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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 4 |
| 1862 | 5 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 8 |
| 1876 | 37 |
| 1877 | 43 |
| 1878 | 19 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 14 |
| 1882 | 16 |
| 1883 | 58 |
| 1884 | 16 |
| 1885 | 54 |
| 1886 | 25 |
| 1887 | 25 |
| 1888 | 32 |
| 1889 | 79 |
| 1890 | 13 |
| 1891 | 66 |
| 1892 | 101 |
| 1893 | 101 |
| 1894 | 159 |
| 1895 | 242 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 14 |
| 1899 | 33 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 42 |
| 1904 | 42 |
| 1905 | 4 |
| 1908 | 22 |
| 1909 | 68 |
| 1910 | 14 |
| 1911 | 5 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 11 |
| 1915 | 10 |
| 1916 | 22 |
| 1917 | 9 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 7 |
| 1924 | 4 |
| 1928 | 3 |
14 stories matching thought
- The Schoolhouse Lessons of Old Seattle
A reflection on the struggles of the country schoolmaster and the long-lost, innocent games of childhood in pioneer-era Washington.
- The Swan of the Cascades
A rare and haunting encounter near the mountain pass ends in an act of Victorian mercy.
- The Gossips of Old Seattle: A Dispute Over a Deathbed
A local man defends his reputation after neighbors spread rumors regarding his care for a sick houseguest.
- The Unsung Genius of the Barrel
A deep dive into the history of an everyday object that the 1880s public took for granted, tracing its utility from Egyptian antiquity to modern Seattle.
- Tragedy Across the River
A Snohomish family loses everything to a fire while attending a funeral.
- The True Cost of a Hired Hand
A frank critique of the era's labor relations, arguing that farmer complaints about hired help often stem from poor treatment and meager food rather than a decline in worker character.
- The Vandalism of Seattle’s Fences
An 1880 editorial decries the 'wanton vandalism' of men and boys who whittled, tore, and marked up the city’s decorative fences, signaling a growing urban friction between private pride and public mischief.
- The Letter Lost in the Cracks
For twelve years, a village woman waited for a lover who never called, unaware that her promise to join him in China had been trapped behind a post office counter all along.
- 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 Seneca Street Prankster
A pet parrot in Seattle develops a sophisticated and cruel sense of humor, terrorizing a local dog with fake emergency cries.
- 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 Skagit Gold Rush Mirage
When the promise of easy riches on the Skagit River sparked a frantic, ill-fated mining boom, Seattle’s local press faced accusations of peddling a dangerous myth.
- The Ethics of the Sting
A century before modern debates on police entrapment, Washington courts were already grappling with the line between preventing crime and creating it.
- The Satchel Swindle: How a Miner Outsmarted a Seattle Landlord
A crafty miner used a bag of lead pipe to play on his landlord’s greed and secure two months of free room and board.