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| Year | Stories |
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| 1877 | 2 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1883 | 2 |
| 1885 | 3 |
| 1886 | 2 |
| 1887 | 2 |
| 1888 | 1 |
| 1889 | 3 |
| 1891 | 2 |
| 1892 | 19 |
| 1893 | 17 |
| 1894 | 4 |
| 1895 | 6 |
| 1898 | 1 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 2 |
| 1904 | 2 |
| 1909 | 1 |
3 stories
- The Broken Promise of the Rail
Farmers organize a protest against a railroad company for failing to operate the line between Tacoma and Seattle as contractually obligated.
- The Ghost Railroad of the White River Valley
Farmers and Seattle civic leaders gathered in a desperate bid to force the operation of a phantom rail line that was constructed but never ran.
- The Beet Sugar Boom of the White River Valley
An ambitious local entrepreneur outlines plans to transform King County farmland into a massive sugar production hub to compete with global markets.