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8 stories matching nameless

  1. The Nameless Grave by the Tulalip

    A grim discovery near Marysville reveals the quiet tragedy of a life ending in the river woods.

    Feb 3, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTulalip Reservation, Marysville, Snohomish CountyTrue Crime

  2. A Nameless End in the Horse Heaven Hills

    A stranger is found in a deserted sheep-camp shack, leaving behind no clues, no name, and no family to claim him.

    Dec 23, 1915The Kennewick Courier-ReporterHorse Heaven Hills, Kennewick, Benton CountyTrue Crime

  3. The Nun on the Fire Escape

    A delirious man, a locked bedroom, and a nun’s desperate climb up a high-rise fire escape to deliver medicine.

    Jun 4, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  4. An Unknown Man Found Dead in South Seattle

    A woman discovering a man's body in the brush near a local spring leads to an investigation that unearths a tragic, nameless end.

    Nov 2, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerGrant Street, Seattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  5. The Pony Express Rider of Grand Coulee

    A young, nameless conductor pulls off a daring rescue mission to uncover why telegraph riders were vanishing, leading to a grim discovery in the rugged depths of the Washington interior.

    Apr 26, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerGrand Coulee, Grand Coulee, Grant CountyExclusion & Resistance · True Crime

  6. The Ghost of the Street: Seattle’s Most Prolific Teenage Con Artist

    Before the age of identity theft, a nameless youth wandered the streets of 1892 Seattle, forging heartbreaking letters of loss to bilk the city's compassionate elite.

    Jan 14, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSecond Street, Seattle, King CountyLocal Legends

  7. The Nameless Man in the Snow

    A railroad worker is killed in the deep drifts near Leavenworth, leaving behind only a name he likely invented and a slip of paper with a California address.

    Feb 12, 1904The Leavenworth Echo (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-CurrentLeavenworth, Chelan CountyWork & Pay · True Crime

  8. Forty Young Olympians Become Company A — and Veto the 'Governor's Guard'

    A new National Guard company musters at the capital, elects its officers, and then debates what to call itself — until one young soldier warns that a governor might someday misbehave.

    Dec 12, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston County

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