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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 5 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 10 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1872 | 6 |
| 1876 | 61 |
| 1877 | 59 |
| 1878 | 43 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 13 |
| 1882 | 12 |
| 1883 | 84 |
| 1884 | 33 |
| 1885 | 51 |
| 1886 | 25 |
| 1887 | 28 |
| 1888 | 33 |
| 1889 | 136 |
| 1890 | 51 |
| 1891 | 101 |
| 1892 | 215 |
| 1893 | 164 |
| 1894 | 155 |
| 1895 | 195 |
| 1897 | 12 |
| 1898 | 20 |
| 1899 | 47 |
| 1900 | 5 |
| 1902 | 5 |
| 1903 | 60 |
| 1904 | 63 |
| 1905 | 12 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 50 |
| 1909 | 107 |
| 1910 | 29 |
| 1911 | 3 |
| 1914 | 19 |
| 1915 | 29 |
| 1916 | 40 |
| 1917 | 24 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 8 |
| 1924 | 8 |
| 1925 | 5 |
| 1929 | 1 |
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- The Eagle Mills Expansion
A major local manufacturer relocates to North Seattle, prioritizing a white, coin-paid workforce.
- The Dark Side of Seattle’s Growth
As Seattle expanded in 1880, its infrastructure struggled to keep pace with the population boom, leaving residents to navigate rotting sidewalks and unlit streets.
- The Church Usher Who Mistook a Fedora for a Faux Pas
A Sunday evening service at North Baptist Church ended in laughter after an overzealous usher attempted to enforce decorum on a woman in a Derby hat.
- The Peril of the Palouse Trail
A Spokane County postmaster is left partially paralyzed after a grisly highway accident caused by a horse carcass left rotting on the mountain road.
- The Political Fever of 1880
As Washington Territory tallied its votes for Delegate to Congress, local editors traded barbs and grand dreams of a future state capital.
- The Gold Rush to Ruby Creek
A local merchant receives a singular order for gold scales from miners in the North Cascades, signaling a major mineral boom on the Upper Skagit.
- The Brick Renaissance: Transforming Seattle’s 'Tinderbox' Downtown
As Seattle began to outgrow its temporary wooden origins, local businessmen pushed to replace fire-prone wooden structures with modern brick blocks, signaling a new era of permanence and civic ambition.
- A Frontier Homestead Lost to Debt
When a small-scale farm on the outskirts of 1880 Seattle becomes a casualty of high-interest credit, the Sheriff moves in to settle the accounts.
- The City That Waited Too Long
A scathing editorial from 1880 chides Seattle’s civic leaders for their 'supine' failure to build the roads necessary to secure the region's economic future.
- The Forgotten Trail to Eastern Washington
A pioneer’s 1862 route across the Cascades is touted as the next great gateway to mining wealth.
- The Seattle Land Grab of 1880
A former Delegate to Congress accuses a prominent Seattle attorney of sabotaging a deal to save King County land, sparking a bitter political feud.
- The Ghost Towns of the Skagit Gold Rush
A winter trek through the North Cascades reveals a landscape of stunning beauty marred by the desperate, thieving misery of the failing gold camps.
- The Forgotten Bid for a Puget Sound Navy Yard
Decades before the bustling military presence on the Sound, visionaries argued that a ship canal connecting Puget Sound to Lake Washington would provide the most natural navy yard in the world.