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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1872 | 6 |
| 1876 | 30 |
| 1877 | 23 |
| 1878 | 12 |
| 1879 | 1 |
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| 1882 | 6 |
| 1883 | 37 |
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| 1886 | 7 |
| 1887 | 15 |
| 1888 | 32 |
| 1889 | 39 |
| 1890 | 8 |
| 1891 | 29 |
| 1892 | 64 |
| 1893 | 51 |
| 1894 | 82 |
| 1895 | 107 |
| 1897 | 2 |
| 1898 | 13 |
| 1899 | 16 |
| 1900 | 1 |
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| 1903 | 31 |
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| 1909 | 35 |
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| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 2 |
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- The Rebirth of Seattle's Idle Mill
A dormant Seattle sawmill gets a new lease on life under San Francisco capital, signaling an era of rapid industrial expansion for the town.
- The Embroidered Vow: A Victorian Romance in Seattle
When an accident leaves a young woman scarred, she retreats from society, only to discover a secret message stitched into a handmade cushion.
- The Price of Patronage: Political Graft in Washington Territory
A scathing editorial exposes how federal appointments in the Washington Territory were treated as commodities, with government officials accused of padding their estates through systemic corruption.
- The Silent Men of the Powder Mill
Working in the volatile shadow of Seattle's 1872 gunpowder industry, men labored in constant, hushed fear of an accidental explosion that could erase their existence in an instant.
- The Dream of a Northern Bosphorus: Seattle in 1872
A period travelogue captures the raw, rugged ambition of a frontier Seattle, where coal, timber, and dreams of a transcontinental railroad promised to transform a small sound-side village into a global commercial power.
- The First Teachers’ Institute: A Battle for Seattle’s Soul
In September 1872, the Territory’s top educators gathered in Seattle to debate everything from corporal punishment to the role of women in teaching, laying the groundwork for public education in Washington.