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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 2 |
| 1862 | 7 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1872 | 5 |
| 1876 | 31 |
| 1877 | 17 |
| 1878 | 6 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 6 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 22 |
| 1884 | 12 |
| 1885 | 23 |
| 1886 | 13 |
| 1887 | 11 |
| 1888 | 4 |
| 1889 | 25 |
| 1890 | 5 |
| 1891 | 63 |
| 1892 | 79 |
| 1893 | 58 |
| 1894 | 56 |
| 1895 | 97 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 6 |
| 1899 | 13 |
| 1900 | 4 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 55 |
| 1904 | 25 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 8 |
| 1909 | 46 |
| 1910 | 18 |
| 1911 | 4 |
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- The Iron Will of the Puget Soundry
How a local iron works became the pride of a young Seattle, forging the industrial future of the territory.
- The Pox Patrol: When Smallpox Patients Went Out for Whiskey
In 1880, Seattle's quarantine measures were so lax that victims were reportedly slipping out of the pesthouse at night to hit the saloons.
- A Call to Harmony at the Territorial University
A visiting lecturer proposes a city-wide fundraiser to gift a Steinway grand piano to the University of Washington, arguing that music education is a moral imperative for a frontier territory.
- The Unlikely Sweep of 1880
When King County became the 'banner county' for the GOP, local editors credited a clean campaign and a rejection of the 'mud-slinging' tactics of their rivals.
- The Political Mess of 1880
A biting, satirical critique of the factions coalescing around the Republican party's nominee, James A. Garfield.
- The Sawmill Scandal: Henry Yesler’s Long Legal War
Before the city grew, Seattle’s founding titan was locked in a decade-long, bitter courtroom battle over his sawmill, revealing the ruthless undercurrents of the frontier economy.