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| Year | Stories |
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| 1876 | 7 |
| 1877 | 1 |
| 1878 | 7 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1883 | 2 |
| 1884 | 3 |
| 1885 | 1 |
| 1887 | 1 |
| 1889 | 2 |
| 1890 | 1 |
| 1892 | 2 |
| 1893 | 6 |
| 1895 | 2 |
| 1904 | 1 |
| 1923 | 1 |
2 stories
- The Scissors-Duel of La Conner
A Seattle capitalist and a labor agitator clash in a bizarre, violent confrontation that left the local agitator wounded and the city buzzing with gossip.
- The Town Where Horses Wore Wooden Shoes
La Conner grew slowly on a rocky knoll in the Skagit delta, diked its tidal flats, and shipped out hay by the ton—while its horses clumped through spring mud in wooden moccasins.