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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1860 | 4 |
| 1861 | 11 |
| 1862 | 10 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1864 | 5 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 13 |
| 1876 | 130 |
| 1877 | 129 |
| 1878 | 56 |
| 1879 | 4 |
| 1880 | 25 |
| 1882 | 23 |
| 1883 | 154 |
| 1884 | 62 |
| 1885 | 116 |
| 1886 | 64 |
| 1887 | 77 |
| 1888 | 59 |
| 1889 | 163 |
| 1890 | 23 |
| 1891 | 136 |
| 1892 | 330 |
| 1893 | 299 |
| 1894 | 317 |
| 1895 | 398 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 6 |
| 1898 | 18 |
| 1899 | 67 |
| 1900 | 8 |
| 1902 | 8 |
| 1903 | 127 |
| 1904 | 115 |
| 1905 | 7 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 37 |
| 1909 | 164 |
| 1910 | 38 |
| 1911 | 18 |
| 1912 | 6 |
| 1914 | 21 |
| 1915 | 19 |
| 1916 | 55 |
| 1917 | 30 |
| 1918 | 4 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 3 |
| 1923 | 12 |
| 1924 | 4 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1928 | 2 |
| 1929 | 3 |
163 stories matching hand
- The Ghost Hand of a Seattle Brakeman
After a gruesome industrial accident, a local railroad worker claimed his severed hand was 'following' him, leading to a strange and macabre search by local undertakers.
- A Woman’s Desperate Escape on the Puget Sound
After her husband announced a warrant for her arrest on the Seattle-bound steamer, a woman attempted to jump overboard into the sound.
- The Bold Counter-Heist
A shopgirl turns the tables on a bandit by outwitting him during a robbery.
- The Price of a Hand: A Labor Settlement in Port Townsend
A longshoreman injured while unloading cargo from the steamship Walla Walla receives a court-ordered settlement, highlighting the physical dangers of 19th-century maritime work.
- Hewing the Great Fir: A Seattle Ship's New Mast
A local carpenter is hand-crafting a massive 84-foot fir mast for a visiting ship, showcasing the immense timber resources of early Seattle.
- After the Great Fire: Seattle Extends a Hand to Ellensburg
Fresh from the ashes of its own catastrophic blaze, Seattle offers sympathy and aid to a sister city devastated by fire.
- The Uninvited Guest at Gold Creek
A traveling family’s campsite becomes a crime scene when a visitor is caught red-handed—or rather, silk-handed—stealing from her hosts.
- The Trickle-Down Fury of the Waterfront
A brutal hierarchy on a Seattle steamboat illustrates the chaotic and abusive nature of labor relations in the 1889 maritime trade.
- The Confidence Woman of Akron
A local employment agent is charmed by a fellow Midwesterner and left empty-handed.
- The Bold Jewelry Store Heist
Burglars bypass a safe to clear out a downtown shop's gold and timepieces.
- The Prank on the Train
A flirtatious encounter on a local commute leads to an unexpected and humiliating lesson for an overly confident young man.
- Caught Red-Handed: A Midnight Grocery Heist
A burglar's attempt to crack open a downtown Seattle grocery store was thwarted by an alert clerk sleeping just upstairs.
- The Great Hotel Fight: Olympia’s Race for a First-Class Inn
As the state capital swells with new residents, locals realize private developers won't build what they need. So they take matters into their own hands, raising $10,000 in days to force the construction of a grand hotel before the constitutional convention arrives.
- The Champagne Express
A train full of high-ranking U.S. officials is forced to a screeching halt in Washington Territory because they ran out of wine.
- The Growing Divide: A 1889 Look at Wealth Inequality
A century before modern debates on income disparity, a Seattle newspaper reflected on a New York attorney's grim statistics concerning the extreme concentration of American wealth.
- The True Cost of a 'Terminus'
In 1889, Tacoma residents began to realize that the price of hosting the Northern Pacific Railroad’s Pacific terminal was the surrender of their civic independence.
- The Electrified Watchman
When the Seattle Electric Railway’s infrastructure turned the city into a hazard, a local watchman learned the hard way that his job required handling more than just time.
- The Shadowy Campaign for Seattle's Waterfront
Before the city was fully formed, a powerful railroad lobby attempted to secure the lucrative tide-lands of Elliott Bay through backroom deals.
- The Tragedy at Engine House No. 1
When a popular young man takes his own life in a Seattle fire station, the city is left to grapple with the mystery of a life cut short in its prime.
- Sheriff Brown Hunts Three Fugitives in Seattle
Kittitas County sheriff searches Seattle for three men who broke jail in Ellensburg July 9; $100 reward each.
- The Shadowy Land Rush on the Tide Flats
Speculators and land-hungry developers descend on Seattle’s tide flats amid rumors of a secret railroad terminal.
- The Rebuilding of Seattle
A desperate plea to voters in 1889 to elect leaders who could manage the massive, necessary reconstruction of a city decimated by fire.
- The Six-Year Labor of the 'State of Washington'
A Port Madison artisan spends half a decade hand-crafting a scale model ship, turning ivory, gold, and silk into a $2,500 masterpiece.
- The Logging Camp’s Oldest Hand
At 72, Richard Burnham remains one of the toughest laborers in the logging camps, defying the assumption that youth is a requirement for heavy work.
- Violence at Easton Over a Drink
A railroad worker is shot at a station near Yakima following a refusal to share a drink.