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  1. The Iron Road Blasts Through the Cascades

    A traveler describes the relentless, army-like advance of the Great Northern Railway as it carves a path of dynamite and steam through the rugged Skykomish River wilderness.

    Apr 21, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSultan, Snohomish CountyBoom & Bust

  2. Fatal Stabbing at the Pioneer Hotel

    A tavern dispute in Sultan turns deadly as a rancher kills a hotel proprietor following an election day argument.

    Nov 10, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSultan, Snohomish CountyTrue Crime

  3. A Night of Gunfire and Ropes in Sultan

    After two men shot up a saloon and robbed laborers, a vigilante crowd nearly took justice into their own hands in this rural mining and rail town.

    Apr 5, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSultan, Snohomish CountyTrue Crime

  4. Fatal Logging Accident at Sultan Junction

    A worker for the Sultan Logging Company was killed in a gruesome industrial accident involving a donkey engine cable.

    Sep 4, 1903The Evening StatesmanSultan, Snohomish CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

  5. Tragedy in the Woods Near Sultan

    A teenage boy searching for game in the Washington wilderness dies in a heartbreaking accidental discharge.

    Dec 19, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSultan, Snohomish County

  6. The River Consumes the Mill

    High waters on the Skykomish River threaten to swallow a Sultan mill, forcing workers to race against the current to save their machinery.

    Nov 14, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSultan, Snohomish CountyDisasters

  7. Sultan River Prospectors Build a Half-Mile Flume

    Deep in the Snohomish backcountry, a group of determined prospectors labors to divert the Sultan River in hopes of striking it rich.

    Nov 23, 1878The Northern StarSultan River, Sultan, Snohomish CountyWork & Pay

  8. A Hotel-Keeper's Last Night: The Saloon Shooting at Sultan

    George Britton, 28, shot through the groin in a saloon row in the Snohomish County timber town of Sultan, is told he will not last the afternoon — so he sends for a preacher and a lawyer and makes his will.

    May 23, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSultan, Snohomish CountyTrue Crime

  9. The Marauder of the Poultry Yard

    A venerable, toothless cougar met its end after a spree of terrorizing local goose pens.

    Mar 14, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSultan, Snohomish CountyStrange But True

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