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1 story matching colyer

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  1. Banker Charged in Fraud Scandal

    The former cashier of the wrecked Merchants' National Bank is accused of selling worthless drafts to unsuspecting customers.

    Feb 11, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyBoom & Bust · True Crime

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  1. Colville Cabin Tragedy

    A friendship ends in violence when a woodsman reportedly loses his sanity and kills his employer.

    Jan 12, 1917White Bluffs SpokesmanColville

  2. The Farmer Who Drowned a Valley

    A drainage project meant to reclaim marshland turns a peaceful river into a recurring disaster zone for downstream farmers.

    Apr 12, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerLoon Lake, Colville

  3. A Homesteader, an Indian Agent and the Land at Lake Chelan

    When a federal agent prepared to forcibly remove a homesteader from land newly allotted to Colville Indians, Judge Hanford drew a line: the eviction would have to go through the courts.

    Jul 4, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerLake Chelan, Chelan

  4. An Industrial Experiment on the Waterfront

    Local entrepreneur James M. Colman introduces a new technology to protect wharf pilings from the destructive 'teredo' wood-boring worm.

    Mar 27, 1884Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle waterfront, Seattle

  5. The Great Land Rush of 1916

    Thousands wait in anxiety as the first names are drawn for homesteading rights on the Colville Indian Reservation.

    Aug 4, 1916White Bluffs SpokesmanSpokane

  6. 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

  7. The Railroad and the Riparian Rights

    Colman seeks injunction against railroad's Columbia Street track extension over contract and riparian claims.

    Dec 1, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerColumbia Street, Seattle

  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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