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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 62 |
| 1858 | 29 |
| 1859 | 52 |
| 1860 | 27 |
| 1861 | 101 |
| 1862 | 87 |
| 1863 | 69 |
| 1864 | 32 |
| 1865 | 11 |
| 1871 | 11 |
| 1872 | 140 |
| 1876 | 812 |
| 1877 | 678 |
| 1878 | 526 |
| 1879 | 64 |
| 1880 | 180 |
| 1882 | 130 |
| 1883 | 911 |
| 1884 | 499 |
| 1885 | 838 |
| 1886 | 492 |
| 1887 | 484 |
| 1888 | 440 |
| 1889 | 1,324 |
| 1890 | 287 |
| 1891 | 1,115 |
| 1892 | 2,855 |
| 1893 | 2,829 |
| 1894 | 2,116 |
| 1895 | 1,830 |
| 1896 | 2 |
| 1897 | 62 |
| 1898 | 196 |
| 1899 | 446 |
| 1900 | 114 |
| 1902 | 34 |
| 1903 | 1,332 |
| 1904 | 1,126 |
| 1905 | 124 |
| 1907 | 53 |
| 1908 | 351 |
| 1909 | 1,545 |
| 1910 | 413 |
| 1911 | 160 |
| 1912 | 73 |
| 1914 | 261 |
| 1915 | 300 |
| 1916 | 545 |
| 1917 | 332 |
| 1918 | 45 |
| 1919 | 5 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 18 |
| 1923 | 185 |
| 1924 | 151 |
| 1925 | 64 |
| 1928 | 14 |
| 1929 | 19 |
722 stories, the 195 most mentioned
People 122
- John Leary188514
- Judge Greene188511
- Sheriff McGraw188510
- Grover Cleveland18859
- Henry Yesler18857
- Justice Hill18857
- Mayor Leary18857
- George Venable Smith18857
- Voorhees18856
- Officer Gardner18856
- Commissioner Sparks18856
- Watson Squire18855
- J. M. Adams18855
- Chief Justice Greene18855
- Perry Bayne18855
- J.H. McGraw18854
- Judge Jacobs18854
- C. H. Hanford18854
- J. C. Haines18854
- Watson C. Squire18854
- E. Meeker18854
- P. C. Comstock18854
- Justice Lyon18854
- Walter Walker18854
- Samuel Robertson18854
- Henry L. Yesler18853
- Chief Woolery18853
- Cyrus Walker18853
- S. Baxter18853
- Ezra Meeker18853
- James Woolery18853
- Dr. T. T. Minor18853
- Constable Thornton18853
- George W. Tibbetts18853
- Governor Squire18853
- Woolery18853
- Daniel McKeon18853
- C. S. Voorhees18853
- Geo. W. Crane18853
- Secretary Lamar18853
- James H. Woolery18853
- J. H. Lewis18853
- John L. Howard18853
- B. B. Jones18853
- Coroner Dawson18853
- Daniel Hughes18853
- Mr. Alvord18852
- John B. Allen18852
- Thomas Burke18852
- George E. Starr18852
- T. J. Milner18852
- A. A. Denny18852
- Orange Jacobs18852
- W. H. White18852
- Judge Lewis18852
- D. T. Denny18852
- Roger S. Greene18852
- H. L. Yesler18852
- Mitchell18852
- Dr. Weed18852
- Ulysses S. Grant18852
- Gardner Kellogg18852
- Gardner18852
- Dr. Smith18852
- Mr. Davis18852
- Smith18852
- Montgomery18852
- Yesler18852
- Elijah Smith18852
- Oliver Wood18852
- John H. McGraw18852
- James McNaught18852
- O.J. Carr18852
- E. S. Ingraham18852
- E. S. Osborne18852
- Tom18852
- Mr. Kellogg18852
- Gilmore18852
- John Robinson18852
- John Brown18852
- Richards18852
- Dr. E. L. Smith18852
- G. A. Hill18852
- Robert Emmet18852
- Latimer18852
- Robert Harris18852
- Wm. Winters18852
- Justice Hall18852
- Dr. Ostrander18852
- Secretary Teller18852
- George W. Stetson18852
- Charles K. Jenner18852
- David T. Denny18852
- Kimball18852
- Richard Pritchard18852
- Rev. L. A. Banks18852
- Rev. Mr. Strange18852
- Chas. K. Jenner18852
- J. G. Swan18852
- Nelson A. Miles18852
- Mayor Henry Yesler18852
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks18852
- Thomas Comer18852
- Dr. Morgan18852
- Mr. Woolery18852
- Richard Brown18852
- Lamar18852
- Judge J. K. Lewis18852
- Van Doren18852
- Mayor Yesler18852
- Jim Graham18852
- Sam Robertson18852
- Mayor Weisbach18852
- John Keane18852
- Fang Woe18852
- Lyman Wood18852
- J. H. Holmes18852
- Daniel Cronin18852
- B. F. Day18852
- Agent Wood18852
- Herman Garres18852
- G. C. Phinney18852
Organizations 73
- Northern Pacific Railroad188557
- Knights of Labor188529
- Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer188529
- Seattle City Council188525
- Post-Intelligencer188521
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer188511
- General Land Office18858
- Oregon Improvement Company18858
- Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company18857
- Wold Brothers18857
- Northern Pacific18855
- S. A. R. C. Mfg. Co.18855
- Seattle Police Department18854
- Port Blakely Mill Company18854
- Secretary of the Interior18854
- Law and Order Party18854
- Tacoma City Council18853
- City of Seattle18853
- Providence Hospital18853
- Tacoma18853
- Tacoma Mill Company18853
- Seattle Lumber and Commercial Company18853
- Washington Iron Works18853
- Board of County Commissioners18853
- Tacoma Land Company18853
- Spring Hill Water Company18853
- Seattle Chronicle18853
- The Chronicle18853
- Seattle Iron Works18853
- Seattle Rod and Gun Club18853
- Young Men's Independent Political Club18853
- Seattle18852
- Union Pacific18852
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company18852
- Hudson Bay Company18852
- Seattle Fire Department18852
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce18852
- Company D18852
- Arlington Hotel18852
- Stetson & Post Mill Company18852
- U.S. Congress18852
- Odd Fellows18852
- University of Washington18852
- Puget Mill Company18852
- District Court18852
- Seattle Rifles18852
- Oregon Railway and Navigation Company18852
- United States Government18852
- County Commissioners18852
- Grand Army of the Republic18852
- Port Madison Mill Company18852
- Stetson & Post18852
- Yesler Mill18852
- Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington18852
- Grand Jury18852
- Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company18852
- United States District Court18852
- First National Bank18852
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union18852
- Seattle Police18852
- Tacoma Ledger18852
- W. P. Boyd & Co.18852
- Seattle Bulletin18852
- Seattle Lumber Company18852
- Sunday Star18852
- Interior Department18852
- Oratorio Society18852
- Washington Territory Legislature18852
- Law and Order Central Committee18852
- S. V. K. O. Mfg. Co.18852
- Port Blakely Mill Co.18852
- Washington Fur Company18852
- Committee of Ten18852