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Year	Stories
1854	62
1858	29
1859	52
1860	27
1861	101
1862	87
1863	69
1864	32
1865	11
1871	11
1872	140
1876	812
1877	678
1878	526
1879	64
1880	180
1882	130
1883	911
1884	499
1885	838
1886	492
1887	484
1888	440
1889	1,324
1890	287
1891	1,115
1892	2,855
1893	2,829
1894	2,116
1895	1,830
1896	2
1897	62
1898	196
1899	446
1900	114
1902	34
1903	1,332
1904	1,126
1905	124
1907	53
1908	351
1909	1,545
1910	413
1911	160
1912	73
1914	261
1915	300
1916	545
1917	332
1918	45
1919	5
1920	1
1922	18
1923	185
1924	151
1925	64
1928	14
1929	19

2,119 stories, the 400 most mentioned

People 284

Beriah Brown1872–187827
J. R. Lewis1872–187827
A. A. Denny1871–187826
L. V. Wyckoff1872–187824
H. W. Light1877–187824
H. L. Yesler1871–187822
John Collins1872–187821
M. S. Booth1872–187721
G. A. Weed1872–187819
Judge Lewis1876–187818
Justice Scott1876–187816
Daniel Leighton1877–187815
W. H. White1872–187914
Dr. Weed1871–187714
Judge Jacobs1872–187814
Elisha P. Ferry1876–187914
R. J. Moore1876–187714
Isaac Cathcart1877–187914
Henry Yesler1872–187813
Eldridge Morse1876–187813
John Leary1872–187812
Thomas Lilly187612
E. C. Ferguson1876–187912
Orange Jacobs1871–187811
Rutherford B. Hayes1876–187810
George White187810
John Thompson187710
J. N. Low1876–187710
Ulysses S. Grant1872–18779
Dexter Horton1872–18788
B. Gatzert18768
Val Wildman18768
Geo. D. Hill1876–18788
Sabina Lilly18767
Dr. Calhoun1876–18787
D. T. Denny1872–18776
Lydia A. Maynard1872–18766
Crawford Harrington1872–18786
Gardner Kellogg1872–18776
Austin A. Bell1872–18786
Thompson1876–18776
A. Mackintosh1877–18786
J. J. McGilvra1872–18786
Arthur Phinney1876–18786
D. T. Wheeler1876–18786
Justice Snyder18786
Mayor Weed1876–18786
W. H. Shoudy1876–18786
Samuel J. Tilden1876–18776
T. P. Freeman1877–18786
Judge Haskell1876–18796
Benj. Stretch1877–18786
Simon Elwell1877–18796
J. H. Hilton1878–18796
A. A. Blackman1878–18796
W. F. Eddy1878–18796
M. W. Packard1878–18796
Jackson1876–18785
Dr. Minor1876–18775
C. McAllister1876–18775
O. Jacobs1871–18785
Cyrus Walker1872–18775
Garfield18725
Mrs. Bell1872–18775
Col. Larrabee1872–18785
Lewis V. Wyckoff1872–18785
H. A. Atkins1872–18785
John Ross1876–18775
Smith18765
Robert G. Stuart1872–18775
Dr. G. A. Weed1872–18785
W. G. Jamieson1876–18775
City Marshal1876–18785
Arthur A. Denny1876–18785
J. T. Brown1876–18775
J. M. Colman1876–18785
Rufus Stearns1876–18785
M. R. Maddocks1876–18785
Sheriff Wyckoff1877–18785
William H. Snyder18785
Martha J. Snyder18785
Justice Selye18775
Solomon Baxter18775
Mrs. John Elwell1878–18795
H. S. Hanson1878–18795
Joseph Getchell1878–18795
Henry L. Yesler1876–18784
Andrew Jackson18764
Governor Ferry1876–18784
Amos Brown1872–18774
Mr. Smith1876–18784
Thomas Burke1876–18784
T. S. Russell1876–18774
Henry Ward Beecher1871–18774
Marshall Blinn1872–18774
D.S. Maynard1871–18784
David Higgins1872–18774
Joseph Foster1872–18774
Bailey Gatzert1872–18784
John T. Jordan1872–18764
Colman1876–18784
George D. Hill1876–18784
H. G. Struve1872–18784
Snyder1876–18774
Mr. Carr1872–18764
Gov. Ferry1872–18784
Nellie1876–18774
Dr. Baker1876–18784
James M. Colman1876–18774
Isabella Cull1877–18784
Charles Edward Cull1877–18784
E. S. Ingraham1876–18784
Thomas J. Jackson18784
Wm. Philpott18774
Sheriff Miller18774
A. C. Folsom1876–18774
Royal Haskell1877–18784
N. H. Owings1878–18794
Allen McDougal1878–18794
Thaddeus Hanford18784
Capt. Geo. D. Hill18763
