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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1885 | 1 |
1 story matching ketch
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:ketcher, ketchum, ketcheson, kretch, sketch, etch
- The Walla Walla Rebellion
A small-town municipal election ends in a landslide defeat for incumbent councilmen who dared to enforce an ordinance against public roaming.
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- The Great Nooksack Potlatch
Hundreds gather near Lynden for a traditional gift-giving feast and solemn reburial of ancestors.
- The Scotch Farmer Betting on Moxee’s Soil
William Ker, manager of a massive 5,000-acre agricultural tract, shares his vision for the future of Yakima Valley farming.
- Camp Kelpie: A Seattle Hunting Party in the Last Great Bear Country
In 1895, Seattle sportsmen pitched camp on Hood Canal between the Duckabush and Hamma Hamma rivers and found a wilderness thick with black bear, salmon, and one very unlucky tenderfoot.
- The Transformation of the Potlatch
Indigenous communities around Skokomish evolve the ancient tradition of the potlatch into a Fourth of July celebration.
- The Klondike Miner Who Became a Wrestling King
From farm work to the gold fields, Frank Gotch finds his fortune and fame on the mat, with a championship match pending in Washington state.
- The Creamery Shuffle
A major dairy operator moves his business, leaving a vacuum in the Kittitas Valley market.
- The Battle of the Mail Carriers
A postal contractor hits back at critics who accused him of corruption and canoe-based mail delivery in the rough early days of the territory's infrastructure.
- The Bold Bet of Captain Brittain
After selling off his aging fleet of steamboats, a local captain risks his fortune on a custom-built, high-speed vessel to claim the future of Puget Sound transit.