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  1. The Watchman Fought the Flames, but the Clipper Mill Was Gone

    A spark from the slab pile was all it took to destroy J. P. Armstrong's shingle mill at Bothell, despite Alfred Johnson's hose and pumps.

    Mar 19, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBothell, King CountyDisasters

  2. Masterminding the Sammamish Valley

    Property owners petitioned county commissioners to form a drainage district, hoping to transform miles of 'sluggish' swamp into productive farmland.

    Aug 4, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSquak Slough, Bothell, King CountyBoom & Bust

  3. The Great Escape and Capture of the 'Crazy Desperado' of Mercer Slough

    A man escapes from the Steilacoom asylum, survives a seventy-mile trek through the wilderness on a shattered ankle, and is eventually captured in a Bothell cabin.

    Mar 8, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBothell, King CountyTrue Crime

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