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  1. The Tragedy on the Columbia River

    Two men and a ferry boat are lost to the raging rapids and white mist of the Columbia River after an oar breaks in the current.

    Aug 12, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerCascade LocksDisasters

  2. The Steamboat That Dared the Rapids

    Captain James W. Troup pilots the steamer *Hasalo* through the treacherous Cascades of the Columbia River in a feat of navigation that thrilled onlookers and defied death.

    May 29, 1888The Seattle Post-IntelligencerCascade LocksBoom & Bust · Strange But True

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