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4 stories matching greenish

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  1. Canoeing the Queets: Promise and Dispossession on the Olympic Peninsula

    An 1892 travelogue celebrates homesteaders in the Queets River valley while arguing that Native hunters should be confined to the reservation.

    Sep 4, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerQueets, Grays Harbor CountyExclusion & Resistance

  2. Prospectors Strike Natural Gas Near Kahlotus

    A deep-well driller finds natural gas, copper quartz, and mica nine miles southeast of Kahlotus, fueling hopes for an oil boom in Franklin County.

    Jun 20, 1903The Evening StatesmanKahlotus, Franklin CountyBoom & Bust · Strange But True

  3. The Healing Lake That Hid a Walking Fish

    On the Columbia plateau near Spokane lies a strange saline lake with no inlet and no outlet — credited with curing rheumatism, foaming like soap in the wind, and home to an axolotl that fooled the naturalists.

    Oct 9, 1891The Olympia TribuneMedical Lake, Spokane CountySnake Oil · Strange But True

  4. The Moss-Cloaked Giants of Bay Center

    A teacher’s letter from the Pacific Northwest frontier describes a landscape of colossal trees and lush undergrowth, challenging the myth of the harsh pioneer struggle.

    Apr 6, 1877The Daily IntelligencerBay Center, Pacific CountyBoom & Bust · Strange But True

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