Mr. Horton1876–18773
E. P. Ferry1872–18763
Marshall1872–18773
Foster1876–18783
Burke1876–18773
Chinese laborers1872–18783
Kelly1876–18783
O. A. Weed1876–18783
E. A. Starr1876–18783
Daniel Bagley1872–18763
Captain Wright1871–18763
Captain Hill1871–18773
Maynard1872–18783
John J. McGilvra1877–18783
Selucius Garfielde18723
John Webster1872–18773
King County Auditor1872–18783
L. B. Andrews1872–18783
J. S. Hill1872–18783
McNaught1872–18763
Horace Greeley1872–18763
C. H. Hanford1876–18773
Mr. Colman1876–18773
L. B. Nash1876–18783
J. L. B.18723
Charles Francis Adams1872–18793
Thomas W. Prosch18783
Lynch1877–18783
Mr. Allen1876–18773
Stewart1876–18783
A. W. Piper18763
J. R. Robbins18763
Nelson1876–18773
Capt. Wright1871–18773
Roswell Scott1876–18783
W. W. Theobalds18723
Rev. G. F. Whitworth1872–18773
Judge McFadden18723
J.W. Hunt18773
Justice Smith18763
Mrs. Robinson1876–18783
William H. Gilliam18763
L. V. Wykoff1876–18783
Booth1876–18773
Andrews1876–18773
W. B. Moore1876–18773
Jas. McNaught1876–18783
H. L. Tibbals18763
James Seavey1876–18793
John H. Mitchell1877–18783
Haley1877–18783
Patrick J. Cull1877–18783
Dan Lynch18783
Capt. Hill1877–18783
Denny1877–18783
Eliza Jackson18783
M. S. Boom18783
James Crawford18783
Mr. Thompson1876–18783
D. Rice Campbell18783
Chief Moses18783
H. L. Blanchard1876–18783
Tate18783
Mr. McAllister1876–18783
J. P. Judson18763
S. Anderson18763
Wendell Phillips1876–18773
Dr. Paul M. Brenan18773
Officer Thorndike18773
The stranger1876–18783
Thorndike1876–18773
John Quirk18763
Hugh Ross18763
Marvin Minnick1876–18783
Daniel McDonald1876–18773
Henry Jackson1876–18783
W. H. Ward1876–18783
Wm. H. Ward18773
W. M. Taylor1877–18783
J. D. Fowler18773
H. A. Gregory1877–18783
Capt. Stretch1878–18793
James Roberts18783
D. B. Jackson1878–18793
George Welsh1878–18793
Wm. Whitfield18783
John Swett1876–18793
Morgan O'Brien18783
A. McIntyre18773
Samuel Calhoun18763
George Washington18762
Isaac I. Stevens1876–18772
Elwood Evans1872–18762
C. M. Bradshaw18762
Thomas1876–18782
Mary18762
Page18762
Sargent1876–18772
Mayor Gatzert18762
Hill18762
Chief of Police1876–18772
Kellogg1876–18772
Thomas B. Merry1876–18782
Judge Burke18772
Wilson18762
Moses1877–18782
James G. Blaine18762
J. B. Lewis1877–18782
Jesse W. George1876–18782
Jay Gould1876–18772
Trenor W. Park18762
Dr. Hill18762
Luttrell1876–18772
John Wilson1876–18772
Lucinda Fares1876–18782
Mr. Edwards18762
Mitchell18762
B. A. Hill18762
Shattuck1876–18772
General Sprague1871–18782
John T. Stewart1871–18782
Mr. Thornton1871–18772
E. T. Dodge1872–18762
Dr. Spencer1872–18762
Crawford1872–18762
Andrew Johnson1872–18782
Stone Burnett18722
David S. Maynard18722
Secretary of the Territory1872–18772
D. Horton18722
J. M. Coleman1872–18762
Charles Prosch1872–18782
C. B. Bagley1872–18772
Geo. N. McConaha1872–18762
Lydia Maynard1872–18772
Mr. Bigelow1872–18792
Mr. Hanson1872–18772
Col. Morris18722
D. S. Smith1872–18782
John Pinnell1872–18772
O. B. McFadden18722
S. W. Russell1872–18782
E. Bryan1872–18782
Mr. Coleman1872–18782
Vanderbilt1876–18782
S. Baxter18762
Otis Freeman18762
Professor S.S. Baldwin18762
Clara Baldwin18762
Josh Billings18762
Charles Smith18762
John L. Butler1872–18762
Rev. D. Bagley1872–18782
Mr. Young1876–18772
Hall1877–18782
Moore18772
William H. White1872–18762
Clark1876–18772
Mr. Johnson1876–18772
John Sullivan1876–18782
L. Yesler1876–18782
Mr. Williams18762
George Foster18772

