Free Drinks on the House, Courtesy of a Train Wreck
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Here’s an account from the May 23, 1891 issue of the Buckley Banner about the morning the wine flowed liked, well, wine: COLLISION OF FREIGHT TRAINS Iron Horses Bump Together at White River Bridge. A Gala Day For Buckley. Free Wine and a Free Fight. Fourth of July Nowhere in Comparison. “Early Thursday morning as freight train No. 56 pulled out of town and swung…