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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1872 | 4 |
| 1876 | 27 |
| 1877 | 20 |
| 1878 | 9 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 2 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 25 |
| 1884 | 19 |
| 1885 | 20 |
| 1886 | 12 |
| 1887 | 10 |
| 1888 | 6 |
| 1889 | 31 |
| 1890 | 4 |
| 1891 | 28 |
| 1892 | 65 |
| 1893 | 64 |
| 1894 | 61 |
| 1895 | 103 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 10 |
| 1899 | 15 |
| 1903 | 31 |
| 1904 | 25 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 9 |
| 1909 | 34 |
| 1910 | 8 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 4 |
| 1915 | 4 |
| 1916 | 8 |
| 1917 | 8 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1924 | 4 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1929 | 2 |
10 stories matching princip
- A Birthday Gift for the Future
When pupils at the Denny School wanted to honor their principal's birthday, they didn't buy him a trinket—they built a library.
- The Great Skagit Flood of 1887
Thousands of acres of farmland are submerged as the Skagit River hits record-breaking, catastrophic levels.
- The Wild Goose Chase of 1887
Two con artists fleeced immigrant laborers in Seattle by selling them jobs on farms that did not exist.
- The Tragedy of the Main Street Inferno
A catastrophic fire destroys a block of historic Walla Walla, leaving two men dead in the ruins.
- The Forgotten Wreck of the St. Stephen
For six weeks, the federal revenue cutter Wolcott sat idle while the public clamored for a search for survivors of a shipwreck off the Washington coast.
- The Night Seattle Celebrated a Railroad Power Shift
When Henry Villard returned to the Northern Pacific board in 1886, thousands of Seattle citizens flooded the streets, hopeful that a friend of the city would finally ensure fair play for its local economy.
- The Burglary in the Cathedral
A legal loophole in Washington Territory prevents a man accused of living inside a church from being charged with burglary, sparking a public outcry against the prosecutor.
- The Collapse of a Workingman's Dream
A bold attempt at worker-owned enterprise in Tacoma ends in financial failure and legal recriminations.
- The Disappearing Contractor of Madison Street
A Seattle infrastructure project hits a snag when the lead contractor vanishes with thousands of dollars in city funds, leaving his bondsmen to face the bill.
- The Great 'Deep Water' Lie: Seattle vs. Tacoma
A leaked conversation between a Northern Pacific Railroad agent and a local editor reveals the cutthroat, manufactured rivalry over which city would become the true terminus for the wheat trade.