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6 stories matching sentri
- Under the Provost Marshal: Seattle’s Martial Law
When the city was placed under military rule during the anti-Chinese riots of 1886, residents faced a new, forced reality of curfews, passes, and armed sentries on every corner.
- Vigilante Justice in Walla Walla
After A. J. Hunt shot a cavalry soldier, a mob of soldiers stormed the Walla Walla county jail and executed the prisoner.
- The Fortress at Walla Walla
After two years of labor, the Territory's new penitentiary stands finished—a 15-foot high stone-and-cement stockade built to hold the region’s criminals.
- The Struggle to Build the Territorial Penitentiary
A desperate plea from the prison board for funding to build essential living quarters, highlighting the dire state of the Washington Territorial Penitentiary in 1887.
- Burglars Flee When Interrupted by Fruit Peddler
A routine burglary at Dr. L. R. Dawson's home is thwarted by the most unlikely of sentries—a boy selling fruit.
- The Sentinel of the Sound
A citizen’s poetic tribute to the indispensable role of the press in the frontier life of 1880s Seattle.