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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 4 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1872 | 4 |
| 1876 | 34 |
| 1877 | 17 |
| 1878 | 19 |
| 1879 | 1 |
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| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 20 |
| 1884 | 16 |
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| 1886 | 18 |
| 1887 | 17 |
| 1888 | 21 |
| 1889 | 43 |
| 1890 | 7 |
| 1891 | 43 |
| 1892 | 110 |
| 1893 | 107 |
| 1894 | 113 |
| 1895 | 86 |
| 1898 | 2 |
| 1899 | 9 |
| 1900 | 7 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 59 |
| 1904 | 38 |
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10 stories matching previous
- The Loss of Captain J.P. Keller
The town of Olympia lowers its flags to honor a fallen military figure.
- 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 Botanical Surprise in Colville Valley
A local entrepreneur discovers that tobacco can thrive in the limestone soils of the far North, challenging previous assumptions about regional agriculture.
- Tensions Rise on the Upper Columbia
Miners and settlers report growing hostility as military protection is withdrawn from the frontier.
- The Political Price of a Civil War Oath
A local controversy erupted when a resident’s right to vote was challenged based on his previous service in the Missouri state militia.
- A Plea for Better Schoolhouses
Walla Walla’s school superintendent warns that log-cabin schools are a poor substitute for real investment in public education.
- A Frontier Call to Stand by the Union
Meeting in Steilacoom, Pierce County Republicans resolve to support the Constitution and condemn the removal of the Territorial Capitol.
- The Mail Carriage Dispute
Citizens of Olympia clash with their local postmaster over a controversial contract, suspecting graft in the transport of official mail.
- Judge Chambers’s New Mill Turns New Dungeness Wheat Into ‘Superb’ Flour
A newspaper tour of the just-finished grist mill found machinery ‘complete in every particular’ and a cleaning apparatus that astonished the visitors.
- The Wagon Road That Would Bind Puget Sound to the Columbia
Vancouver residents petition Congress for $50,000 to build a military road to Steilacoom, arguing it would open trade and settle the country between the Columbia River and Puget Sound.