Organizations 116

Northern Pacific Railroad1871–187958
Puget Sound Dispatch1871–187855
The Daily Intelligencer1876–187845
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1876–187831
Intelligencer1872–187823
The Intelligencer1872–187821
Seattle City Council1872–187819
Daily Intelligencer1876–187817
Seattle Intelligencer1872–187815
Seattle Daily Intelligencer1876–187814
Northern Star1876–187814
King County Commissioners1876–187813
Seattle Coal Company1872–187811
McNaught & Leary1871–187811
King County1872–187811
Weekly Dispatch187810
Seattle1876–18789
The Northern Star18779
Snohomish County Agricultural Society1876–18779
Snohomish Exchange1877–18799
Mackintosh or Stacy18789
City of Seattle1876–18788
County Commissioners1872–18778
Crawford & Harrington1876–18788
King County Board of Commissioners1877–18788
General Land Office1872–18787
United States Congress1876–18787
Evening Dispatch1877–18787
Republican Party1872–18786
Congress1872–18796
Seattle Tribune1872–18786
Waddell & Miles1876–18776
Seattle Dispatch1872–18786
District Court of Snohomish County1877–18786
Seattle Fire Department1876–18775
Schwabacher Bros. & Co.1872–18785
Pacific Mail Steamship Company1876–18775
Seattle Hospital18765
Talbot Mine1876–18775
The Tribune1872–18785
North Pacific1872–18775
Yesler's Wharf1872–18785
Territorial Legislature1876–18785
Weekly Puget Sound Dispatch1876–18785
Board of County Commissioners1876–18775
Success1877–18785
Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad1877–18785
Eastwick, Morris & Co.1876–18775
Blackman Bros.1876–18795
Seattle Coal and Transportation Company1876–18774
Democratic Party1876–18784
Port Townsend Argus1872–18784
Snohomish Star1876–18784
Zephyr1871–18764
Puget Mill Company1872–18774
City Council1876–18774
Renton Coal Company1876–18774
Dexter Horton & Co.1876–18784
Congregational Church1872–18794
District Court of the Third Judicial District1872–18794
Tacoma Herald1877–18784
Seattle Weekly Dispatch1877–18784
Puget Sound Business College1878–18794
Seattle Variety Store18774
Packard & Jackson1877–18794
Wells-Fargo1872–18773
The Seattle Hospital18763
Territorial University1872–18763
San Francisco Board of Marine Underwriters1876–18773
Duly Intelligencer1876–18773
U.S. Land Office18723
Olympia Tribune18723
King County Grand Jury1872–18763
Coal Company1872–18773
Larrabee & Co.18723
U.S. District Court1872–18773
Stone & Burnett1872–18763
Puget Sound Banking Company18723
Oregon Steam Navigation Company1876–18793
Hovey & Barker18763
Talbot Coal Company1876–18783
Stetson & Post1876–18773
Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington1871–18783
Grand Jury1872–18773
Occidental Hotel1877–18783
O. S. N. Company1876–18783
Victor1876–18773
Dakota1876–18773
The Oregonian1877–18783
American House1878–18793
Young Men's Christian Association1876–18783
Seattle Coal & Transportation Company18773
S. Baxter & Co.18773
Miller's Saloon18773
Tribune1876–18783
Snohomish Eye1878–18793
Maryland House1878–18793
Walla Walla Union1876–18772
Hall & Paulson18762
Blackman Brothers1877–18792
Makah Tribe18762
Seattle Jockey Club1872–18762
Weekly Intelligencer1876–18772
Olympia Transcript1871–18782
New York Tribune1872–18792
Walla Walla County1872–18762
City Fathers1872–18762
King County Reform Club18722
Northern Pacific1876–18782
Walla Walla Statesman1876–18772
United States Government1872–18782
Seattle Coal Co.18722
King County Teachers' Institute18722
Oregonian1877–18782
Pacific Brewery18762
Edna1876–18772