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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • State history. Native Americans. Relics & antiques. 1936-07-09


    • Indian ax found in pioneer home

    • 1936

    • Indian ax found in pioneer home. - An Indian axe head, perfectly symetrical, and in perfect condition, was found by H. E. Shirk this morning under porch floor boards at 124 South Almon. He was engaged in a repair job at the apartment house, which...
    • State history. Native Americans. Relics & antiques. 1936-07-09
    • State history. Native Americans. Crime. Murder. 1923-01-15


    • Indian found dead by wife

    • 1923

    • Indian found dead by wife. - Mysterious circumstances surround death of Earl Winnear near Yakima. - Under circumstances pointing either to murder or suicide, Earl Winnear, 30, an Indian, residing two miles southwest of Anthanum City, was found dead...
    • State history. Native Americans. Crime. Murder. 1923-01-15
    • State history. Native Americans. Missing persons. 1932-08-08


    • Lost Indian boy found

    • 1932

    • Lost Indian boy found. - Lived on berries since Thursday but got thirsty. - The 7-year-old Indian lost Thursday on Strawberry mountain was found today, headed for civilization. It is believed he would have found his own way to a farmhouse within a...
    • State history. Native Americans. Missing persons. 1932-08-08
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1928-02-21


    • Indian is found unconscious; dies

    • 1928

    • Indian is found unconscious; dies. - Brown Moses, 45, a well-known Indian who lived with his wife and children about a mile from the end of the bridge on the reservation, was found yesterday morning lying on the highway at the west end of the...
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1928-02-21
    • State history. Native Americans. Pictographs. 1936-10-25


    • Indian pictrographs found in Gorge

    • 1936

    • Indian pictrographs found in Gorge. - The above pictographs were found recently in Rock creek gorge and have been interpreted and reported by Rose Leibbrand, field worker for the historical records survey, a WPA writer's project. The pictographs...
    • State history. Native Americans. Pictographs. 1936-10-25
    • State history. Native Americans. Relics & antiques. 1899-08-28


    • Found an Indian mummy

    • 1899

    • Found an Indian mummy. - Discovery of a scientist in British Columbia. - The mummy, found in a cave, was of higher type than the Indians at present on the coast--Was embalmed similar to that of Egypt. - Harlin L. Smith, representing the Natural...
    • State history. Native Americans. Relics & antiques. 1899-08-28
    • State history. Native Americans. Relics & antiques. 1928-11-25


    • Relic is found safe in museum

    • 1928

    • Relic is found safe in museum. - Long-Sought Indian fish hook discovered by noted Ethnologist. - Of bone and wood. - Specimen from Klamath country only one intact--Many parts are found. - A complete primitive Indian fish hook of wood and bone which...
    • State history. Native Americans. Relics & antiques. 1928-11-25
    • State history. Native Americans. Relics & antiques. 1936-08-19


    • Indian jewelry found

    • 1936

    • Indian jewelry found. - Rare necklaces and inlaid ornaments, representative of the surface Pueblo people of 900 to 1,000 years ago, were found by Indians working on a highway near Santa Rosa, Papago Indian reservation village, in Pima county.
    • State history. Native Americans. Relics & antiques. 1936-08-19
    • State history. State of Washington Government. Finance. 1915-11-22


    • State overdraft found necessary

    • 1915

    • State overdraft found necessary. - Several departments have spent more than treasury had on hand. - Overdrafts in the state treasury for the week ending today total $190,000 according to the report of State Treasurer Edward Meath. The largest...
    • State history. State of Washington Government. Finance. 1915-11-22
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. C. 1927-10-09


    • John Coffeen thought dying
      Old-time city politician is found unconscious on floor of his home.

    • 1927

    • John Coffeen thought dying
      Old-time city politician is found unconscious on floor of his home.
      John Coffeen, age 77, Spokane pioneer and for many years an employee of the water department, was taken to the Scared Heart hospital Saturday...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. C. 1927-10-09
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Freight rates. 1918-05-17


    • Rates on lumber found too high - commerce commission orders refunds on Montana and Colorado shipments

    • 1918

    • Rates on lumber found too high - commerce commission orders refunds on Montana and Colorado shipments - Carload rates on lumber over the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad from Springdale to Ringling and White Sulphur, Mont., have been found...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Freight rates. 1918-05-17
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1920-08-10


    • Six men working on commander; good ore found.

    • 1920

    • Six men working on commander; good ore found. - Harry Kinsbury, who is in charge of the development work on the American Commander property in the Coeur d'Alenes, reports that he has sex men at work. In retimbering and opening the old shaft good...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1920-08-10
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1918-12-13


    • More ore found in Manhattan - body of good width followed 1100 feet at 1000-foot depth - strike on the 2000 - shoot followed 400 feet - zinc-lead content unchanged- silver, higher

    • 1918

    • More ore found in Manhattan - body of good width followed 1100 feet at 1000-foot depth - strike on the 2000 - shoot followed 400 feet - zinc-lead content unchanged- silver, higher - Additions are being made to the known resources of the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1918-12-13
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1922-07-14


    • Geese lead rancher to gold deposit - nuggest found in barnyard fowls result in discovery of outcropping - Dan Fiedler's good luck - six tons of handpicked ore and an assay of $74 a ton result so far

    • 1921

    • Geese lead rancher to gold deposit - nuggest found in barnyard fowls result in discovery of outcropping - Dan Fiedler's good luck - six tons of handpicked ore and an assay of $74 a ton result so far - The proverbial goose that laid the golden egg...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1922-07-14
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1921-03-12


    • Long-sought Oom Paul ore vein found by Central Mine workers

    • 1921

    • Long-sought Oom Paul ore vein found by Central Mine workers.
      Located in ground owned by company which abandoned search. The Oom Paul vein, object of years of search and the expenditure of thousands of dollars, has been found by Central Mining...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1921-03-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1930-12-24


    • Whole boulders of Galena found.

    • 1930

    • Whole boulders of Galena found. - Boulders of almost solid galena, a foot and two feet thick, are found scattered through the vein 20 to 30 feet wide, where the surface strike in the Mayflower claim was recently made. It is the property of the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1930-12-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-12-25


    • Better ore in Sunshine - improvement found in each successive level

    • 1928

    • Better ore in Sunshine - improvement found in each successive level - The grade and width of ore in the 700-foot level of the Sunshine Mining company is better than above nd in 200 feet of drifting on the 900-foot, reached recently, a further...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-12-25

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