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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 2 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1872 | 2 |
| 1876 | 4 |
| 1877 | 5 |
| 1878 | 1 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 7 |
| 1884 | 9 |
| 1885 | 6 |
| 1886 | 7 |
| 1887 | 6 |
| 1888 | 4 |
| 1889 | 17 |
| 1890 | 2 |
| 1891 | 10 |
| 1892 | 16 |
| 1893 | 21 |
| 1894 | 27 |
| 1895 | 37 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 3 |
| 1899 | 5 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 10 |
| 1904 | 8 |
| 1908 | 2 |
| 1909 | 16 |
| 1910 | 7 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 5 |
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6 stories matching definit
- Railroad Land Grab Defeated
A Supreme Court ruling halts the Northern Pacific Railroad's attempt to claim homesteaded lands in King and Yakima counties.
- The Great Washington Land Grab
A federal investigation reveals how the Northern Pacific Railroad manipulated land office officials to claim 600,000 acres of prime territory in the Walla Walla Valley.
- The End of the Railroad Land Grab
A trio of government decisions finally ends the Northern Pacific's long-standing practice of seizing settler homes in Washington Territory.
- The Struggle for the Eight-Hour Day
While Seattle’s mills slash hours and wages amid a lumber market slump, labor organizers face stiff resistance from manufacturers and owners.
- Who Deserves the Title of 'Gentleman'?
An editorial from 1885 explores the tension between old-world aristocratic definitions of nobility and the emerging, character-based morality of a new society.
- The Political Shapeshifter of Seattle
Joe Rohn, a man of shifting loyalties and convenient principles, finds his true partisan home—just as long as the patronage keeps flowing.