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| Year | Stories |
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| 1877 | 1 |
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| 1885 | 2 |
| 1889 | 36 |
| 1891 | 5 |
| 1892 | 13 |
| 1893 | 5 |
| 1894 | 4 |
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2 stories
- The Skookum Bay Cattle War
A quiet surveying expedition in the Washington timberlands turns into a tense standoff over local property rights.
- The Rails of Mason County: An Industry Giant Plans a Deep-Woods Expansion
A representative of the Port Blakely Mill Company confirms plans to lay a standard-gauge steel railroad into the heart of Washington's timber country, setting the stage for industrial transformation.