Secret Societies and Vigilantes in Dayton
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: If there is any doubt that Washington Territory was part of the Old West, the following information regarding vigilante groups in Columbia County in the 1870s-1880s should put that to rest. This week’s reel grabbed at random turns out to be from Dayton, in Columbia County, in 1878. But before we dive in, let’s let Robert E. Ficken set the scene from his excellent work,…