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| Year | Stories |
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| 1876 | 6 |
| 1877 | 1 |
| 1878 | 6 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 5 |
| 1885 | 1 |
| 1886 | 1 |
| 1887 | 1 |
| 1888 | 3 |
| 1889 | 5 |
| 1890 | 1 |
| 1891 | 5 |
| 1892 | 14 |
| 1893 | 5 |
| 1894 | 14 |
| 1895 | 9 |
| 1898 | 2 |
| 1899 | 1 |
| 1903 | 4 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 5 |
| 1909 | 2 |
| 1910 | 2 |
| 1916 | 3 |
| 1923 | 1 |
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- The Real Estate Scramble for Lake Washington
A newly opened electric rail line promises to turn the shores of Lake Washington into the next suburban real estate gold rush.
- The Iron Road Reaches Aberdeen
Northern Pacific presents its final route plans for the line into town, threatening to disrupt waterfront commerce and mills.
- Mystery Shooting at the Washington National Bank
A bank accountant is found with a gunshot wound to the chest, but the circumstances behind the incident remain disturbingly unclear.
- Firefighters Fail as Rotten Hoses Fail to Save Homes
A residential fire on Eleventh Street in Aberdeen spirals into a local crisis when faulty equipment and a lack of unified command prevent the fire department from saving two houses.
- Olympia’s Booster Year: Brick, Bridges and a 50,000-Person Promise
As 1891 closed, the capital city counted $3 million in new buildings, a record bridge, electric lights and new rail lines — and predicted 50,000 residents within a decade.