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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 13 |
| 1858 | 13 |
| 1859 | 17 |
| 1860 | 7 |
| 1861 | 21 |
| 1862 | 19 |
| 1863 | 10 |
| 1864 | 6 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 27 |
| 1876 | 236 |
| 1877 | 148 |
| 1878 | 144 |
| 1879 | 10 |
| 1880 | 32 |
| 1882 | 32 |
| 1883 | 212 |
| 1884 | 124 |
| 1885 | 191 |
| 1886 | 108 |
| 1887 | 107 |
| 1888 | 115 |
| 1889 | 286 |
| 1890 | 50 |
| 1891 | 222 |
| 1892 | 475 |
| 1893 | 406 |
| 1894 | 449 |
| 1895 | 548 |
| 1896 | 2 |
| 1897 | 11 |
| 1898 | 36 |
| 1899 | 100 |
| 1900 | 9 |
| 1902 | 7 |
| 1903 | 230 |
| 1904 | 189 |
| 1905 | 12 |
| 1907 | 13 |
| 1908 | 97 |
| 1909 | 265 |
| 1910 | 79 |
| 1911 | 21 |
| 1912 | 10 |
| 1914 | 36 |
| 1915 | 36 |
| 1916 | 91 |
| 1917 | 31 |
| 1918 | 7 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1922 | 3 |
| 1923 | 21 |
| 1924 | 19 |
| 1925 | 6 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 5 |
10 stories matching place
- The Jail That Took Too Long
A Snohomish correspondent laments the bureaucratic foot-dragging that delayed the construction of the county's first lock-up.
- A Sudden Loss in the Snohomish Valley
A quiet, tragic passing of a local woman highlights the intimacy and harsh realities of 19th-century pioneer life.
- The Silent End of an Unknown Man
A condemned prisoner faces the gallows in Snohomish with a chilling, final mystery: he refused to reveal his real name, dying as an enigma.
- The American House: A Seattle Lodging Haven in 1879
Before the city became a tech hub, the American House offered travelers and workers a reliable place to stay, promising fair rates and the promise of no Chinese labor.
- Settling Up Before the New Year
A Snohomish City blacksmith issues a stern public notice for customers to settle their debts before 1879.
- The Birth of the Snohomish Brass Band
A group of enterprising young men organize to bring music to the Snohomish community, pledging to be performance-ready in just a few months.
- The Promised City on the Sound
Promoters in 1879 painted a utopian vision of New Tacoma, promising a perfectly planned metropolis designed for wealth and grandeur at the terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
- The Final Edition of the Snohomish Sun
After three years of chronicling the growth of Puget Sound, the publisher of the Snohomish Sun shutters his paper, citing bankruptcy, personal heartbreak, and the 'paralyzed' logging industry of 1879.
- Walla Walla Wheat Takes Sixteen Handlings
A 1879 editorial exposes the 16-step nightmare of shipping grain down the Columbia River, arguing that Seattle’s rail potential would end the monopoly and the waste.
- The Tulalip Residents' Stand
A group of residents of the Tulalip Reservation sign a collective protest against an Indian Agent's interference in their logging operations and relationship with their white neighbors.