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| 1858 | 6 |
| 1859 | 5 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1862 | 7 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 12 |
| 1876 | 53 |
| 1877 | 33 |
| 1878 | 27 |
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| 1880 | 6 |
| 1882 | 11 |
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| 1886 | 17 |
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| 1889 | 64 |
| 1890 | 16 |
| 1891 | 72 |
| 1892 | 141 |
| 1893 | 136 |
| 1894 | 137 |
| 1895 | 175 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 7 |
| 1898 | 24 |
| 1899 | 33 |
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7 stories matching bring
- The Selah Rattlesnake Hunters Who Shipped Their Catch to China
A Yakima Valley farm employed Chinese laborers to catch rattlesnakes alive, jar them in whisky, and export them for a profit—an odd, dangerous trade recorded through the racist language of the era.
- When the Brewery Trust Told a State Inspector to Bring It On
A dairy commissioner orders dairymen to stop feeding cows wet brewers' grain. The Seattle Brewing and Malting Co. writes back that the National Brewers' Association will fund the fight — and dares him to take it to court.
- The Diseased-Poultry Swindle
A Yakima agricultural editor traces how sick birds moved from farmyards to city markets—and demands that the governor and legislature clean up the trade.
- The Orchardist's Revolt: Wawawai Grower Accuses Yakima Commission Firm of Withholding $1,100
J.W. Offield says Thompson Kain refused to pay for his peach and pear crop; the firm counters that he misrepresented varieties and freight rates.
- A Dry-Hills Gamble: Sixty Settlers and a Well
When boosters claimed Yakima’s brown hills could farm, thirteen families put up $25 each to drill for water and prove it.
- Don't Bond the Valley to a Dry Ditch
A Wenatchee editor warns that a $100,000 Wright-law irrigation bond would repeat the Kennewick failure—leaving settlers with debt, abandoned orchards, and no water.
- The Cattle Boom That Was Selling Off Its Own Future
A Northern Pacific land examiner warns that Nebraska buyers are sweeping up Washington breeding stock, prices are surging in Yakima County, and an Adams County artesian well could open a new grazing frontier.