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A Rainmaker Meets His Match in Ephrata

A Rainmaker Meets His Match in Ephrata

Hatfield and towers in Hemet, California, 1912 From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The reel grabbed at random this week contained The Big Bend Empire, the first newspaper established in Waterville, Washington. The issue for May 13, 1920 included this intriguing article:  EPHRATA TO TRY OUT RAINMAKER  “The people around the Grant county seat want rain, and in fact they are willing to try any old scheme to get it, even…

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“The darkness was absolute”– The Creepy Cloud of Swamp Lake

“The darkness was absolute”– The Creepy Cloud of Swamp Lake

From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The following article was found at random in the July 31, 1908 issue of The Ephrata Journal. What is it describing? Swamp gas? A fog anomaly? A strange portal into another dimension?  HARRINGTON FOLKS ARE PERPLEXED  LAKE SURROUNDED BY DARKNESS WHILE SUN IS SHINING  Queer Phenomena Vouched for by Leading Citizens of Lincoln County Town But No Explanation is Vouchsafed — Discovered by Accident by…

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