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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 9 |
| 1858 | 12 |
| 1859 | 18 |
| 1860 | 4 |
| 1861 | 26 |
| 1862 | 11 |
| 1863 | 14 |
| 1864 | 5 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 27 |
| 1876 | 130 |
| 1877 | 80 |
| 1878 | 109 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 29 |
| 1882 | 25 |
| 1883 | 135 |
| 1884 | 76 |
| 1885 | 180 |
| 1886 | 79 |
| 1887 | 80 |
| 1888 | 80 |
| 1889 | 219 |
| 1890 | 33 |
| 1891 | 130 |
| 1892 | 388 |
| 1893 | 320 |
| 1894 | 353 |
| 1895 | 441 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 13 |
| 1898 | 31 |
| 1899 | 100 |
| 1900 | 12 |
| 1902 | 10 |
| 1903 | 151 |
| 1904 | 133 |
| 1905 | 7 |
| 1907 | 8 |
| 1908 | 66 |
| 1909 | 167 |
| 1910 | 57 |
| 1911 | 20 |
| 1912 | 5 |
| 1914 | 38 |
| 1915 | 31 |
| 1916 | 49 |
| 1917 | 33 |
| 1918 | 6 |
| 1922 | 4 |
| 1923 | 16 |
| 1924 | 19 |
| 1925 | 8 |
| 1928 | 5 |
| 1929 | 8 |
12 stories matching follow
- 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 Priest Writes Back: A Territorial Feud Over 'Romanism'
A Methodist minister's warning in Olympia draws a sharp reply from the Catholic missionary he accused.
- Gold Fever Reaches Steilacoom by Schooner
A Saturday arrival brings word of gold at Fort Yale, a turn-by-turn route up the Fraser River, and a miner's warning that provisions are very high.
- A Dead Calm and a Disabled Engine: The Columbia Goes Ashore
The steamship Columbia struck the mouth of Puget Sound on a quiet night, her machinery useless. Passengers and mail were saved; $200,000 in cargo was not.
- A Yakama Chief Falls as the Territory's Indian War Ends
Col. Wright's campaign is declared over; Owhi is shot near the Snake River, and the Herald celebrates executions and hostages as peace.
- Four Sailors, a Filthy Jail, and a Test of the Law at Port Townsend
A British crew refused duty after the ship changed course for Puget Sound. Their answer was a jail cell — and a writ of habeas corpus to see whether the territory could legally hold them.
- The Trail That Wasn't: How Bellingham Bay Boosters Sold a Gold-Rush Route
A Steilacoom editor accuses Whatcom land speculators of luring miners and immigrants with false reports that the Bellingham Bay trail to the gold fields was nearly finished.
- Eighty Artillerymen Bound for the Spokane War
A San Francisco dispatch reports Company K of the 3d Artillery heading north to reinforce Col. Steptoe, with a new commander for the company lost when Lt. Gunn was killed by Spokanes.
- A Miraculous Escape on Puget Sound: Two Steamers Collide Near Steilacoom
The steamer Northerner and a second vessel met suddenly on the water in October 1858, crushing the little steamer’s bow and nearly sending its captain into the Sound.
- Gold Fever Lands at Bellingham Bay
Mail-steamer dispatches report 1,400 argonauts bound for the new mines, Victoria land prices climbing to a 'dizzy elevation,' and rumors of a fresh townsite at Semiahmoo Bay.
- The Steamer Traveler Goes Down Off Foulweather Bluff
A sudden leak in a winter gale drowned Captain Slater and several others on a routine Puget Sound run from Port Townsend to Port Gamble.
- The Killer Who Walked Into the Council and Bared His Breast
On San Juan Island, a man accused of killing a chief's son returned to face tribal justice—and his family watched him offer his own heart to the dead man's brother.