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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 3 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 5 |
| 1876 | 55 |
| 1877 | 24 |
| 1878 | 7 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 4 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 36 |
| 1884 | 11 |
| 1885 | 17 |
| 1886 | 6 |
| 1887 | 12 |
| 1888 | 10 |
| 1889 | 33 |
| 1890 | 5 |
| 1891 | 34 |
| 1892 | 65 |
| 1893 | 42 |
| 1894 | 68 |
| 1895 | 78 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1898 | 7 |
| 1899 | 9 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 17 |
| 1904 | 17 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 8 |
| 1909 | 21 |
| 1910 | 5 |
| 1911 | 3 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 3 |
| 1916 | 9 |
| 1917 | 4 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1928 | 2 |
| 1929 | 3 |
7 stories matching occasion
- Fourth of July Crowds in the Capital City
A bustling 1878 Independence Day celebration in Olympia draws throngs of visitors as regional sporting rivalries take center stage.
- The Crackdown on 'Fast Riding' in Old Seattle
When rowdy horsemen turned Front Street into a racetrack, the city police decided the era of reckless riding in the city center had to end.
- The Price of a Prank on the Seattle Frontier
A late-night practical joke almost turns fatal when a nervous citizen, conditioned by the rough-and-tumble reality of the city, nearly draws his pistol on a group of teenagers.
- The Political Gossip That Almost Toppled a Judge
In an era of vicious party-line journalism, a Seattle editor defends his local officials against accusations of being 'copper-heads' and 'carpet-baggers,' echoing today’s heated partisan discourse.
- The Unlikely Hero of the Fire Escape
When a local doctor patented a new fire escape in 1878, he had to prove it could survive the ultimate test: a 'timid' gentleman from the New England Hotel climbing down from a third-story window.
- A Wedding on the Skagit Flats
A frontier celebration in the late 1870s brings together four river communities for a night of dancing and revelry.
- In Defense of the Old Hat
A Snohomish resident offers a defiant, humorous ode to a battered, three-year-old hat that refuses to quit.