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27 stories matching roadsid
- A Fifty-Pound Devil Fish Stuns West Seattle
Local anglers land a massive cephalopod in the harbor, turning it into a grisly roadside attraction at a neighborhood saloon.
- The Perils of Early Motoring
A local market owner survives a harrowing roadside accident near the N. P. bridge.
- A Heroic Sacrifice in the Woods
A 12-year-old boy in Yagar dies while saving his sister from a falling fir tree during a windstorm.
- The Hangman Creek Snake Bite
A young girl is saved from a rattlesnake strike by a desperate, high-stakes remedy of local folk medicine.
- Brutal Highway Robbery Outside Spokane
A Hungarian farmer is fighting for his life after being attacked and robbed by three men on his way home from town.
- The Great Seattle Lie: How a Horse Spooked a Couple Became a Territorial Tragedy
In 1876, a minor riding accident on White River was exaggerated by word-of-mouth into a sensational disaster. The paper exposes the mechanics of rumor-mongering in the young territory.
- The Caterpillar Club of Skagit County
A dedicated teacher organizes students into an orchard-saving force, illustrating the era's civic-minded approach to agricultural pests.
- The Unsung Pioneer: A Plank Road to the Beach
While Seattle boomed, a local booster named Michael Kelly set out to connect the rural fringes of the Duwamish Valley to the city, one subscription at a time.
- A Secret Birth on the Walk to Tacoma Avenue
A young woman collapsed from labor pains while climbing a steep Tacoma hill, forcing a druggist to assist in an unexpected roadside delivery.
- A Dangerous Journey to White Bluffs
A family trip to White Bluffs ends in a harrowing roadside rescue after their car flips 12 miles south of Hanford.
- The Tragedy of an Abandoned Laborer
A laborer left to die alone by the roadside near Auburn serves as a grim reminder of the precarity of life for itinerant workers.
- City Marshal Accused of Drugging and Robbing Traveler
A Georgetown lawman faces charges after an out-of-town visitor claims he was arrested, extorted, and left unconscious.
- From the 'Brink of the Pit' to the Pulpit
An immigrant's harrowing reflection on poverty, addiction, and spiritual rebirth in Port Manson, 1877.
- The Unsolved Murder of Johnny Seymour
A well-known farmer found dead on a roadside following a Fourth of July outing raises suspicions of foul play and potential arrests in the Colville area.
- The Unsolved Murder of John Smith
A Scottish laborer is found beaten to death on the roadside, his pockets empty and his identity a mystery to the local coroner’s jury.
- The Tragedy on French's Slough
After enduring months of harassment and an earlier assault, a Snohomish farmer kills his neighbor in a roadside confrontation.
- The Thief Who Stopped for a Drink
A theft at a Cosmopolis mess house led to a pursuit across Grays Harbor and an unusual roadside discovery.
- Tragic Rifle Accident on the Little Spokane
A young man hoping to invest in the region is killed by his own firearm during a hunting outing.
- A Loaded Rifle Turns a Spokane Hunting Trip Into a Fatal Accident
Warren Clark, a recent arrival looking to invest in the city, dies in ten minutes after his own gun fires as he climbs back into a wagon.
- A Botched Rescue on the Okanogan Road
A deputy's long ride to arrest a suspected murderer ended in a roadside gunfight, with the prisoner shot dead—apparently by his own son—and the young man still at large.
- Seattle's Cow Pasture Problem
A local resident argues that Seattle cannot be a beautiful city of lawns and shade trees while the streets remain nothing more than open grazing grounds for cattle and horses.
- A Violent Dispute on the White River
A German laborer and two employees of H. C. Jefls trade blows in a roadside altercation that lands both parties in front of a judge.
- The Ghost of Sunnydale
A man arrives looking for work, strips off his clothes, and vanishes into the brush—leaving behind only a purse, a poll tax receipt, and a trail of mystery.
- A Wife, an Ox Goad, and a Land Feud: Homer Strait Butchered on a Cowlitz County Road
A lawsuit over a piece of land ended in a roadside ambush near Kalama, with Strait's estranged wife wielding an ox goad while her son-in-law emptied a pistol into him.
- The Milk That Made Kent Grow
Kent's condenseries turn White River Valley milk into Carnation and baby food, and a struggling village becomes a dairy boomtown.