In the small, burgeoning town of Kennewick, Washington, a tragic series of events unfolded on the last day of October 1906, culminating in the death of 33-year-old White / Caucasian male, Patrolman Joseph Holzhey. The incident, which would come to be known as the "Poplar Grove Shootout," began when Holzhey and other local lawmen sought to question two men in connection with recent burglaries. What started as a routine investigation quickly escalated into a deadly confrontation that would leave f
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