Jailhouse Stories from Early Pacific County [Paperback]

Hangings, lynchings and jail breaks are long forgotten in Pacific County, where tourists flock to quaint attractions every season. But back in the early days, when the first jailhouse was built, this was a rough, rustic setting. Popular cannery worker Lum You was hanged here in 1902the only legal execution in county history. Industrious smugglers and creative entrepreneurs outwitted state-sanctioned prohibition measures, though some still did time in the jailhouse. Historian Sydney Stevens presents a collection of tales culled from a forgotten prison record book. Opium fiends, thieves, military deserters and even wayward girls jailed for incorrigible acts are brought out of the shadows of a wilderness long gone.Author and historian Sydney Stevens is a fourth-generation Oysterville resident. During her thirty-nine-year career as an elementary teacher, she wrote social studies texts and local history books. She has devoted herself to the research and publication of regional history, especially the stories of previous generations.Elvis got it mostly right in his wailing version of the Jailhouse Rock as Sydney Stevens discovered in researching her most recent book, Jailhouse Stories from Early Pacific County. Heres how it all started.Jailhouse Stories of Early Pacific County

'Jailhouse Stories from Early Pacific County' gathers together tales of both notorious and obscure murders, and crimes and punishments from the countys earliest days through the end of World War I....This new book brings as a welcome addition to our local history. It fascinates with its many colorful tales, each providing a rare opportunity to glimpse into an oft-overlooked and darker aspect of our early pioneers.The Daily World