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7 stories matching palo
- A Horse Driven to Exhaustion
A young man is fined after driving a stable horse twenty-five miles in extreme heat for a joyride.
- The Forgotten Hero: Major Granville Haller’s Fight Against Military Perjury
After decades of distinguished service in the Mexican-American and Indian Wars, a decorated officer was summarily stripped of his rank based on a peer’s 'dreamed' accusation of disloyalty.
- When the Father of Football Taught Seattle to Dive
Walter Camp, the architect of American football, made a surprise stop in Seattle in 1892 to whip the local Athletic Club into shape.
- A Jockey's Tragic End
A former horse trainer and jockey, weakened by illness, dies by suicide in a Yakima stable.
- The day Seattle broke Stanford's baseball winning streak
In an underdog victory at Madison Park, the S. A. C. baseball team finally ended Stanford’s long winning run during their Northern tour.
- Stanford Overwhelms the Seattle Athletic Club
In a high-wind, high-scoring slugfest, the visiting Palo Alto team dismantled the local club in an exhibition of raw offensive power.
- Cruelty to Animals Charges in College Place
Two men face legal consequences after allegedly driving a livery horse to the point of collapse.
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- The Peril of the Palouse Trail
A Spokane County postmaster is left partially paralyzed after a grisly highway accident caused by a horse carcass left rotting on the mountain road.
- The Detective Paid to Spy on Palouse Saloons
A taxpayer injunction hits the Palouse city council after they authorized public funds to hire a private investigator to catch local saloon keepers breaking the law.
- The Palouse Pivot: How a Wheat Crash Forced Innovation
Facing a collapse in grain prices and a disastrously wet spring, farmers in Rosalia are abandoning monoculture for butter, eggs, and poultry to survive.
- The Porch Light Intervention
A romantic evening on Snohomish's Piety Hill is brought to a splashy, unceremonious end.
- The Ill-Fated Theft of the La Paloma
A steam launch stolen in a confidence scheme is found wrecked in a remote bay near Victoria, British Columbia, with no survivors reported.
- The Palouse Prosperity Boom
Whitman County farmers leave the 1893 credit panic behind as bank deposits shatter all previous records.
- Shanghaied in Tacoma
A waterfront boarding house keeper is caught in the act of kidnapping a sailor in Tacoma.
- Banquet Bridges the Prohibition Divide
In a display of small-town unity, the citizens of Palouse hosted a 'Wet' and 'Dry' banquet to focus on common infrastructure goals.