cabin on the Woods
A remote Clallam County murder is solved when a mysterious note arrives at the sheriff's office.
- The River Giant: A Record-Breaking Log Boom
The steamer Beaver successfully navigated a massive log raft into the harbor, a logistical feat that left the waterfront stunned.
- Wildfire Took a Congressman's Ranch
Forest fires in Clallam County destroyed Representative W. R. Hoole's nine-room home, his timber, and the Beaver Leader printing plant.
- The Last Beaver Near Town
A hunter traps a 50-pound beaver just south of town, signaling the disappearance of local wildlife.
- The Corset Clerk's Nightmare: A Beaver Dam Prank Gone Wrong
In a tale of mistaken identity and trembling knees, a young man’s attempt to escort a famous lecturer ends in panic when he is led to believe he must be measured for lingerie.
- The Engineer Who Found Stevens Pass Drowned in the Columbia
C.F.B. Haskell, who carved the pass’s name on a tree for his boss, was caught in a whirlpool with W.A. Barton and Mrs. Powell. Wenatchee went into mourning.
- Grim Discovery in a Remote Cabin
The discovery of a skeleton and a bullet in a nailed-shut cabin suggests a cold case of murder from the previous year.
- Forging the Frontier: The Perilous Push for a Stillaguamish Road
A survey team traverses the wilderness from the Snohomish valley to Kent’s Prairie, scouting a path for a wagon road that promised to open the interior to settlement and trade.
- A Road, a Railroad and a 10x10 Schoolhouse: Into the Wilds of Clallam County
S. W. Clark returns from the far western corner of the Olympic Peninsula with tales of rich soil, bachelors' cabins, Indian-canoe supply lines and a weekly paper published in the forest.
- The Great Evergreen: Seattle’s First Snow in Sixteen Years
Residents gather on rooftops and streets to witness a rare winter spectacle, as snow blankets the city for the first time since 1890.
- The Tigers Break Their Losing Streak on Ladies' Day
After a dismal week in the cellar, the Tacoma baseball team credits their surprising win over the Vancouver Beavers to the inspiration of their female fans.
- The Wild Goose Trail: How $25,000 Chased a Mountain Pass That Wasn't There
A state commission, an over-imaginative mountaineer and a sober engineer collide over a wagon road across the Cascades — and the taxpayers pick up the bill.
- Fire Takes an Old Soldier's Every Saving at Beaver
A state representative's newly built Clallam County home, barn, livestock, and tools were destroyed in a fire — a $3,000 to $4,000 loss.
- Vancouver Beavers Outplay Tacoma Tigers in Season Opener
A tough weekend at the Tacoma Athletic Grounds sees the home team fall in back-to-back losses to the Vancouver Canucks.
- The Naturalist Sent to Trap the Olympics' Unknown Animals
A government field agent bound for Hoodsport planned to collect elk, bears, marmots and mountain beavers—and maybe discover a rodent scientists had never named.
- The Homestead That Became a Beaver Sanctuary
A mid-19th-century advertisement reveals the transformation of Island County wetlands into an agricultural dream, offering a snapshot of frontier land development.
- A Night of Terror in Tacoma
A massive blaze sweeps through a bustling downtown block, consuming businesses and revealing the precarity of the city's early fire defenses.
- The Great Skagit Flood of 1887
Thousands of acres of farmland are submerged as the Skagit River hits record-breaking, catastrophic levels.
- A Deadly Boundary Dispute at 'Hickory Hollow'
A long-standing neighborhood conflict over a fence and water rights erupts into a double homicide in the woods north of Seattle.
- A Barber’s Last Walk: No Work, No Way Home, and a Family Left Behind
D. D. Vail left his Clallam County home looking for work. When he found none, he told his wife he would walk back—then took laudanum, hoping a $2,000 insurance policy would do more for his family than he could.
- Kennewick Mobilizes for World War I
Local women organize a Red Cross auxiliary and plan a patriotic rally to support the nation as conflict looms.
- The Skeleton in the Nailed-Up Cabin
A grizzly discovery in a lonely Clallam County cabin reveals a forgotten crime.
- The Day Seattle Woke Up: A Traveler’s Rave Review of the 'Metropolitan' Future
In July 1870, a San Francisco correspondent returns from a voyage down the coast and is stunned by the rapid transformation of his hometown into a booming commercial hub.
- Life on the Construction Train
A reporter’s harrowing journey to the front lines of the Great Northern railroad expansion through the Skykomish Valley.
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- The Day a Buggy Rolled Into the Quillayute Woods
After 24 years of settlement, the remote Clallam County woods see their first carriage—and locals can hardly believe their eyes.
- A Cowboy's Fatal Rage
A domestic dispute in the upper country leads to a brutal killing, as the perpetrator attempts to flee via the Seattle steamers.
- The Tragedy of the Wood Shed
A miner's attempt to hunt a weasel in Northport leads to a catastrophic explosion that leveled his cabin.
- The Snowy Owl Invasion of 1916
A rare migration of Arctic owls across the Cascades warns locals of an impending brutal winter.
- A Sudden End in the Woods
A young immigrant worker killed by a falling limb near Seattle highlights the perils of early logging.
- Trapped in the Cascade Whiteout
A harrowing survival story from the brutal winter of 1880, where a Whatcom County Sheriff and his child narrowly escaped a lethal snowstorm.
- The Bear That Bit Back: Deputy Collector’s Narrow Escape from Tax-Collecting Felines
In a bizarre twist of frontier justice in Toledo, Washington, two tame bears were unleashed on a deputy revenue collector after their Italian owner refused to pay taxes.
- The Sad End of a Local Pet
A harmless land otter, kept as a mascot, was killed by an erratic local resident in a senseless act of cruelty.