Latah Creek, 2013

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This file appears in: Qualchan Hanging Site

A photo of Latah Creek which runs directly behind the hanging site and memorial southeast of Spangle,WA off Kentuck Trail Road.

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This file appears in: Qualchan Hanging Site

By Robert M. Lambeth
This is the site of a murder. The 1850s were a violent time in northwest history as a growing tide of American immigrants encroached upon Indian land. In 1855 the first governor of Washington Territory, Isaac Stevens, forced the tribes to sign…