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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 3 |
| 1859 | 5 |
| 1860 | 4 |
| 1861 | 8 |
| 1862 | 9 |
| 1863 | 5 |
| 1864 | 4 |
| 1865 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 18 |
| 1876 | 92 |
| 1877 | 60 |
| 1878 | 35 |
| 1879 | 9 |
| 1880 | 27 |
| 1882 | 13 |
| 1883 | 103 |
| 1884 | 61 |
| 1885 | 93 |
| 1886 | 51 |
| 1887 | 58 |
| 1888 | 51 |
| 1889 | 145 |
| 1890 | 32 |
| 1891 | 140 |
| 1892 | 313 |
| 1893 | 289 |
| 1894 | 338 |
| 1895 | 349 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 16 |
| 1899 | 65 |
| 1900 | 10 |
| 1902 | 5 |
| 1903 | 141 |
| 1904 | 124 |
| 1905 | 11 |
| 1907 | 11 |
| 1908 | 52 |
| 1909 | 195 |
| 1910 | 60 |
| 1911 | 19 |
| 1912 | 10 |
| 1914 | 24 |
| 1915 | 38 |
| 1916 | 59 |
| 1917 | 29 |
| 1919 | 2 |
| 1922 | 3 |
| 1923 | 24 |
| 1924 | 10 |
| 1925 | 15 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 4 |
5 stories matching held
- 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.
- Pioneering the Snoqualmie Pass Road
Citizens of King County organize to build a wagon road across the Cascades, raising over a thousand dollars to bridge the wilderness.
- A Town Organizes a Vigilance Committee to Keep 'Northern Indians' Off Its Shore
Citizens meet at the Court House, resolve that 'no Northern Indians at any time be allowed to land at this place,' and appoint a standing Committee of Vigilance to enforce it.
- A Territory Mourns: Olympia Buries Charles H. Mason
When Washington Territory's secretary and frequent acting governor died in 1859, Chief Justice McFadden and Olympia's leading men gathered at the capitol to call him a public servant 'of both soul and nerve.'
- 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.