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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1862 | 3 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1872 | 4 |
| 1876 | 28 |
| 1877 | 22 |
| 1878 | 10 |
| 1880 | 2 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 27 |
| 1884 | 20 |
| 1885 | 20 |
| 1886 | 16 |
| 1887 | 8 |
| 1888 | 20 |
| 1889 | 41 |
| 1890 | 15 |
| 1891 | 38 |
| 1892 | 101 |
| 1893 | 111 |
| 1894 | 135 |
| 1895 | 147 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 12 |
| 1899 | 20 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 35 |
| 1904 | 49 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 15 |
| 1909 | 55 |
| 1910 | 12 |
| 1911 | 3 |
| 1914 | 7 |
| 1915 | 20 |
| 1916 | 27 |
| 1917 | 12 |
| 1918 | 3 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 11 |
| 1924 | 5 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1928 | 1 |
10 stories matching although
- The Human Spider of Occidental Square
A sailor scaled a 135-foot flagpole in downtown Seattle to keep the city’s Fourth of July celebrations on schedule.
- The Day the Talking Machine Arrived in Seattle
In 1878, Seattle citizens gathered at Yesler’s Hall for a demonstration of Thomas Edison's 'wonderful invention' that could capture and replay human speech.
- The Midnight Pork-Thieves of Belltown
A wave of petty food thefts from residential pantries has Seattle neighbors on edge, prompting warnings about the 'nocturnal nippers' prowling the city's outskirts.
- The Great Boat Chase of Seattle Harbor
A drunken sailor's attempt to visit his sick wife ends in a high-seas brawl, a capsized skiff, and a daring escape.
- The Gold Rush at the Swinomish Flats
While miners chased gold in the mountains, early settlers on the Swinomish tide lands found that dyking and ditching the soil offered a far more reliable fortune.
- The Hidden Bounty of the White River Valley
An 1878 dispatch from the Snohomish Eye surveys the thriving, overlooked agricultural juggernaut of the White River Valley, long ignored by travelers bound for the city.
- The Dairy Boom on the Horizon
An 1878 vision for the Snohomish and Skagit river valleys predicted a massive transformation of the region’s landscape into a world-class center for cheese production.
- The Myth of the Lazy Laborer
A Seattle newspaper editorial in 1878 berates unemployed men for refusing to repair flood-damaged dykes, framing poverty as a moral failing despite local economic instability.
- The Candidates’ Campaign Trail on the Snohomish River
As election season heats up in 1878, candidates for the Territorial Assembly trade speeches in the freezing cold and debate the future of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
- A Desperate Escape on the Duwamish River
A woman seeking work in Seattle narrowly avoids a violent attack after being lured into the wilderness by a false job offer.