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| Year | Stories |
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| 1876 | 2 |
| 1877 | 2 |
| 1878 | 2 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 7 |
| 1884 | 3 |
| 1885 | 15 |
| 1886 | 5 |
| 1887 | 4 |
| 1888 | 2 |
| 1889 | 106 |
| 1890 | 120 |
| 1891 | 133 |
| 1892 | 151 |
| 1893 | 8 |
| 1894 | 12 |
| 1895 | 6 |
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| 1898 | 28 |
| 1899 | 7 |
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| 1903 | 23 |
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| 1905 | 4 |
| 1909 | 6 |
| 1910 | 4 |
| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 4 |
| 1916 | 9 |
| 1917 | 5 |
| 1922 | 1 |
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| 1924 | 2 |
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- The Commissioner, the Irrigation Company, and the Water Everyone Else Wanted
A Yakima editor accuses Washington's state land commissioner of handing a private irrigation company the inside track on the reservoir sites at the head of the river — then lying about it.
- An Old Warrior Arrested in North Yakima
A remnant of the 1877 Nez Perce conflict is taken into custody following a dispute over his wife.
- From Nuisance to Gold: The Klondike Rescue of Washington's Horses
A Yakima Valley horse company capitalizes on a remarkable market turnaround—from horses sold to canneries for $2 a head to prized stock for the Klondike and beyond.