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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 5 |
| 1859 | 3 |
| 1860 | 5 |
| 1861 | 10 |
| 1862 | 10 |
| 1863 | 7 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 10 |
| 1876 | 111 |
| 1877 | 80 |
| 1878 | 20 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 14 |
| 1882 | 11 |
| 1883 | 62 |
| 1884 | 19 |
| 1885 | 65 |
| 1886 | 36 |
| 1887 | 28 |
| 1888 | 46 |
| 1889 | 82 |
| 1890 | 11 |
| 1891 | 72 |
| 1892 | 159 |
| 1893 | 177 |
| 1894 | 130 |
| 1895 | 180 |
| 1897 | 2 |
| 1898 | 7 |
| 1899 | 32 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 5 |
| 1904 | 39 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 4 |
| 1909 | 17 |
| 1910 | 1 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 16 |
| 1916 | 14 |
| 1917 | 4 |
| 1924 | 1 |
| 1929 | 2 |
770 stories matching port
- Norwegian Ship Enters Seattle, Sparking Consular Dispute
A Norwegian ship’s docking in Port Blakeley triggers a jurisdictional tug-of-war between competing consuls and the race to capture maritime trade.
- Forest Fire Near Port Angeles
A careless picnic party triggers a massive blaze that destroys timber between Port Angeles and Port Crescent.
- The Customs Wars at the Port of Townsend
A power struggle over maritime jurisdiction leaves a British ship detained and the business community in an uproar.
- The Navy Was Coaling in British Ports, Ignoring Seattle's Mines
When local business leaders discovered U.S. warships were bypassing Puget Sound coal for Canadian supplies, they triggered a federal investigation and a new policy.
- The First Foreign Clearance
The schooner Annie Larsen marks a new milestone for Aberdeen's status as a port by clearing for Peru.
- Vancouver’s 1792 Exploration of Port Orchard
A historic excerpt from Captain George Vancouver’s 1792 journals describing the discovery and naming of the harbor we know today as Port Orchard.
- Fifty Dollars for a Clean Bill of Health
A quarantine officer charged a sealing schooner $50 to steam over and inspect her — and shipping men say the fee was less public health than protection money.
- The Embargo on the Sound
Federal quarantine regulations at Port Townsend are throttling commerce and forcing freight ships to run at a loss.
- Federal Pressure on Port Angeles Settlers
Senator John B. Allen pressures the Land Department to resolve the stalled Port Angeles townsite survey.
- The Political Hatchet Job That Failed
A Port Townsend city treasurer finds himself the victim of a coordinated, sensationalist smear campaign—only for the local press to walk it back.
- The Townsite Scandal: Port Angeles Residents Revolt
Settlers on the Port Angeles military reserve hang an appraiser in effigy after discovering their land values were arbitrarily jacked up.
- Port Townsend Vows Boycott Over Tacoma's Dry Dock Gambit
The Key City accuses its rival to the south of sabotaging its bid for a stationary dry dock — and threatens to take its trade to Portland and San Francisco instead.
- The Mayor’s New Crown: Port Warden’s Gold-Braided Cap Causes a Stir
Seattle's Port Warden E.L. Bonner has adopted a navy blue 'peaked cap' with gold braid to mark his official capacity, but finds the uniform too 'formal' for daily duties.
- The Fight for Port Angeles Public Funds
Mayor M.J. Maloney of Port Angeles travels to Washington D.C. to lobby for a bill that would keep land sale revenue in the city for local improvements.
- The Customs Trap: An International Steamship Row
A British steamer’s decision to transport passengers between two American ports leads to a local confrontation over federal shipping laws.
- The Mammoth Toothpicks of Puget Sound
A historic ship is forced to undergo a drastic modification just to accommodate the massive timbers being exported from the Pacific Northwest.
- The Trial of John Trumbull
A Port Townsend lawyer is accused of facilitating the unlawful entry of Chinese immigrants into the United States via forged certificates.
- The Battle for Port Orchard's Dry Dock
Local residents petition the Navy to investigate alleged contractor favoritism in the growth of Charleston.
- Three Deaths Haunt One Ship in Port Townsend Harbor
Archibald Anderson is knocked into the hold and killed instantly, capping a grim three-month run of fatal misfortune aboard the British ship Linlithgowshire.
- The Hunt for 'Contraband' Travelers
Federal inspectors search the Port Gamble area after a boat reportedly lands thirteen Chinese immigrants, marking the era of strict Exclusion Act enforcement.
- Fifty Unemployed Men March on Port Angeles — and Ask the County for Work
Led by Judge W. Clark, they told commissioners they had cleared the old Port Angeles reservation but could not make a living on it. Without work, they said, they would demand county support.
- The Starving Crew of the Iroquois
A US Navy vessel arrives in Port Townsend after a harrowing, months-long drift across the Pacific, leaving its crew near starvation.
- Vanished in the Night: The Tragedy of 'Long Johnson'
A well-known Port Gamble boatman disappears in the gale, his cries for help lost to the dark sea.
- The Flat-Iron, the Umbrella, and the Inkstand: A Port Townsend Divorce Suit
J. K. Meyer's divorce petition turns a respectable Port Townsend marriage into a catalogue of thrown household goods, alleged affairs, and very public embarrassment.
- The Shipping Hub of the Northwest
A census of vessels loading in early 1891 reveals Seattle's emerging dominance in the maritime coal trade.
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- A Port on the Bay
Fairhaven positions itself as the primary maritime gateway for Bellingham Bay to bypass shipping delays in Seattle and Tacoma.
- The Million-Dollar Dry Dock Across the Sound
At Port Orchard, contractors raced to finish the largest dry dock in America—and boasted it would be third largest in the world.