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Diablo Dam incline railway climbing Sourdough Mountain, 1930. Courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives, 2306.
Children waving to ferry, 1950. Courtesy Museum of History and Industry.
Loggers in the Northwest woods. Courtesy Washington State Digital Archives.

Assailant Not Found

On November 19, 1856, Nisqually Chief Quiemuth was resting inside the Olympia home of Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens. Tired of war, Quiemuth had peacefully surrendered himself into custody soon after the capture of his half-brother, Chief Leschi, and was awaiting transfer to Fort Steilacoom. Shortly before dawn he was shot and stabbed by an unknown assailant, and the murder remains unsolved.

Wreck on the Sound

On November 18, 1906, the Mosquito Fleet steamer SS Dix-- enroute from Seattle to Port Blakely -- collided with the schooner SS Jeanie two miles north of Alki Point, killing 39 passengers and crew. It is the greatest maritime disaster ever recorded on Puget Sound.

Beyond Compare

In 1931 the Fox Theater opened in Spokane and became the grandest theater in the city. In 2000 it was saved from the wrecking ball by the Spokane Symphony, and after an extensive remodel it reopened on November 17, 2007, as the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox.

"Are the days of winter sunshine just as sad for you, too? When it is misty, in the evenings, and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins."

--Gustave Flaubert

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