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17 stories matching thicket
- Loggers Used a Dead Man's Skull for a Ball Game — and Wrecked the Only Clue to a Wood Full of Skeletons
A week of horseplay in the timber near Newport has left the coroner unable to explain why one body after another keeps turning up in the same thicket.
- When the Prey Fights Back
A hunter discovers an unusually aggressive colony of rabbits in Whatcom County.
- The Regents Park Mystery
A contractor was found murdered in a thicket, his body showing signs of a struggle and an attempt at concealment.
- The Nahcotta Bear Fighter
A meat market man from the coast fends off an angry mother bear using only his boot.
- The Brutal Survey of Cedar River
Engineers and directors trek through 20 miles of 'impenetrable thickets' to survey a potential rail expansion for the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad.
- A Hunter's Bear Hug Nearly Becomes His Last
Adam Mechling shot at what he took for a fawn in the Skagit County woods and found himself beneath a 300-pound she bear.
- Storm Topples Telegraph Poles, Threatening Streets
A morning windstorm turned a downtown intersection into a dangerous thicket of downed lines, nearly causing a panic.
- Mystery Deepens at Fort Worden
Military officials are searching for missing soldiers after the discovery of a decomposed body, fueling rumors of foul play at the reservation.
- The Marshal’s Salary That Ended Up in a Garnishee’s Coffers
John McQuade fought through legal thickets to collect $500 as Gilman’s town marshal—only to find a hotel company waiting to seize the pay.
- The Tragic Disappearance of Henry Pletcher
A young boy's journey ends in heartbreak when a tragic accident in the woods near the Green River leaves a family in mourning.
- The Fifteen-Year-Old Hunter of Avondale
A teenage boy fells a massive black bear with two shots in the woods near Avondale.
- Gunfight in the Teanaway Basin
A sheriff's posse ambushes suspected bank robbers in the Cascades, sparking a mountain manhunt.
- The Day the Ball Vanished in the Woods
A spectacular home run at the Seattle Athletic Club game clears the fence and lands in the thicket, a feat never seen in amateur ball before.
- The Kent Burglary Manhunt
A hardware store robbery leads to a tense, armed pursuit through the thickets of the Green River valley.
- A Child Lost to the Woods
A tragic accident occurs near Snohomish as a young boy, out with his rifle, fails to return home.
- He Walked Out of the House and Into a Whirlpool of Whispers
A well-liked Spokane County farmer vanishes near Mica, and forty neighbors turn the countryside upside down hunting for him — but the deeper they dig, the stranger the trail becomes.
- The Logger’s Dilemma: Why Cheap Labor Is Killing Washington's Future
In a fierce editorial from January 1877, the Puget Sound Dispatch argues that low wages for loggers don't just hurt workers—they stunt the growth of the entire territory, creating a class of 'mental and physical wrecks' instead of future statesmen.