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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 4 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 4 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 11 |
| 1876 | 35 |
| 1877 | 72 |
| 1878 | 40 |
| 1879 | 4 |
| 1880 | 7 |
| 1882 | 9 |
| 1883 | 37 |
| 1884 | 25 |
| 1885 | 43 |
| 1886 | 20 |
| 1887 | 15 |
| 1888 | 22 |
| 1889 | 59 |
| 1890 | 11 |
| 1891 | 58 |
| 1892 | 85 |
| 1893 | 64 |
| 1894 | 74 |
| 1895 | 116 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 18 |
| 1899 | 25 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 36 |
| 1904 | 24 |
| 1905 | 5 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 15 |
| 1909 | 61 |
| 1910 | 14 |
| 1911 | 17 |
| 1912 | 4 |
| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 9 |
| 1916 | 9 |
| 1917 | 9 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 8 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1929 | 4 |
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- The University of Washington’s First Alumni Reunion
A modest gathering of nineteen graduates reflects on their time at the young university with essays, music, and an unexpected appearance of the next generation.
- The Skagit County Sheriff’s 'First Class' Hotel
Newly formed Skagit County lacks a proper jail, forcing the sheriff to board inmates at local hotels at public expense.
- A Bitter Business Rivalry Ends in Court
An accusation of boat theft between former business partners in Whatcom reveals a long-standing feud and allegations of 'cinching'.
- The Mass Departure of Chinese Laborers
After the completion of the Cedar River extension, the Oregon Improvement Company arranged for the mass transport of 1,700 Chinese workers out of Seattle.
- The Teamsters’ War Over Police Leadership
A group of Seattle teamsters organizes to nominate a new police chief, sparking a bitter war of words with the local Chronicle.
- Vice on the Rocks: Seattle's Cleanup
A sweeping, if optimistic, report on the courts cracking down on the city's infamous dens of inequity.
- The First Train Reached Seattle—Then the Timetable Vanished
A Northern Pacific executive confirms the first run from Tacoma to Seattle, while cautioning that regular scheduled trains to the city are still some time off.
- Mrs. Colby’s Call to the New Women of Seattle
Following the legal enfranchisement of women in Washington Territory, a public lecture urged Seattle women to embrace their new civic responsibilities as a 'co-worker with God' and a force for moral integrity.
- The Tragic End of a Seattle Art Teacher
After struggling to establish her art classes in Seattle, a young California woman takes her own life using poison purchased at a local drugstore.
- The Wild West of Clock-Watching in Seattle
Before standardized time zones arrived in Seattle, residents had to contend with a city where every jeweler and church bell kept their own schedule.
- Tacoma’s Railroad Thralldom
A neighboring city struggles under the shadow of the Northern Pacific Railroad's monopoly and the local 'aristocracy' that supports it.
- Homesteading Reality Check for the Skagit Valley
A blunt warning to new arrivals: the frontier isn't a land of ready-made farms.
- The Hotel That Was 'Out in the Woods' Now Can't Keep Up
Fifteen months after skeptics predicted the Sprague House would fail for being too far from town, its proprietor is adding fifty rooms to meet the rush.
- The Newspaper Boycott of 1884
A Seattle newspaper fights back after liquor interests threaten an advertising boycott over municipal election coverage.
- Wilkeson Mines Prepare for Revival
After five years of decline that left the town nearly deserted, the Wilkeson coal mines are hiring again, signaling a potential economic pulse.
- The Uninvited Territorial Appointment
Citizens of Washington Territory rail against meddlesome outsiders and the President’s power to appoint their governor.
- The Tragic Death of Edith E. Ewing
A young woman’s suicide note is made public by her grieving father, sparking a somber reflection on the pressures of life in 1884 Seattle.
- The Rising Costs of Second Street
New leases on Seattle property reveal the economic power and strategic displacement tactics used against the Chinese community in 1884.
- The Cross-Border Tugboat War
Canadian tugboat operators are fuming over an unfair trade imbalance as American vessels dominate regional shipping routes.
- A Watch Snatched on Howard Street, and a Call for a Real Jail
A late-night robbery in the alley by Rima's store prompts the paper to warn that the gold rush is importing 'tough citizens' faster than Spokane Falls can lock them up.
- The Newspaper War Between Spokane Falls and Cheney
Spokane's Review savages the county seat of Cheney as a mud-bound, half-deserted village of one brick building — and admits the whole feud is over which town will boom.
- The Railroad That Built the Town Now Charges It Tribute
Spokane Falls merchants discover the Northern Pacific has quietly raised freight rates 50 to 150 percent — to fatten Portland at the inland towns' expense.
- A Joint-Stock Stage Line to Beat the Railroad to the Mines
Spokane businessmen subscribe a $20,000 company to run daily stages and freight to Eagle City, betting the gold rush will make their town the gateway to the Coeur d'Alenes.
- The Gold Rush That Wouldn't Wait for Spring
A Spokane Falls merchant is summoned back to the snowbound Coeur d'Alene mines as fortune hunters pour in a month early — and the Falls positions itself as the gateway to the new El Dorado.
- A Portland Editor Reports from the Gold Fields
E. G. Jones of Portland visits Spokane Falls and files a dispatch: the town is the 'principal city of Eastern Washington,' the mines are real, and the smart money is already building stage lines.