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2 stories matching pennington
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- The Pony Express Ends: Lincoln Wins, But the South Sees War
As the Pony Express delivers the shocking news of Abraham Lincoln’s election to a nervous Sacramento, Olympia residents mark local weddings and watch their market prices hold steady.
- City Marshal Halts Construction on Yakima Property
A dispute over building code violations leads to a mid-construction work stoppage in the heart of the city.
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- The Pennsylvania of the Pacific
How the coal mines of Renton and the Cedar River Valley became the engine of early Seattle’s industrial expansion.
- The Serial Lives of a Christian Scientist
A lawyer exposes the matrimonial trail of a man who left a string of abandoned wives across the American West.
- The Wild New Town of Penn’s Cove
Construction is booming at the head of Penn’s Cove as a new town rises, while residents grapple with a local scarlet rash and the arrival of a new real estate office.
- A Community Gift for a Sick Neighbor
When J. J. Heatherington fell ill with paralysis, his White Bluffs neighbors organized a subscription to buy him a cow, offering a lifeline of support in a time of crisis.
- Violence in the Coal Camps
A miner is shot near Carbonado, sparking rumors of community lawlessness.
- A Deadly Dispute at the Willapa Mill
A labor quarrel over an axe and a job assignment in Pacific County ends in a fatal stabbing.
- A Polish Colony in the Washington Woods
Organizers are recruiting hundreds of dissatisfied Polish and Swiss families from the Midwest to a planned settlement called Rapperswyl, on the south fork of the Nooksack — a Swiss name planted on the edge of Whatcom County.
- A Desperate End for a Displaced Policeman
James E. Penrod, a former Denver officer left destitute after political shifts, takes his own life in Centralia.