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12 stories matching reuben
- Highbrow Critics vs. The Walla Walla Audience
A touring play panned in Seattle and Portland finds an enthusiastic audience in Walla Walla, sparking a debate about local cultural taste.
- The Unfinished Business of Reuben Doyle
A legal notice from 1882 reveals the quiet end of a pioneer's estate in early Seattle.
- Street Duel Leaves One Dead at the Challenge Saloon
A quarrel between two 'sports' on Main Street ends in the death of Reuben Highbarger.
- One Man Races the Chiefs to Washington to Open the Reservation
James Reuben of Lapwai passes through Spokane bound for the capital, determined to break his own powerful chiefs and see the Nez Perce reservation opened — and the first purchase money paid out to the poor families who need it.
- A Pinkerton Man’s Deception in Prosser
A high-stakes manhunt for a horse thief ends in North Yakima after a Pinkerton operative goes undercover to secure a suspect.
- Sudden Tragedy at a Neighborhood Gathering
A festive party in Badger ends in sudden grief as a beloved local woman collapses and passes away.
- Anti-Chinese Violence at King and South Seventh
Two young men, intoxicated and looking for trouble, brutally assaulted two Chinese laborers in a targeted act of racist violence.
- The Hunter and the Cougars
A Skagit County hunter recounts a harrowing, split-second encounter with a pack of cougars while stalking deer in the snow.
- A Local Merchant Passes
A beloved Seattle businessman and lodge member dies of typhoid fever, leaving a grieving family.
- A Seattle Pastor on Trial: 'Attentions' to Another Woman, Harsh Words at Home, and a Public Rebuke
In 1877, the Presbytery of Puget Sound spent six days in Seattle deciding whether Rev. E. P. Dunning had crossed the line with another woman and mistreated his wife — then publicly reproved him and urged him to guard his conduct.
- The Missing Penknife and the Body in Lake Washington
Coroner Horton ruled Michael D. Warren drowned himself at Madrona Park, but the cuts on his body and his vanished penknife kept the case uneasy.
- Seven Lots, Three Judges, and a Railroad's Sky-High Bill
With jurors suspected of being bribed, three judges took over the Great Northern condemnation case—and the valuations for a few lots near King Street swung wildly.