Episode 10: Don’t Let ‘em Take You Alive

In this episode, we go way back and discuss a Wild West execution, and our funeral home story tells of a wholesome family past time—with a twist. Sources: An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties, With An Outline Of The Early History of The State Of Washington (Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, [1904] 1977); Jim Atwell, Early History of Klickitat County (Skamania: Tahlkie Books, 1977), p. 149-154; Robert Ballou, Early Klickitat Valley Days (Goldendale: The Goldendale Sentinel, 1938), p. 71-80; "A 1940 Journey Across Oregon, Umatilla at Biggs," Oregon State Archives website accessed June 12, 2006 (http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/exhibits/across/umatilla.html)); History of Klickitat County ed. by Pete May (Goldendale: Klickitat County Historical Society, 1982); "Timmerman vs. Territory of Washington 3 Wash. Terr. 445 (1888)," Multiple Research and Services Center of Washington website accessed June 12, 2006 (http://www.mrsc.org/mc/courts/TerritoryReports/003TerritoryReport/003TerritoryReport0445.htm); Thomas W. Prosch, "The Pioneer Dead of 1912," Washington Historical Quarterly, January 1912, p. 39; The Washington Standard, April 20, 1888, p. 1.