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| 1893 | 1 |
1 story matching stuckfleth
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- The Tragic Wreck of the Bark Leonora
A severe storm off the Washington coast leaves a vessel destroyed and leads to a harrowing scene of survival and loss.
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- Redirecting the River: Reclaiming the Stuck Valley
Pierce County engineers cut a new channel through the Stuck River to drain 2,000 acres of farmland and end the cycle of sand-choked floods.
- Late-Night Stickup on South 25th Street
A Tacoma worker walking home in the pouring rain is held at gunpoint by two highwaymen.
- Stuck Valley Farmers Demand Action Against Annual Flooding
Decades before modern flood control, Stuck Valley farmers sought relief from log jams and the rival interests of King and Pierce county commissioners.
- The Great Stuck River Jam: A Battle Over Water and Land
In a tense standoff on the White River, Pierce County cattlemen illegally dammed the waterway to protect their pastures, forcing King County officials to ride out with Winchester rifles to avert a violent conflict.
- Stuck Inquest Clears Family of Wrongdoing
A jury finds that the death of a woman on the railroad tracks near Stuck was a tragedy, not a crime.
- The Unlucky Stickup Man
A would-be highwayman with a broken revolver finds himself soundly defeated in two separate Tacoma neighborhoods.
- The Guardian of the Stuck River
An Indigenous man appointed by local farmers to guard a river channel finds himself in court after confronting trespassers with a rifle.
- The Hardscrabble Frontier of the Stillaguamish
A detailed 1879 survey of the Stillaguamish River valley reveals a diverse community of pioneers, Prussian soldiers, and dreamers attempting to tame the wilderness of the upper valley.