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| Year | Stories |
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| 1859 | 1 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 2 |
| 1884 | 2 |
| 1885 | 3 |
| 1886 | 1 |
| 1889 | 1 |
| 1890 | 1 |
| 1891 | 5 |
| 1892 | 4 |
| 1893 | 6 |
| 1894 | 5 |
| 1895 | 10 |
| 1903 | 3 |
| 1904 | 2 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1909 | 61 |
| 1910 | 1 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1916 | 3 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1924 | 2 |
4 stories
- The Ghost of Conconully
The Okanogan county seat was reduced to smoldering ruins in just two hours, leaving only the courthouse and schoolhouse standing.
- The Loomis Independence Day Killing
A confrontation between a miner and a member of Chief Moses' band leads to a fatal shooting during Fourth of July celebrations.
- A Sinking Buggy, a Borrowed Team, and a Reservation About to Open
In 1892 a newspaperman packed his wife and infant into a rickety buggy to cross the soon-to-open Colville Reservation, fording the Kettle River and leaning on Native families along the way.
- Tragedy on the Colville Reservation
A mother returns to find her child dead after leaving the baby unattended near a tree.