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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 8 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 6 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 11 |
| 1862 | 6 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 12 |
| 1876 | 98 |
| 1877 | 51 |
| 1878 | 32 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 21 |
| 1882 | 18 |
| 1883 | 88 |
| 1884 | 48 |
| 1885 | 112 |
| 1886 | 63 |
| 1887 | 68 |
| 1888 | 60 |
| 1889 | 147 |
| 1890 | 29 |
| 1891 | 111 |
| 1892 | 293 |
| 1893 | 283 |
| 1894 | 309 |
| 1895 | 370 |
| 1897 | 2 |
| 1898 | 11 |
| 1899 | 61 |
| 1900 | 9 |
| 1902 | 9 |
| 1903 | 94 |
| 1904 | 96 |
| 1905 | 6 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 43 |
| 1909 | 90 |
| 1910 | 29 |
| 1911 | 9 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 15 |
| 1915 | 23 |
| 1916 | 37 |
| 1917 | 21 |
| 1918 | 3 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 7 |
| 1924 | 6 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1929 | 3 |
5 stories matching took
- A Father Returns from the Skagit to Claim His Own
A man arrives from the mining camps to marry the woman he fathered a child with, hoping to secure their future after she was jailed for an alleged act of desperation.
- The Tragedy of a Careless Hunter
In an era of casual firearm handling, a tragic accident in the Snohomish area leaves a man dead and prompts a warning to residents.
- The Mother, The Child, and The Purser’s Zeal
A desperate mother is arrested in Seattle after a daring escape from the hospital, exposing the cruelty of rigid legal intervention in the 1870s.
- The Unsung Pioneers of the Skagit River
When federal funds for regional infrastructure failed to materialize, a group of Seattle loggers took matters into their own hands to open the Skagit River to navigation.
- 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.