Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
(Left) One of the earliest photos of the Columbia County Courthouse hangs outside the courtroom. (Above) An imprint in the steel of the jail cells in the Columbia County Jail says "The P.J. Pauly & Bro., Lever Lock, Ptd. Sept. 13, 1874, St. Louis, Mo."
DAYTON - This journey seemed simple enough. I found an interesting piece of information on the Columbia County website about its jail. Not only is it in the longest-operating courthouse in the state and turning 125-years-old in 2012, but the jail cells in the basement are from the brig of a ship.
This is the way many great newspaper feature stories begin. We take a tidbit of interesting or weird information and we expand on it.
And as journalists work, we ask for help all the time. We need help checking our facts for budget stories. We need to ask what a libero is so we can understand the voll...
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