General Harney News Today

1833: Dr. B.B. Strobel and D.C. Pinkham fought a duel in which Pinkham was shot in the chest and died. Strobel left for his former home in Charleston that night

1857: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 5 and walked to the Salt Pond, returned home and bathed. At 9:15 a.m. barometer 29.60, thermometer 77, wind east southeast

1857: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose before 6. At 8:30 a.m. barometer 29.73, thermometer 69.5, wind north northeast 6, clouds 5. Spring is nearly dead, I can do

1857: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 5:30 and made a fire in the stove. At 9 a.m. barometer 29.66, thermometer 53, wind north northwest 1, clouds 3

A group of residents of the San Juan Islands believe that the time has come to rename a stretch of saltwater known as Harney Channel.

1821: Excerpt for the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding: It is almost impossible to find sufficient interesting matter to fill up even a few lines