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| Year | Stories |
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| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1862 | 4 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 4 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 11 |
| 1876 | 60 |
| 1877 | 57 |
| 1878 | 40 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 16 |
| 1882 | 14 |
| 1883 | 128 |
| 1884 | 89 |
| 1885 | 78 |
| 1886 | 59 |
| 1887 | 45 |
| 1888 | 64 |
| 1889 | 162 |
| 1890 | 32 |
| 1891 | 140 |
| 1892 | 268 |
| 1893 | 247 |
| 1894 | 229 |
| 1895 | 329 |
| 1897 | 13 |
| 1898 | 13 |
| 1899 | 69 |
| 1900 | 9 |
| 1902 | 6 |
| 1903 | 82 |
| 1904 | 114 |
| 1905 | 13 |
| 1907 | 7 |
| 1908 | 80 |
| 1909 | 174 |
| 1910 | 59 |
| 1911 | 13 |
| 1912 | 9 |
| 1914 | 24 |
| 1915 | 28 |
| 1916 | 51 |
| 1917 | 27 |
| 1918 | 6 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 14 |
| 1924 | 8 |
| 1925 | 7 |
| 1929 | 6 |
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- The Christmas Poultry Heist
Two local drifters outsmart a tavern keeper in a holiday shooting match scheme.
- The Governor’s Vision for a Growing Territory
Governor William Pickering addresses the 1862 Legislature, detailing the critical needs of a frontier rapidly filling with settlers and miners.
- The Fourth of July in Olympia at the Height of the Civil War
A fervent address by Elwood Evans calls for absolute loyalty to the Union as the Territory celebrates the nation’s independence during its 'most tearful trial.'
- The Business of Mourning in the Civil War
As the casualty lists from the front lines grew, the private industry of embalming rose to meet a grim public need in Olympia and across the nation.