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| Year | Stories |
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| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1872 | 3 |
| 1876 | 26 |
| 1877 | 16 |
| 1878 | 10 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 6 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 41 |
| 1884 | 26 |
| 1885 | 7 |
| 1886 | 4 |
| 1887 | 11 |
| 1888 | 7 |
| 1889 | 44 |
| 1890 | 17 |
| 1891 | 36 |
| 1892 | 99 |
| 1893 | 71 |
| 1894 | 66 |
| 1895 | 66 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 3 |
| 1899 | 13 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 40 |
| 1904 | 20 |
| 1905 | 10 |
| 1908 | 13 |
| 1909 | 72 |
| 1910 | 9 |
| 1911 | 3 |
| 1912 | 3 |
| 1914 | 15 |
| 1915 | 25 |
| 1916 | 23 |
| 1917 | 16 |
| 1918 | 1 |
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| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 17 |
| 1924 | 11 |
| 1925 | 15 |
13 stories matching project
- A Sawmill, a Ditch and a Vision of Orchard Land at Marshall Lake
Col. X. E. Linsley brings machinery to Newport and starts the first irrigation project of its kind in the district.
- A Valley Votes to Hold Back the Water
Property owners in the proposed Calispel Diking District No. 1 unanimously back a 5,250-acre flood-control district and elect three commissioners.
- Passing the Hat for a Ferry—and a 100-Worker Mill
Newport citizens organize to build a free river ferry, hoping to keep the Fidelity Company's new mill and its payroll on this side of the Pend Oreille.
- A Stern-Wheeler for the Pend d'Oreille: Newport Bets on the Metaline Trade
Seven thousand dollars subscribed, a hundred-foot boat drawing two feet of water, and a captain promising to be running ore to Newport by June 1.
- Newport's Ferry Fund, One Dinner at a Time
A public subscription drive for a free river crossing gets a boost from a new restaurateur who pledges a night's receipts.
- A Valley Drowns Every Spring—and One Farmer Wants a Better Dike
A correspondent warns that the Pend Oreille freshet has wrecked $50,000 worth of Calispel Valley crops—and argues the proposed diking districts are too piecemeal to save the basin.
- Two Ranches, One Buyer, and a Railroad Rumor Near Ione
A single buyer pays nearly $20,000 for adjoining Ione ranches—then says she plans a dairy farm. Locals suspect the railroad is the real buyer.
- A Spokane Syndicate Files on Four Stevens County Lakes
Ex-Mayor Floyd Daggett claimed 5,000 cubic feet of water from Fan, Trout, Horseshoe and Diamond lakes—prompting Newport-area residents to ask why local water should flow to Spokane.
- Two Local Engineers Buy Newport's Darkened Light Plant
After a broken crank shaft left the town in darkness, the Flynn brothers purchased the Northern Electric Co. and promised 24-hour service.
- The Railroad That Was Promised Finally Gets Its Money
$2.5 million in bonds are sold for the Idaho & Washington Northern extension to Metaline, and right-of-way agents find landowners ready to welcome a line expected to reach Ione by late 1909.
- While Newport Stalled, Colville Planned a Stage Line to Capture the Metaline Trade
A proposed telephone franchise had been sitting before Newport’s council for five months. In Colville, businessmen were already organizing a tri-weekly stage route to the Metaline mines and post offices.
- Twenty Thousand Acres vs. the River: Calispel Valley Takes Its Case to Congress
Farmers around Usk and Cusick organize a diking district and send a committee to Spokane to beg a rivers-and-harbors congressman for a dredge, a dike, and a federal appropriation.
- Five Million Apples and a Telegraph From Roosevelt
In December 1908, Spokane promised 80,000 square feet of fruit, international prizes and a presidential telegraph—all to crown itself the apple capital of the world.