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3 stories matching colburn

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:colbourn, coburn, colborn, colbi, col, filburn

  1. The passing of a pioneer dentist

    Dr. John Colburn Grasse, an early resident of Seattle and a founder of the State Dental Association, dies at home.

    Jun 10, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King County

  2. The Axe, the Shackles, and the Noon Run

    Roy Le May cut himself loose from a Pend Oreille County chain gang and headed for Colburn before Sheriff Merritt brought him back.

    May 6, 1909The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentNewport, Pend Oreille CountyTrue Crime

  3. Sultan River Prospectors Build a Half-Mile Flume

    Deep in the Snohomish backcountry, a group of determined prospectors labors to divert the Sultan River in hopes of striking it rich.

    Nov 23, 1878The Northern StarSultan River, Sultan, Snohomish CountyWork & Pay

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  1. A Sinking Buggy, a Borrowed Team, and a Reservation About to Open

    In 1892 a newspaperman packed his wife and infant into a rickety buggy to cross the soon-to-open Colville Reservation, fording the Kettle River and leaning on Native families along the way.

    Aug 22, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOsoyoos Lake, Oroville

  2. A Domestic Disturbance on West Street

    A local lodging-house keeper faces the fallout of a violent, estranged husband's return after a year of absence.

    Jul 28, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerWest Street, Seattle

  3. The Night Colfax Burned

    A Chinese cook's kerosene mishap destroys the heart of a small Washington town, exposing the dangers of inadequate civic infrastructure.

    Apr 23, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMain Street, Colfax

  4. Tension and Violence at the Colville Reservation

    Settlers at Colville petition for military intervention following reports of burned hay fields and armed conflict with local Indigenous people.

    Jul 28, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerColville

  5. The Iron-Jawed Worm That Ate Seattle's Wharves

    At the foot of Harrison Street, the Colman family has a new weapon against the teredo worm: steam, a vacuum, and a dose of dead oil of tar.

    Jan 1, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  6. The Secretive Coal King of Seattle

    James M. Colman is quietly opening the McCallister mine, signaling a new industrial play near Renton.

    Jan 20, 1884Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerColman Dock, Seattle

  7. The Price of Disposal: Colville Reservation Opens to Homesteading

    Federal authorities announce the opening of 350,000 acres of the Colville Reservation to white homesteaders, touting the financial management of tribal wealth.

    Sep 22, 1916Coulee City DispatchColville Reservation, Nespelem

  8. The Colfax Sack Elevator

    A local inventor creates a machine designed to eliminate the back-breaking labor of stacking grain in regional warehouses.

    Feb 23, 1900The Colfax GazetteColfax

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