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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 4 |
| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1860 | 4 |
| 1861 | 6 |
| 1862 | 13 |
| 1863 | 14 |
| 1864 | 4 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 22 |
| 1876 | 84 |
| 1877 | 46 |
| 1878 | 71 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 16 |
| 1882 | 17 |
| 1883 | 77 |
| 1884 | 37 |
| 1885 | 59 |
| 1886 | 26 |
| 1887 | 49 |
| 1888 | 29 |
| 1889 | 64 |
| 1890 | 21 |
| 1891 | 82 |
| 1892 | 137 |
| 1893 | 97 |
| 1894 | 88 |
| 1895 | 153 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 6 |
| 1898 | 18 |
| 1899 | 27 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 79 |
| 1904 | 39 |
| 1905 | 6 |
| 1908 | 15 |
| 1909 | 71 |
| 1910 | 17 |
| 1911 | 14 |
| 1912 | 10 |
| 1914 | 20 |
| 1915 | 15 |
| 1916 | 42 |
| 1917 | 18 |
| 1918 | 4 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 11 |
| 1924 | 7 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1928 | 4 |
4 stories matching dollar
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:doll, dolli, collar, dole, schollar, dolan
- Gold in the Wenatchee, but the Miners Were Told to Leave
Pearson's party returns to Steilacoom after Indians warn them off the new gold fields; a handful of dirt shows a dollar's worth of gold.
- Gold Fever Empties Puget Sound
A schooner captain confirms rich strikes on the Fraser and Thompson rivers—and hundreds of workers are already leaving Victoria and the Sound for the mines.
- The Night a Soldier Robbed the Editor's House
While the Puget Sound Herald's proprietor and his wife were away, a soldier slipped into their home—then walked back through the kitchen into the sitting room.
- The Vultures on Steilacoom's Streets
A furious 1858 editorial accuses local authorities of letting California gamblers plunder the town in plain sight.