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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 8 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 10 |
| 1860 | 7 |
| 1861 | 23 |
| 1862 | 12 |
| 1863 | 9 |
| 1864 | 11 |
| 1865 | 3 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 43 |
| 1876 | 233 |
| 1877 | 173 |
| 1878 | 117 |
| 1879 | 16 |
| 1880 | 44 |
| 1882 | 40 |
| 1883 | 267 |
| 1884 | 122 |
| 1885 | 218 |
| 1886 | 135 |
| 1887 | 162 |
| 1888 | 132 |
| 1889 | 346 |
| 1890 | 62 |
| 1891 | 260 |
| 1892 | 737 |
| 1893 | 622 |
| 1894 | 593 |
| 1895 | 583 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 7 |
| 1898 | 50 |
| 1899 | 134 |
| 1900 | 24 |
| 1902 | 13 |
| 1903 | 319 |
| 1904 | 246 |
| 1905 | 19 |
| 1907 | 12 |
| 1908 | 61 |
| 1909 | 339 |
| 1910 | 69 |
| 1911 | 32 |
| 1912 | 14 |
| 1914 | 43 |
| 1915 | 35 |
| 1916 | 69 |
| 1917 | 51 |
| 1918 | 6 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 21 |
| 1924 | 13 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1928 | 5 |
| 1929 | 4 |
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- The Perils of the Prairie: A Horse Entanglement
A young farmhand near Union Flat narrowly escapes tragedy after being dragged nearly half a mile by a spooked horse.
- A Family Tragedy in Walla Walla
An intoxicated man hunts down his grandfather, killing him and burning the family home to the ground.
- A Young Man’s Fall from Grace
A Colfax native faces justice in Spokane for a jewelry sales scheme, sparking a debate on leniency versus punishment.
- A Young Life Cut Short
The passing of a popular local bank employee highlights the sudden danger of pneumonia in the early 20th century.
- Midnight Intruder Attacks Woman on Penawawa Creek
An unknown assailant chokes a woman in her bed, but flees after she calls for help.
- The Town's Pest House Dilemma
A Garfield official and a local doctor clash over who should pay for a young man's post-quarantine clothing.
- A Father’s Deadly Jealousy
After years of keeping his daughter a virtual prisoner, a rancher hunts down a carriage carrying her to a dance and kills the wrong man.
- The Hatchet-Faced Forger of the Palouse
A dapper swindler left a trail of bad checks and discarded lard across eastern Washington, fooling local business owners with a bank punch and a smile.
- The Tragic End of Arthur Hislop
A Tekoa man, plagued by chronic pain from an old railroad injury, takes his own life in a quiet, devastating final act.
- The Circus Day Swindle
A pair of local men fall prey to traveling confidence men operating under the cover of the circus.
- A Mother's Desperate Search for Her Son
Three years after a family separation in Montana, a mother travels to Colfax hoping to find a man who was once spotted with a traveling photography business.
- The Chain Gang Escapee
A petty thief learns the hard way that jumping from the chain gang in Buck's Canyon only results in a much longer stay in the county jail.
- A Heroic Rescue from the Mill Race
A local man risks his own health to save a drowning boy near the Pacific Coast elevator.
- The Fugitive in the Mill
A murder suspect evades the law by slipping past witnesses in Sprague.
- The Price of a Violent Temper
A town roughneck learns the limits of his reach after an unprovoked assault on a farmer in downtown Colfax.
- The $5,000 Stand-off in LaCrosse
An elderly farmer faces a massive, suspended fine after drawing a rifle on a neighbor during a property fence dispute.
- The Outlaw and the Neckties
After months of eluding sheriffs across the Pacific Northwest, a horse thief and burglar is captured in Spokane, but his case leads to a messy legal feud back in Colfax.
- The Judge Who Tried to Save a Thief
A local magistrate spent an hour trying to talk a defendant out of a penitentiary sentence, only to be rebuffed by the prisoner.
- The Wheat Trap: Is Colfax Over-reliant on One Crop?
Local boosters worry that low wheat prices are driving farmers to the wall and suggest a shift toward mixed agriculture.
- The Sinking Ship at Colfax College
An open letter from the embattled president reveals the infighting and student discontent that led to the institution's crisis.
- Brutal Murder of Local Gambler Sparks Manhunt
A Chinese gambler is murdered in a Colfax alley, leading to a swift, multi-town pursuit and the capture of a suspect near the Snake River.
- The Judge on Trial
A defendant accuses a Whitman County judge of coercion, bribery, and witness tampering in a desperate bid to clear his name.
- Tragedy at Falling Springs
A domestic terror incident near Pomeroy ends in the perpetrator's suicide.
- The Hobo 'Capitalist' Who Ran Palouse on Credit
A smooth-talking Swiss convinced butchers, brewers and saloon men to hand over shops and goods — some $1,200 worth — on the promise of a fortune still sitting back in Switzerland.