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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 2 |
| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1861 | 6 |
| 1862 | 5 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1864 | 4 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 26 |
| 1876 | 132 |
| 1877 | 96 |
| 1878 | 69 |
| 1879 | 6 |
| 1880 | 33 |
| 1882 | 21 |
| 1883 | 95 |
| 1884 | 39 |
| 1885 | 106 |
| 1886 | 61 |
| 1887 | 74 |
| 1888 | 60 |
| 1889 | 169 |
| 1890 | 36 |
| 1891 | 156 |
| 1892 | 346 |
| 1893 | 300 |
| 1894 | 315 |
| 1895 | 81 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 10 |
| 1899 | 67 |
| 1900 | 23 |
| 1902 | 6 |
| 1903 | 137 |
| 1904 | 117 |
| 1905 | 12 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 10 |
| 1909 | 147 |
| 1910 | 11 |
| 1911 | 12 |
| 1912 | 3 |
| 1914 | 18 |
| 1915 | 30 |
| 1916 | 55 |
| 1917 | 42 |
| 1918 | 4 |
| 1922 | 4 |
| 1923 | 15 |
| 1924 | 16 |
| 1925 | 10 |
10 stories matching old
- A Frontier Rivalry Renewed
84-year-old pioneer N.V. Sheffer sets off on a donkey-drawn cart to reunite with his childhood rival, Ezra Meeker, at the Ferndale settlers' picnic.
- The Passing of a Pioneer Cobbler
Rev. Alexander LeClaire, a 96-year-old shoemaker and Civil War-era convert to Protestantism, passes away in Lynden.
- The Pioneer Who Never Gave Another Speech After Mt. Baker Erupted
N. V. Sheffer, Whatcom County’s oldest living pioneer, brought his donkey cart to Ferndale’s old-settlers’ reunion—and told why he stopped speaking in public in 1854.
- The Legacy of the Stickney Home
A look at the origins and daily life of the mission school for Nooksack children, established on a Nooksack River island.
- The Great Nooksack Potlatch
Hundreds gather near Lynden for a traditional gift-giving feast and solemn reburial of ancestors.
- The Notorious Smuggler’s Final Nap
A legendary Pacific Coast opium runner was caught fast asleep near Custer after a run-in with immigration inspectors hunting for laborers.
- Tragedy Follows Accidental Lye Poisoning
After nine months of suffering, a toddler passes away following a household accident.
- The Secret Parentage of a Bellingham Heir
A custody battle in Bellingham uncovers a hidden family history involving two wealthy men and a child caught in the middle.
- The Rise of Artificial Stone
A local entrepreneur transforms Lynden's construction landscape with a new concrete block plant that promises to revolutionize architecture.
- The Last Bugle Call for a Pioneer Soldier
Lynden mourns the loss of Captain James O'Neil, a Civil War veteran and longtime local resident.