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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 9 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 11 |
| 1863 | 7 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1865 | 2 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 7 |
| 1876 | 60 |
| 1877 | 54 |
| 1878 | 21 |
| 1879 | 4 |
| 1880 | 13 |
| 1882 | 12 |
| 1883 | 63 |
| 1884 | 31 |
| 1885 | 45 |
| 1886 | 27 |
| 1887 | 20 |
| 1888 | 28 |
| 1889 | 83 |
| 1890 | 7 |
| 1891 | 49 |
| 1892 | 146 |
| 1893 | 88 |
| 1894 | 80 |
| 1895 | 109 |
| 1897 | 9 |
| 1898 | 18 |
| 1899 | 16 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1902 | 4 |
| 1903 | 62 |
| 1904 | 50 |
| 1905 | 4 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 20 |
| 1909 | 79 |
| 1910 | 47 |
| 1911 | 41 |
| 1912 | 17 |
| 1914 | 16 |
| 1915 | 15 |
| 1916 | 23 |
| 1917 | 9 |
| 1923 | 8 |
| 1924 | 2 |
| 1929 | 2 |
13 stories matching trade
- The Fight for the Pacific Trade
Seattle observes with anxiety as railroad titans and San Francisco money markets clash over the future of Puget Sound trade.
- The Neah Bay Land Grab
A historic Seattle-area editorial exposes how federal officials and a powerful monopoly manipulated reservation boundaries to seize a lucrative trading post from a local merchant.
- The Gateway to the East: Why Snoqualmie Pass Won the Race
Decades before the modern highway, historical surveys and trade routes proved Snoqualmie Pass was the vital artery for Seattle’s expansion across the Cascades.
- The Shadowy Business of Patent Medicines
A cynical drug clerk reveals the grisly truth behind 'medical' concoctions and the dangerous incompetence of the pharmacy trade in 1880s Seattle.
- 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 Coal Road That Built Seattle
A historic rail link between Seattle and the Newcastle mines is sold to transportation mogul Henry Villard, signaling a new era of consolidation for the city's coal trade.
- The Wild West Gold Rush at the Border
When the federal government refused to station customs inspectors at the Skagit gold fields, Seattle merchants feared a massive influx of untaxed British Canadian competition.
- 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 Fight for the First Cascades Rail Line
In 1880, Seattle editors appealed to the 'Walla Walla Statesman' to bridge the mountain divide and unite the Washington territory through trade.
- The Skagit Stand-off: A Survey Interrupted
When federal surveyors moved onto Skagit lands without a treaty, they were met by 150 armed warriors ready to defend their sovereignty.
- The Secret Benefactor of a Struggling Seattle Teacher
A modest schoolteacher discovers that her late aunt, a wealthy woman she hardly knew, had been paying her bills in secret long before the surprising terms of her will were revealed.
- The Brutal Statistics of Poverty in 1880
A report in the Seattle Daily Intelligence uses cold, hard data to argue that the 'reproduction of capital'—human life—is threatened by the crushing weight of poverty and labor conditions.
- 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.