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| Year | Stories |
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| 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 |
50 stories matching claim
- Gold Rush Near Chewelah: 50 Claims Staked After Rich Strike
A gold-bearing ledge assaying over $1,100 per ton sparks a rush of claim locators east of Chewelah, Washington.
- The Scandal That Shook the Interior
A federal investigation into Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger reveals allegations of land fraud and corruption involving Washington state coal claims.
- A Preacher's Raid, a Dismissed Case, and a $1,500 Revenge Suit
When two Colville ministers swore out a complaint against a saloonkeeper under local option, the court found no evidence — and now the saloonman is suing the preachers for wrecking his reputation.
- The Dead No One Could Name at Wellington
A coroner fears a score of Great Northern avalanche victims will go to a potter's field; 78 bodies have been recovered and the claim agent counts 95 dead.
- A Spokane Gun Club Tried to Shoot Down Three Homesteaders on Calispel Lake — and Lost
The Calispel Valley Gun Club fought Carlton Finley and the Desart family all the way to the General Land Office over lakefront claims. The homesteaders won every point.
- The Women Taking Over the Anti-Japanese Boycott in Mukilteo
After years of failed agitation by men to remove Japanese workers from the local lumber mill, the Seaview Improvement Club has launched a new campaign of petitions and pressure.
- Everett Labor Leaders Call Out 'Unfair' Businesses
The Everett Trades Council grills a city councilman over labor-friendly ordinances and publicly condemns a local hotel for hiring non-union immigrant labor.
- The Great 1910 Census Padding Scandal
Across Washington state, towns are inflating their populations with ghosts, hobos, and unborn children to secure their status.
- The Deadly Avalanche at Cascade Tunnel
A massive snowslide buries a Great Northern cook house, claiming the life of a camp cook.
- The Neighborhood Dispute over an Undertaking Parlor
Property owners in Everett protest the conversion of a building into a funeral home, sparking a debate over land use and residential dignity.
- Tragic Accident Claims Life of Young Girl
A minor injury from a fall against a stove leads to a fatal case of blood poisoning for a child near Scotia.
- Disgraced Banker Prepares to Face the Music
After the collapse of the Home Securities Bank in Bellingham, the fugitive president returns to answer for the $300,000 loss.
- Labor Unions Launch Political Offensive
Organized labor in Washington State pivots from the picket line to the ballot box, targeting the state legislature.
- Fake Heirs Besiege a Seattle Undertaker for an Avalanche Victim's Body
Jacob Brackmann died in the Wellington slide, leaving $40,000 to $50,000 and an identification problem. Strangers claiming to be family called day and night.
- A Tacoma Pastor Played Detective and Freed a Girl Locked in a Room for Ten Days
Rev. F. H. Groom of the Central Christian Church did the detective work that released a 16-year-old girl from what the paper called 'involuntary white slavery'; her alleged captor, 18-year-old Tony Millioa, sits in the city jail.
- Domestic Tragedy Ends in Murder
A confession reveals a deadly conspiracy and a motive rooted in marital strife.
- The Theater War on Hewitt Avenue
The local Trades Council rallies behind stage hands, accusing the Everett Theatre manager of using a contract dispute to mask business failures.
- Everett Labor Joins the Fight Against Tuberculosis
Organized labor in Everett rallies to support the state board of health’s campaign to combat the 'white plague' that claimed 85 lives in the city in 1909.
- Railroad accused of stranding holiday travelers
Holiday revelers in Lynden claim the Bellingham Bay & British Columbia Railroad deliberately cut off train service to force crowds to stay in Bellingham for the Fourth of July.
- Everett Labor Movement Battles 'Ladies' Home Journal' on Suffrage
Local activists denounce the magazine for printing anti-suffrage propaganda and targeting working-class women.
- Sullivan Lake to be Flooded for Power
The Inland Portland Cement Company plans to raise the lake level by 40 feet, submerging government timber and a squatter's homestead.
- The Banker Who Vanished: A $300,000 Collapse Comes Home to Bellingham
After fleeing two days before his bank failed, H. J. Weltry promises to return, plead guilty, and help untangle the wreckage of the Home Securities Bank.
- A Killing Confessed: The Rancher, the Wrecked Home, and the Man Who Waited by the Barn
Arthur C. Ash admits he waylaid James Boone near Sprague — and says he meant to kill a second man too.
- Mukilteo Residents Petition to Remove Japanese Mill Workers
The 'All-American League' of Mukilteo launches a campaign to pressure the Crown Lumber Company to replace 175 Japanese employees with white citizens.
- The Eccentric Engineer Who Vanished on His Honeymoon Comes Back
H. L. Russell, the self-styled "Lord" who laid the Idaho & Washington Northern's line into Newport, deserted his bride in Chicago a year and a half ago — now he has reappeared, bound for Metaline.