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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1888 | 3 |
| 1889 | 4 |
| 1891 | 7 |
| 1892 | 33 |
| 1893 | 39 |
| 1894 | 23 |
| 1895 | 24 |
133 stories
- Tragedy on the Skagit
A young worker loses his life in a whirlpool while attempting to transport shingle bolts downriver.
- The Failed Cooperative Mill
A shingle mill in Anacortes, once run as a cooperative, falls into chaos when workers strike over the firing of a colleague.
- A Hunter's Bear Hug Nearly Becomes His Last
Adam Mechling shot at what he took for a fawn in the Skagit County woods and found himself beneath a 300-pound she bear.
- Ten Days Over Cascade Pass—and No Wagon Road
A member of Mayor Curtis's 1894 party recounts the camps, storms and lost pack animals on the route from Marblemount to Winthrop.
- The Rake-Off on the Scales
A Puget Sound shingle maker said the new freight-weighing law would expose a quiet racket: shippers pocketing the difference while mills were charged for phantom overweights.
- The passing of Amos Bowman, Anacortes founder
A polymath pioneer of the Pacific Northwest and journalist who once worked for Horace Greeley has died in his home city.
- Fifteen Minutes and the Whole Town Core Was Gone
A flue fire in the Hotel Sedro kitchen took the Pioneer Block with it — the council chambers, the bank, the druggist and the newspaper, all in one afternoon.
- The Manufactured Boom of Medina
A speculative land development near Lake McMurray, Skagit County, uses a new railroad and promised natural resources to lure investors to a 'crescent' townsite.
- The Burlington Quarry Strike
Forty laborers left behind in Burlington after the Great Northern railroad’s stone quarry abruptly shut down without paying their wages.
- The Republican Campaign Heats Up in Skagit County
Candidate John H. McGraw receives a hero's welcome in Mount Vernon during a massive political rally.
- Tragic Accident on the Tracks at Wilkerson
A deaf woman, known as an inmate of a 'disreputable house,' is struck and killed by a runaway box car while walking on the railroad tracks.
- Cattle Rustling on Fidalgo Island
Anacortes men are brought to the Mount Vernon jail to face trial for cattle theft as local legal officials clash over court jurisdictions.
- Internal Strife in the Baptist Convention
A fiery protest from the Mount Vernon Baptist Church challenges the claimed vindication of Reverend D. D. Proper.
- The Fight Over the Road Through the Cascades
A state wagon-road bill sets Cascade Pass against Slate Creek, with mining claims, Lake Chelan freight and a $33,000 price tag hanging in the balance.
- A Union Widow and a Confederate Mother Clasp Hands at an Unknown Grave
In Sedro, Washington, Memorial Day brought together two women on opposite sides of the Civil War—over a flower-covered mound meant to stand for all the dead.
- The Quest for a Skagit Trail
A merchant from Ruby City visits Seattle to lobby merchants for a new wagon road, hoping to bypass the reliance on British Columbia for trade and supplies.
- The Mystery of the Oyster Creek John Doe
An unknown man is discovered dead in the rocks at Oyster Creek with curious items in his pockets, including a Canadian quarter and a padlock key.
- The Newspaper Imposter of Mount Vernon
A traveling con artist posed as a Post-Intelligencer agent to swindle residents in British Columbia and Skagit County.
- The Jailbreak at Edison
Four fugitives, including men driven out of Wenatchee by vigilantes, are recaptured after an armed struggle.
- The Hunter and the Cougars
A Skagit County hunter recounts a harrowing, split-second encounter with a pack of cougars while stalking deer in the snow.
- A Mount Vernon Mill Folds
A cedar mill succumbs to the dual pressures of economic flooding and a string of creditor lawsuits.
- The Henry Bailey Strikes a Snag and Sinks in the Skagit
A steamer repaired at Mount Vernon loads 600 sacks of oats, hits a snag on the return, and goes down in fifteen feet of water.
- A School Superintendent's Fall from Grace
J. C. Phelps of Anacortes is bound over to superior court on charges that he embezzled money from a wharf company and Western Union.
- The Night the Wasco Lost Power in Peavine Pass
Heavy seas swept the Bellingham Navigation Company steamer Wasco, broke her piston rod and blew out a cylinder head before the State of Washington rescued passengers and towed her into Anacortes.
- Mining in the Skagit Wilderness
Prospector J. C. Rouse details the rugged reality of life at the headwaters of the Skagit, where miners hope for a railroad to unlock hidden silver.