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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 4 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1872 | 2 |
| 1876 | 20 |
| 1877 | 22 |
| 1878 | 16 |
| 1879 | 1 |
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| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 23 |
| 1884 | 21 |
| 1885 | 17 |
| 1886 | 16 |
| 1887 | 10 |
| 1888 | 9 |
| 1889 | 22 |
| 1890 | 6 |
| 1891 | 22 |
| 1892 | 68 |
| 1893 | 69 |
| 1894 | 67 |
| 1895 | 91 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 8 |
| 1899 | 10 |
| 1900 | 4 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 25 |
| 1904 | 27 |
| 1905 | 3 |
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| 1910 | 7 |
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8 stories matching succeed
- Searching for the Wenatchee Mines
An expedition returns to Olympia after failing to reach the mountains, but reports finding vast, promising new territory.
- A Daring Prison Break Nearly Becomes a Tragedy
A Walla Walla prisoner’s attempt to squeeze through a barred window leaves him trapped and nearly hanging by his own neck.
- The Great Butter Hoax of 1859
A classic tall tale of rancid butter, two tipsy pioneers, and an elaborate prank on a local tavern keeper in Olympia.
- The Price of Public Gunfights
A shootout in the streets of Walla Walla leaves locals shaken and a judge scrambling for safety.
- The Shipwreck of the Persevere
A vessel founders near Cape Flattery, leading to a precarious encounter with local tribes and a recovery effort by Indian Agent H.A. Webster.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Pony Express Ends: Lincoln Wins, But the South Sees War
As the Pony Express delivers the shocking news of Abraham Lincoln’s election to a nervous Sacramento, Olympia residents mark local weddings and watch their market prices hold steady.