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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 10 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 11 |
| 1860 | 5 |
| 1861 | 18 |
| 1862 | 6 |
| 1863 | 6 |
| 1865 | 3 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 24 |
| 1876 | 89 |
| 1877 | 78 |
| 1878 | 36 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 28 |
| 1882 | 13 |
| 1883 | 98 |
| 1884 | 87 |
| 1885 | 112 |
| 1886 | 70 |
| 1887 | 71 |
| 1888 | 70 |
| 1889 | 179 |
| 1890 | 32 |
| 1891 | 151 |
| 1892 | 507 |
| 1893 | 542 |
| 1894 | 410 |
| 1895 | 359 |
| 1897 | 5 |
| 1898 | 30 |
| 1899 | 62 |
| 1900 | 17 |
| 1902 | 9 |
| 1903 | 190 |
| 1904 | 184 |
| 1905 | 6 |
| 1907 | 8 |
| 1908 | 51 |
| 1909 | 190 |
| 1910 | 50 |
| 1911 | 14 |
| 1912 | 9 |
| 1914 | 17 |
| 1915 | 22 |
| 1916 | 49 |
| 1917 | 18 |
| 1918 | 6 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 14 |
| 1924 | 15 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1928 | 2 |
| 1929 | 1 |
5 stories matching claim
- The Northern Pacific's Plan for the Yakima Valley
A railroad land agent outlines a strategy to monopolize grazing rights, promote 20-acre farm plots, and lure a sugar beet factory to the region.
- The Mealy Bug Standoff at the Seattle Docks
A county inspector orders 800 boxes of Japanese oranges stripped and fumigated. A horticultural commissioner softens the ruling—and the Japanese consul watches closely.
- 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.
- Six Restaurants, One Sacrificial Lamb: Seattle's War on Fake Butter
Six Seattle restaurants caught passing oleomargarine off as butter cut a deal with the dairy commissioner — but not before white proprietors tried to make the Japanese owner of the California take the fall.
- Yakima's Orchards Weren't Dead After All
After a November cold snap that hit 20 below zero, Yakima Valley growers feared their fruit trees were ruined. By spring, the blossoms told a different story.