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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 9 |
| 1858 | 12 |
| 1859 | 18 |
| 1860 | 4 |
| 1861 | 26 |
| 1862 | 11 |
| 1863 | 14 |
| 1864 | 5 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 27 |
| 1876 | 130 |
| 1877 | 80 |
| 1878 | 109 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 29 |
| 1882 | 25 |
| 1883 | 135 |
| 1884 | 76 |
| 1885 | 180 |
| 1886 | 79 |
| 1887 | 80 |
| 1888 | 80 |
| 1889 | 219 |
| 1890 | 33 |
| 1891 | 130 |
| 1892 | 388 |
| 1893 | 320 |
| 1894 | 353 |
| 1895 | 441 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 13 |
| 1898 | 31 |
| 1899 | 100 |
| 1900 | 12 |
| 1902 | 10 |
| 1903 | 151 |
| 1904 | 133 |
| 1905 | 7 |
| 1907 | 8 |
| 1908 | 66 |
| 1909 | 167 |
| 1910 | 57 |
| 1911 | 20 |
| 1912 | 5 |
| 1914 | 38 |
| 1915 | 31 |
| 1916 | 49 |
| 1917 | 33 |
| 1918 | 6 |
| 1922 | 4 |
| 1923 | 16 |
| 1924 | 19 |
| 1925 | 8 |
| 1928 | 5 |
| 1929 | 8 |
11 stories matching follow
- A Sidewalk Skirmish in Olympia
A citizen sets the record straight after being misidentified in a newspaper report about a public altercation with a deputy sheriff.
- Lewis County Farm Faces Auction Block
A court-ordered sheriff's sale is set for a 320-acre property to satisfy a judgment against Lewis County.
- The Port Townsend Loyalty Meetings
Citizens organize to refute allegations of disloyalty published in regional newspapers.
- The Carrie Ladd Runs Aground
A steamship meets its fate on a rock at Cape Horn, leaving passengers and crew to abandon the sinking vessel on the Washington side of the Columbia River.
- The Speakerless Session: A Legislative Standoff
After seventeen ballots and tense debates over legal swearing-in procedures, the Territorial House finally elects a Speaker.
- The Territorial Legislature’s Failed Loyalty Pledge
A political standoff in the Washington Territorial Legislature over Union support reveals the region's deep sectional divisions during the Civil War.
- Street Shooting Over a Libel Allegation
A legislative-era street fight in Olympia leaves one man dying after an accusation of arson.
- The Bread and Water Diet
An Olympia man decides to test a traveling lecturer's advice on eating, but his wife has the final say.
- The Meadow Snake Fiasco
A bashful farmhand’s desperate attempts to avoid the local quilting party result in an unintended, high-speed chase with a black snake.
- The Brutality of T. W. Glasgow
After Olympia women organized against his domestic violence, a local man attempts a public defense, calling his wife 'deranged' and denying the physical abuse that witnesses reported.
- The Town Takes a Stand Against Domestic Abuse
Forty-three women in Olympia sign a resolution formally denouncing a local man for his history of violence against his wife and children.