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| Year | Stories |
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| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 8 |
| 1876 | 47 |
| 1877 | 27 |
| 1878 | 29 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 6 |
| 1882 | 11 |
| 1883 | 64 |
| 1884 | 21 |
| 1885 | 51 |
| 1886 | 24 |
| 1887 | 21 |
| 1888 | 43 |
| 1889 | 103 |
| 1890 | 14 |
| 1891 | 51 |
| 1892 | 114 |
| 1893 | 125 |
| 1894 | 107 |
| 1895 | 98 |
| 1897 | 7 |
| 1898 | 4 |
| 1899 | 26 |
| 1900 | 5 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 49 |
| 1904 | 34 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 22 |
| 1909 | 59 |
| 1910 | 8 |
| 1911 | 6 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 6 |
| 1915 | 13 |
| 1916 | 25 |
| 1917 | 9 |
| 1918 | 4 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1929 | 1 |
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- The Tragic Collapse at the Hardware Store
A routine day at a Seattle business turned into a scene of horror when a deep, shifting excavation buried a worker alive.
- An Ambush in the White River Valley
A local store owner and his daughter narrowly escape a violent attack by three assailants.
- Masked Men Try to Crack an Ellensburg Safe—and Flee at the First Shout
Two armed strangers cornered a clerk in S. Bliesner’s dry goods store, but his cries brought a crowd and the robbers vanished into it.
- The Sad End of a Seattle Merchant
A longtime local clerk and tobacco merchant passes away at home after a long illness.
- The Failed Arson Plot at the Denny Block
A tenant discovers a trail of kerosene-soaked fabric and a trap door beneath his shop, thwarting an attempt to burn down a Seattle business district.
- Shopping Day for the Indigenous Visitors
A bustling Saturday in Seattle as Indigenous visitors from the bay fill the city's stores with goods and dry items.
- The Shadow Over the Maxwell Trial
A grizzly discovery in a Seattle warehouse forces a local businessman to defend himself against a charge of murder.
- The Final Voyage of the John Rosenfeld
The noble Maine-built ship is declared a total loss after running aground on a reef near Lummi Island.
- The Tunnel City Strike
Labor unrest at the Cascade Tunnel project spills over into violence as workers protest low wages and forced debt to local saloons.
- A Holiday Call for a Broken Family
A mill worker’s leg injury at the dawn of 1887 leaves his eleven children in dire need, sparking a rare community effort in early Seattle.
- The Day Seabeck Burned
When the Washington Mill Company caught fire in 1886, a small mill town was leveled in just two hours, leaving over 100 men without work and a local entrepreneur's life's work in ashes.
- Committee Urges Forfeiting Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grant
A scathing House committee report accuses the Northern Pacific Railroad of failing its contractual obligations while hoarding millions of acres of public domain.
- The Great Seattle Retail War of 1886
As Seattle merchants faced an economic downturn, a fierce 'price war' erupted between downtown clothiers, with competing shops slashing prices and using aggressive marketing to survive the season.
- Success and Agriculture in the White River Valley
An observer notes the thriving farms and new infrastructure transforming the landscape near Seattle, highlighting the agricultural potential of the region.
- The Siege of Seattle: A City Under Martial Law
After four days of intense unrest, the city maintains order and asserts its commitment to American law.
- The Opium Smugglers of the Idaho
A federal investigation uncovers a massive scheme to hide contraband in the bilges and barrels of a Pacific steamship, revealing a deep culture of corruption in the Sound’s maritime trade.
- Fire Ravages Port Townsend's 'Chinatown'
A morning fire levels several properties in the Chinese quarter, leaving the community to count their losses.
- The Day the Windsor Hotel Burned
A ferocious wind fueled a fast-moving blaze that leveled the hotel and nearly half of the nearby business district, causing $150,000 in damages.
- The Diamond Ring in the Sawdust
How a humble mill worker’s midnight search for a lost engagement ring led to a life of affluence and social elevation.
- The Runaway Street Car on Battery Street
When the brakes failed on a steep Seattle incline, passengers faced a terrifying ride as their horse-drawn car hurtled down the tracks toward the waterfront.
- The Political Spoils of a Walla Walla Clerk
After relocating his entire life and family for a government job, a deputy clerk is unceremoniously fired—exposing the bitter, transactional nature of territorial patronage.
- The Corporate War for the Rails
How an early battle between express giants revealed the ruthless tactics used to control Washington's transportation networks.
- The Unsolved Disappearance of John H. Wisely
A man disappears from his home in broad daylight, only for his body to be discovered days later on the shores of Elliott Bay.
- The Old Union Flag
A group of Seattle schoolboys preparing for a dance discovered a historic, weather-beaten Union flag—triggering a local effort to preserve the banner that once flew over the Civil War-era Union League.