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11 stories

  1. The Strange Fate of a Goldendale Defendant

    A legal dispute takes a turn when two attorneys realize their client paid them in horses, which he then traded away.

    Mar 13, 1890The Yakima HeraldGoldendale, Klickitat CountyStrange But True

  2. Jury Returns Second-Degree Verdict for Goldendale Murder

    John Green, 21, narrowly avoids a first-degree murder conviction for the killing of William Dunn at a local hotel.

    Aug 21, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerGoldendale, Klickitat CountyTrue Crime

  3. Ballot Box Battle in Goldendale

    A tight election leads to accusations of fraud, lost ballots, and an appeal for funds in a county split by Populist politics.

    Dec 17, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerGoldendale, Klickitat CountyCity Hall

  4. Trapped on the Columbia River Ice

    A bank cashier and his stage coach driver find themselves stranded on shifting ice flows until an Indigenous horseman orchestrates a daring rescue.

    Feb 5, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerGoldendale, Klickitat County

  5. The Blacksmith’s Final Act

    A quiet masquerade ball ends in a shocking domestic tragedy in Goldendale.

    Feb 16, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerGoldendale, Klickitat CountyScandal

  6. The Strange Desecration of Timmerman’s Grave

    After two years in the earth, the body of an executed murderer was dragged from its resting place and anchored in the river.

    Apr 17, 1890The Yakima HeraldGoldendale, Klickitat CountyTrue Crime

  7. He Splinted His Own Broken Leg, Then Rode Five Hours for Help

    Joe Hooker's horse kicked him in the Simcoe Mountains. Alone in the backcountry, he set his own leg and rode to a farmhouse.

    Aug 21, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerGoldendale, Klickitat CountyStrange But True

  8. Goldendale Mill Reduced to Ash

    A morning blaze destroyed the Beckett planing mill in Goldendale, causing thousands in damages.

    Aug 11, 1916White Bluffs SpokesmanGoldendale, Klickitat CountyDisasters

  9. Goldendale Mill Lost to Fire

    Volunteer firefighters saved the surrounding lumber yard, but the Beckett mill plant was completely destroyed by a boiler room blaze.

    Aug 11, 1916Coulee City DispatchGoldendale, Klickitat CountyDisasters

  10. Goldendale’s Ten-Million-Dollar Dream

    A newly incorporated railroad company eyes a line from Goldendale to North Yakima, with local elites betting big on the route.

    Mar 14, 1889The Yakima HeraldGoldendale, Klickitat CountyBoom & Bust

  11. Big Ambitions for the Horse Heaven Hills

    A new company announces a $100,000 irrigation project to bring water from the Klickitat River to the parched Horse Heaven area.

    Jun 2, 1905The Kennewick CourierGoldendale, Klickitat CountyBoom & Bust

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