Wicked Lewiston:

Wicked Lewiston:

A Sinful Century

By Steven D. Branting

$21.99

Publication Date: 5th October 2015

Lewiston boasts a tawdry, scandalous history. In 1872, prostitutes Carlotta Felis and Anna Ream appeared in a survey of Nez Perce County's wealthiest residents. To their horror, unsuspecting passersby discovered the bodies of two infants hidden under the old board sidewalk on South Snake River Avenue in April 1913. Headlines of 1924 publicized the conviction of Darrel Thurston for the murder of Lewiston police officer Gordon Harris. Jewell Freng murdered a man over just a few dollars before committing suicide in prison. Historian Steven Branting uncovers the proof of Lewiston's lurid legacy.
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    Lewiston boasts a tawdry, scandalous history. In 1872, prostitutes Carlotta Felis and Anna Ream appeared in a survey of Nez Perce County's wealthiest residents. To their horror, unsuspecting passersby discovered the bodies of two infants hidden under the old board sidewalk on South Snake River Avenue in April 1913. Headlines of 1924 publicized the conviction of Darrel Thurston for the murder of Lewiston police officer Gordon Harris. Jewell Freng murdered a man over just a few dollars before committing suicide in prison. Historian Steven Branting uncovers the proof of Lewiston's lurid legacy.
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    Lewiston boasts a tawdry, scandalous history. In 1872, prostitutes Carlotta Felis and Anna Ream appeared in a survey of Nez Perce County's wealthiest residents. To their horror, unsuspecting passersby discovered the bodies of two infants hidden under the old board sidewalk on South Snake River Avenue in April 1913. Headlines of 1924 publicized the conviction of Darrel Thurston for the murder of Lewiston police officer Gordon Harris. Jewell Freng murdered a man over just a few dollars before committing suicide in prison. Historian Steven Branting uncovers the proof of Lewiston's lurid legacy.
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    • Pages: 160
    • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
    • Imprint: The History Press
    • Series: Wicked
    • Publication Date: 5th October 2015
    • State: Idaho
    • Illustration Note: Black and White
    • ISBN: 9781467117951
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
      PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
      TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
    Author Bio
    A widely published historian and career educator of gifted children, Steven Branting has been honored for his research and fieldwork by, among others, the History Channel, the American Association for State and Local History, the Association of American Geographers and the Society for American Archaeology.
    Lewiston boasts a tawdry, scandalous history. In 1872, prostitutes Carlotta Felis and Anna Ream appeared in a survey of Nez Perce County's wealthiest residents. To their horror, unsuspecting passersby discovered the bodies of two infants hidden under the old board sidewalk on South Snake River Avenue in April 1913. Headlines of 1924 publicized the conviction of Darrel Thurston for the murder of Lewiston police officer Gordon Harris. Jewell Freng murdered a man over just a few dollars before committing suicide in prison. Historian Steven Branting uncovers the proof of Lewiston's lurid legacy.
    • Pages: 160
    • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
    • Imprint: The History Press
    • Series: Wicked
    • Publication Date: 5th October 2015
    • State: Idaho
    • Illustrations Note: Black and White
    • ISBN: 9781467117951
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
      PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
      TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
    A widely published historian and career educator of gifted children, Steven Branting has been honored for his research and fieldwork by, among others, the History Channel, the American Association for State and Local History, the Association of American Geographers and the Society for American Archaeology.

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