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5 stories matching freder

  1. The Contract Wife Who Would Not Be Shaken Off

    Florence Bucklin Byers followed a wealthy Chilean consul to California, then returned to Port Townsend vowing to enforce their handwritten marriage contract—or sue him for divorce.

    Sep 1, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Townsend, Jefferson CountyScandal

  2. The Night Seattle Held the Line at the Stockade

    A 39th-anniversary account of the January 1856 siege: two blockhouses, a howitzer from the USS Decatur, and two settlers killed in the Puget Sound War.

    Jan 28, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyExclusion & Resistance · Gone Forever

  3. The Editor Who Worked Himself to Death

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer editor George H. Heilbron, warned by his doctor to rest, toiled on until his brain gave out — and nearly the whole city turned out to bury him.

    Apr 16, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King County

  4. The Robber Barons of the Rails

    As the Pacific Northwest rail and steamship empires consolidate, one man's rise mirrors the era of the 'autocrat' industrialist.

    Jun 15, 1876The Daily IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyFollow the Money

  5. The Feast of Lots: Seattle's Jewish Community Celebrates Purim with an Auction of Sacred Letters

    At the Hinckley block, the Orthodox congregation dedicated a new Torah scroll and auctioned off its letters to fund education.

    Mar 11, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

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  1. A Norwegian Teamster's Last Will: Despair, Disease, and a Sweetheart Left Behind

    Fred Syvrud, a 36-year-old teamster, took his own life in a Seattle boarding house, leaving his property to a woman in Norway and blaming an incurable disease.

    Aug 31, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  2. A Whiskey Flask on the Pend Oreille: Laborer Drowns at Usk Landing

    Fred Campbell fell from the Steamer Spokane while intoxicated; his body was brought to Newport as officials searched for anyone who knew him.

    Jun 17, 1909The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentUsk

  3. The Fugitive Foreman of Franklin

    A man working at the Oregon Improvement Company’s stables in Franklin is revealed as a wanted fugitive for a fatal land dispute in Indian Territory.

    Dec 15, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerFranklin, Black Diamond

  4. The Vanishing of Fred York

    A farmhand on the Abbott ranch vanishes while herding stock near the river; only his horse returns, leaving the community to fear the worst.

    Jul 29, 1915The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick

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