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| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 3 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1861 | 7 |
| 1862 | 3 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1872 | 4 |
| 1876 | 19 |
| 1877 | 20 |
| 1878 | 7 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 4 |
| 1882 | 4 |
| 1883 | 22 |
| 1884 | 10 |
| 1885 | 22 |
| 1886 | 12 |
| 1887 | 7 |
| 1888 | 7 |
| 1889 | 20 |
| 1890 | 4 |
| 1891 | 21 |
| 1892 | 48 |
| 1893 | 32 |
| 1894 | 52 |
| 1895 | 69 |
| 1898 | 2 |
| 1899 | 7 |
| 1900 | 1 |
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| 1903 | 19 |
| 1904 | 23 |
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| 1910 | 7 |
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12 stories matching communic
- The Fight for Recognition in the Sanitary Fund
Olympia locals demand that their contributions to the war effort be credited to Washington Territory, not Oregon.
- The Territorial Legislator and the Editor’s Ego
A fiery public feud erupts in 1861 between a Clark County representative and the editor of the Washington Standard, highlighting the volatile politics of the territorial legislature.
- The Mail That Stopped Coming to Puget Sound
For more than ten days no mail arrived from California or the Atlantic states. Steilacoom’s editor blamed a federal order in San Francisco and wondered how long the town could keep publishing.
- Patriotic Rivalry at Oak Point
When steamer crewmen beat the local ladies to the punch on a flag-raising ceremony, the women reclaimed the duty themselves.
- A Scandal at the Simcoe Reservation
Protests erupt over the dismissal of religious personnel at a Washington Indian Agency.
- The Call for Cavalry
Military authorities look to volunteers to secure the frontier as federal forces withdraw from the Pacific Northwest.
- The Case of the Missing Territorial Library Books
A government official alleges that a man named William Pickering purloined two packages of library books intended for public use.
- The Push for Idaho Territory
Residents in the eastern reaches of Washington Territory call for a split from Olympia, citing a government that is 'a supreme farce.'
- The Day the Steamers Left Puget Sound
An 1861 Steilacoom editor warns that losing ocean steamship service will isolate Washington Territory and strangle its growth.
- The Editor’s Defense of a Federal Appointee
After losing his status as Public Printer, the newspaper editor takes up the cause of the embattled Port Townsend Collector of Customs, Victor Smith.
- The Public Printer's Stand-Off
A legislative clerk threatened 'foul means' to seize official manuscripts from the printer, leading to a tense standoff over territorial records.
- The Land Office Money That Never Reached the Books
Register Isaac W. Smith accuses Receiver Selucius Garfielde of holding land-claim payments on private deposit and refusing to account for them—an 1861 public audit fight in Washington Territory.