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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 7 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 5 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 16 |
| 1876 | 64 |
| 1877 | 75 |
| 1878 | 96 |
| 1879 | 12 |
| 1880 | 13 |
| 1882 | 8 |
| 1883 | 43 |
| 1884 | 19 |
| 1885 | 44 |
| 1886 | 12 |
| 1887 | 31 |
| 1888 | 80 |
| 1889 | 116 |
| 1890 | 14 |
| 1891 | 95 |
| 1892 | 132 |
| 1893 | 142 |
| 1894 | 147 |
| 1895 | 178 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 26 |
| 1899 | 42 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1902 | 4 |
| 1903 | 78 |
| 1904 | 62 |
| 1905 | 6 |
| 1907 | 4 |
| 1908 | 25 |
| 1909 | 78 |
| 1910 | 15 |
| 1911 | 6 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 8 |
| 1915 | 16 |
| 1916 | 25 |
| 1917 | 21 |
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| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 11 |
| 1924 | 9 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 3 |
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- The Seattle Railroad Dream Gets New Life
After years of uncertainty, local rail boosters secure backing from a California investor, promising to bridge the gap between Seattle and the inland empire.
- The Seattle Real Estate Boom of 1882
A survey of rapid land value appreciation in early Seattle, where modest lots doubled or tripled in price in just a few weeks.
- The Miser and the Missing Gold
A cautionary tale of a man who loved his gold more than his own peace of mind, only to find that hoarding it under a stone offered no security from the opportunistic thief.
- The Empire State of the West
An influential New York academic turns down California dreams to bet on the future of Washington Territory.
- The Boy Who Wanted a Gun: Seattle’s Satirical Take on Sunday School Prizes
A local columnist mocks the absurdity of juvenile weekly papers offering .32-caliber revolvers to boys who recruit eight subscribers, arguing that this 'philanthropy' teaches murder rather than morality.
- The Real Estate Gold Rush: How Seattle’s Early Boomers Made Millions on Dirt
A Sunday editorial in the Post-Intelligencer lays bare the staggering profits of land speculation in 1883, revealing how a few savvy investors turned hundreds of dollars into fortunes through sheer timing and location.
- The Vigilantes' Ghost: Seattle's Dark Secret in Two Maple Trees
A poem published in the *Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer* reveals the city’s foundational myth: that its current 'peaceable' order was bought with the blood of six men hanged by a secret committee when the law failed to act.
- The Orphan’s Plea: A Poem That Moved Seattle to Tears on Decoration Day
As the city honored Civil War dead with solemn processions and speeches, a young girl’s grief over her father’s unmarked grave brought the Grand Marshal to tears.