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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 |
16 stories matching thought
- A Night Watchman's Final Request
A Port Madison worker predicts his own death and seeks to settle his affairs in a haunting, sudden passing.
- The Tragic Disappearance on the Sound
A small boat collision on a dark December night likely cost a man his life.
- The Cascades Rail Standoff
High hopes for the Northern Pacific’s Cascade branch crumble as work on the massive infrastructure project hits a total standstill.
- The Unwanted Charity of a Courtroom Foe
A woman pays her assailant's fine, leaving the man outraged by her unwelcome generosity.
- Seattle’s Suffrage Milestone
A landmark gathering at the Congregational Church rallies women to vote in the upcoming municipal election, signaling the rise of the movement in the Northwest.
- The Mayor's Split Personality
Seattle's local newspaper prints conflicting editorials on the same day, alternating between praising Mayor Henry Yesler and condemning his lack of courage.
- The Train That Had to Back All the Way to Tacoma
Seattle's sudden rail link to Tacoma promised to beat the boats—if the cars could turn around.
- Spokane's Citizens Buy Themselves a Road to the Gold Fields
In fifteen minutes, local businessmen pledged a quarter of a $20,000 stock company to run stages and freight wagons between Spokane Falls and the Coeur d'Alene mines — before another town could steal the traffic.
- A Frontier Reckoning
A chance meeting at a wilderness camp forces a man to confront the guard who once brutalized him in a French prison.
- A Local Dream of Justice and Hell
A Seattle man dreams of a corrupt city court system that leads him straight into a satirical version of the afterlife.
- The $18,784 Express Package That Vanished—and the Sheriff Arrested for It
A grand jury charged a Northern Pacific agent, a Franklin County sheriff and another man in a January 1894 express theft. The sheriff’s Ainsworth neighbors posted his bond—and doubted the charge.
- Northern Pacific Railroad's Columbia River Land Grab
A skeptical look at how the Northern Pacific Railroad is using speculative track-laying to claim 1,000,000 acres of public land.
- The Railroad Raises Its Rates, and the Northwest Howls
Spokane Falls merchants protest a Northern Pacific freight hike that makes shipping from Minneapolis cost as much as shipping from New York — and warn the railroad it is strangling its own territory.
- 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.
- 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.