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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 13 |
| 1858 | 13 |
| 1859 | 17 |
| 1860 | 7 |
| 1861 | 21 |
| 1862 | 19 |
| 1863 | 10 |
| 1864 | 6 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 27 |
| 1876 | 236 |
| 1877 | 148 |
| 1878 | 144 |
| 1879 | 10 |
| 1880 | 32 |
| 1882 | 32 |
| 1883 | 212 |
| 1884 | 124 |
| 1885 | 191 |
| 1886 | 108 |
| 1887 | 107 |
| 1888 | 115 |
| 1889 | 286 |
| 1890 | 50 |
| 1891 | 222 |
| 1892 | 475 |
| 1893 | 406 |
| 1894 | 449 |
| 1895 | 548 |
| 1896 | 2 |
| 1897 | 11 |
| 1898 | 36 |
| 1899 | 100 |
| 1900 | 9 |
| 1902 | 7 |
| 1903 | 230 |
| 1904 | 189 |
| 1905 | 12 |
| 1907 | 13 |
| 1908 | 97 |
| 1909 | 265 |
| 1910 | 79 |
| 1911 | 21 |
| 1912 | 10 |
| 1914 | 36 |
| 1915 | 36 |
| 1916 | 91 |
| 1917 | 31 |
| 1918 | 7 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1922 | 3 |
| 1923 | 21 |
| 1924 | 19 |
| 1925 | 6 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 5 |
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- The City That Almost Was: The 1891 Annexation Election
A historic ballot reveals how Seattle once planned its expansion by absorbing the suburban districts of Salmon Bay, Fremont, and Latona.
- The Breathing Well of Yakima
An artesian well on the P. R. Wood property displays strange, inexplicable atmospheric fluctuations.
- Modernizing the Woods
The shift from oxen to steam power and wire cables is changing the face of the logging industry along the Wishkah River.
- The Plot to Lock Up a Witness: How Greed Tried to Silence a Pioneer
William De Shaw, a respected Seattle merchant and witness to a will worth millions in British Columbia, was nearly committed to an insane asylum by land speculators who wanted his testimony silenced.
- The Man Who Sold Olympia's Eastside Like Hot Cakes
W. E. Sebree platted a tract on the Eastside, cleared nearly $40,000, toured Alaska and Europe — and came home to a town he hardly recognized.
- A Road Along the Water — and a Pitch to Merge Olympia and Tumwater
A Tumwater booster argues a beach road is the only sensible link between the two towns, and floats consolidating them into one city to build it.
- The Corruption of the College Location
North Yakima residents fume over the 'corrupt' decision to place the state agricultural college in Pullman rather than the Yakima Valley.
- Free Mail Delivery Is Coming to Olympia—If the City Numbers Its Houses
Postmaster V. A. Milroy says carriers, boxes and three new routes will be ready by New Year’s Day, but two-thirds of the city’s houses still lack numbers and property owners must pay to add them.
- Testing the Depth: A Steamer’s Experimental Voyage
Captain J. R. Blanchard brings his steamer, the Alice, into Aberdeen to prove the harbor's potential for deep-water trade.
- The Stowaway with Seventeen Guns
A Victoria burglar thought he’d outsmarted police by hiding between decks on the steamer *Premier*, but a sharp-eyed customs officer at the Seattle dock caught him red-handed—and found his loot.
- The Churchgoer With a Murder Warrant Waiting
For three years, Sprague knew R. J. Howard as a trusted young man and Methodist probationer. Then a Lincoln County sheriff walked into Lewis' store and called him by another name.
- A Saloon Debt, a Partnership, and a Judge’s Ruling on Fraud
A Tacoma liquor wholesaler tried to attach Olympia and Tenino saloons over $700; the court said the property shuffle wasn’t enough to prove fraudulent intent.
- Utsalady Bay's Dream of a Great City
An 1890 advertisement pitches the deep-water harbor of Utsalady as the inevitable next metropolis of the Pacific Northwest.
- The Irrigation Boom and the Yakima Valley Transformation
An editorial on how capital investment in canal systems is fueling rapid development and population growth in Yakima.
- The Motor Line Returns
Aberdeen and Hoquiam leaders revive the intercity motor line project with a new $40,000 investment plan.
- The Real Estate Rush to Lake Union
A 1891 developer's pitch for the 'fine' residential property of Lake Union, promising transit access and views of the burgeoning city.
- The Great Seattle School Expansion of 1890
Facing a tidal wave of new students, Seattle’s rapid development forced the school board to rent dozens of extra classrooms and issue massive bonds just to keep pace.
- Turning Sawdust into Stone
An innovative German industrial method promises to transform Aberdeen's abundant sawmill waste into fireproof, durable building bricks.
- Towns Built on Speculation and Empty Hotels
A contemporary traveler reflects on the 'ghost city' boomtowns of Washington, where grand hotels and water works were built long before any inhabitants arrived.
- The Great Debate: Where Should the University of Washington Live?
As Seattle contemplated the future of the state's flagship university, President Charles Eliot of Harvard weighed in on the risks of isolated campuses versus the 'liberal atmosphere' of city centers.
- The Boomtown That Never Was: The Dreams of Utsalady
In 1891, real estate speculators pitched the small harbor town of Utsalady as a future metropolis destined to surpass Seattle.
- A Deadly Winter Afternoon on Seattle's Unfenced Sidewalks
While the city celebrated a rare snowfall with coasting, a teenager's death and multiple injuries on elevated, railing-less sidewalks turned the joy into a tragedy.
- The Ghost City of Utsalady
In 1891, a developer touted Utsalady as a burgeoning industrial giant on the Sound, envisioning it as a 'second Seattle' fueled by timber, coal, and mineral wealth. History took a different path.
- The Iron City That Never Was: Kirkland’s $3 Million Bet on Steel
In 1891, promoters promised to turn the shores of Lake Washington into the 'Pittsburgh of the Pacific,' selling lots for a fortune and laying tracks for a empire that would vanish within a decade.
- The Waterfront Thief's Abandoned Skiff
A night watchman at Johnson's Mill seeks the owner of a small boat left behind by two arrested wharf-thieves.