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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 9 |
| 1884 | 8 |
| 1885 | 6 |
| 1886 | 2 |
| 1887 | 2 |
29 stories
- The Temperance Tour That Went Town to Town on Puget Sound
A Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizer spent July 1883 forming locals and gathering pledges in Coupeville, Ferndale, Semiahmoo and Anacortes.
- The Skagit Cougar’s Poisoned Last Meal
A bold mountain lion terrorized a Sedro farmstead, but an ingenious local farmer ensured it was the predator’s final raid.
- The Jailer's Hospitality
Skagit County prisoners find their incarceration is surprisingly comfortable.
- Drowning the Mail in a Dark Ditch
A lonely mail carrier survives a treacherous, midnight accident on a flooded road outside Mount Vernon, salvaging the soaking contents of his satchel.