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| Year | Stories |
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| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 11 |
| 1876 | 51 |
| 1877 | 56 |
| 1878 | 17 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 20 |
| 1882 | 10 |
| 1883 | 66 |
| 1884 | 21 |
| 1885 | 44 |
| 1886 | 26 |
| 1887 | 32 |
| 1888 | 33 |
| 1889 | 74 |
| 1890 | 8 |
| 1891 | 60 |
| 1892 | 157 |
| 1893 | 125 |
| 1894 | 92 |
| 1895 | 172 |
| 1897 | 12 |
| 1898 | 30 |
| 1899 | 32 |
| 1900 | 4 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 33 |
| 1904 | 62 |
| 1905 | 5 |
| 1907 | 4 |
| 1908 | 18 |
| 1909 | 36 |
| 1910 | 11 |
| 1911 | 3 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 21 |
| 1915 | 16 |
| 1916 | 28 |
| 1917 | 22 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1923 | 8 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1929 | 2 |
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- The Bold Navigator and the Tatoosh Island Light-Keeper
A maritime dispute over a salvaged anchor reveals the shady side-hustles of a government lighthouse official.
- A Monster in the Mud
An unusually large sulphur bottom whale ends up stranded on the Olympia mudflats.
- The End of the 'Coolie Trade'
A new federal law moves to criminalize the transportation of indentured Chinese laborers on American ships.
- Four British Sailors Jump Ship—and Find American Liberty at Port Townsend
A steamer captain tried to return stowaways to Esquimalt, but a U.S. commissioner freed them, exposing a diplomatic gap over extradition.
- The Forgotten Navigator of the Pacific Northwest
A call to honor Captain Robert Gray, the man whose discovery of the Columbia River and Grays Harbor secured the region for the United States.
- 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 Collector of Customs and the Steamer Eliza Anderson
A dramatic standoff between a local Customs Collector and a naval lieutenant highlights the administrative dysfunction and power struggles in Port Angeles.
- The Custom House City That Almost Wasn't
A skeptical observer reports on the slow progress and eccentric realities of the newly established custom house in Port Angeles.
- The Violent Expulsion of a Black Resident from Olympia
A white resident publicly recounts his role in forcing a Black man out of town, illustrating the overt racism prevalent in the territory during the Civil War era.
- The Capitol Betrayal: Olympia’s Seat of Power Shipped to Vancouver
In a stunning political maneuver, the Territorial Legislature has voted to move the capital from Olympia to Vancouver and the penitentiary to Port Townsend, sparking outrage among local editors who see it as a betrayal of trust.
- Six Hours, Sixteen Thousand Feet: Puget Sound's Lumber Boom
A correspondent touring the Sound in 1860 marvels at new sawmills at Utsalady and Port Gamble, where wild country is being turned into lumber camps and the Territory is already boasting of a manufacturing future to rival the older states.