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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 7 |
| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 7 |
| 1861 | 14 |
| 1862 | 21 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 14 |
| 1876 | 59 |
| 1877 | 55 |
| 1878 | 40 |
| 1879 | 6 |
| 1880 | 10 |
| 1882 | 10 |
| 1883 | 70 |
| 1884 | 55 |
| 1885 | 90 |
| 1886 | 63 |
| 1887 | 66 |
| 1888 | 52 |
| 1889 | 132 |
| 1890 | 20 |
| 1891 | 82 |
| 1892 | 331 |
| 1893 | 365 |
| 1894 | 274 |
| 1895 | 198 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 10 |
| 1899 | 42 |
| 1900 | 13 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 137 |
| 1904 | 124 |
| 1905 | 6 |
| 1907 | 10 |
| 1908 | 25 |
| 1909 | 139 |
| 1910 | 29 |
| 1911 | 11 |
| 1912 | 11 |
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| 1915 | 17 |
| 1916 | 46 |
| 1917 | 20 |
| 1918 | 6 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 12 |
| 1924 | 19 |
| 1925 | 6 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 3 |
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- San Juan Islanders Draw a Line in the Salish Sea
At a packed meeting in the little town of San Juan, American settlers pass defiant resolutions against the Governor of Vancouver Island and thank the U.S. troops sent to hold the island — an early scene in the boundary standoff remembered as the Pig War.
- A Gold Rush Romance in the Shadow of the Mines
In the rugged camps of the 1859 gold rush, a pair of lovers find their devotion tested by the harsh realities of frontier life and the relentless pursuit of fortune.
- A Chief Seized at Fort Bellingham
Acting Governor Mason's requisition sends soldiers after Kitup and Nelson; a visit to the Indian agent ends in a scuffle, an escape attempt, and a military arrest.
- Steilacoom Empties Its Garrison for a Near-War on San Juan Island
On Aug. 9, 1859, soldiers and two brass cannon left Steilacoom aboard the steamer Julia to reinforce Capt. Pickett’s tiny command, as the U.S. and Britain edged toward war over a boundary and a pig.
- The Fur Company’s Land Empire Is Declared Public Domain
A letter from Washington City reports that the Hudson’s Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural companies’ territorial claims have been ruled forfeit, opening their Nisqually and Fort Vancouver lands to American survey and settlement.
- The Senate Ratifies the Treaties That Remade the Northwest
Ratified in 1859, the 1855 treaties with tribes across Oregon and Washington promised annuities, schools and mills while ceding millions of acres to settlement.
- ‘Rule or Ruin’: A Territorial Lawmaker Turns on Governor Stevens
Confined to his room with a cold, a member of the Washington Territorial Legislature answers his critics — defending his right to name the governor's unpopular appointees and accusing a ruling clique of trying to shut the rest of the territory up.