From the Secretary of State’s website this morning…
THIS DAY IN WASHINGTON HISTORY
7/11/1889
People living on the North Side of Spokane complained that unsupervised prisoners from chain gangs were roving around the city, bothering and frightening people. Some had roved so far that no one could find them.
* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Eye On Olympia." Read all stories from this blog