A group of men outside a building in Siskiyou County, CA, c. 1890.
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Governor Eusebius and Sheriff Louis of the pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico, 1886.
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Lumber workers pose for a mock confrontation over cards. (Lyonsville, CA, c. 1895)
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A stagecoach on Franklin Street in Santa Clara, CA, in 1858.
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The Shade Saloon in Fort Jones, CA, c. 1910.
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Blanche took her life with carbolic acid. Friends didn't take her threats of suicide seriously because "such talk is not infrequent on the part of women of [the red light district]." (Butte, MT, 1900)
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Be sure to leave a pinecone for Christina.
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After years of severe headaches, Jennie ended her life with carbolic acid. (Butte, MT, 1900)
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6-year-old boy hemorrhaged while getting tonsils removed. (Hillsboro, OR, 1926)
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Young woman swallowed antiseptic tablets and died days later. Opinion was divided as to whether it was accident or suicide. (Butte, MT, 1900)
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[Sutter County, CA, 1915] Skeleton found kneeling against a bed in a cabin.
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This is the first time I've seen a newspaper clipping attached to a death certificate. (Scottsdale, AZ, 1940)
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[Butte, MT, 1900] Body of well-dressed man with pocket watch found deep inside abandoned tunnel; probably died of gunshot wound.
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5-year-old boy fell into canyon. (Bisbee, AZ, 1938)
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[Reno, NV, 1917] Unknown man with green necktie and gold tooth found floating in Truckee River.
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Body of man with hole in his neck found in abandoned tunnel; never identified. (Butte, MT, 1900)
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Loss of pregnancy at 6 months: "Mother frightened by a fire." (Mountain Home, Idaho, 1911)
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Sawmill worker fell onto the saw, severing his leg. (Whitefish, MT, 1903)
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He was buried alive when an embankment he was digging beneath collapsed. His daughter tried to dig him out, to no avail. (Butte, MT, 1899)
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I thought her age was a typo. Wow! (Los Angeles, CA, 1905)
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Unsolved case of a man who was murdered and buried under an old mill that was then set alight. (Carson City, NV, 1911)
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7-year-old Horace died from bubonic plague after handling squirrels he was feeding to his pet coyote. (Lafayette, CA, 1911)
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Dysentery, morphine, and whiskey took her away at just 20 years old. (Los Angeles, CA, 1905)
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