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Hundreds Died When This Steamship Sank in the Pacific Northwest in 1875 With Gold Worth Millions On Board
The loss of the steamship Pacific on November 4, 1875, left the community of Victoria, British Columbia, in shock. Laden with ...
Remembering the historic jockey who won the inaugural Kentucky Derby in 1875
Aristides won the very first Kentucky Derby, but history also remembers the colt’s jockey: Oliver Lewis, a Black jockey from Lexington.
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Hundreds Died When This Steamship Sank in the Pacific Northwest in 1875 With Gold Worth Millions On Board
18 year-old Fanny Palmer of Victoria, BC perished on the steamer Pacific when it sank 11/4/1875, 12 miles off Cape Flattery, WA. Most victims were never found, yet in a twist of fate Fanny's body ...