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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 2 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 2 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 5 |
| 1876 | 28 |
| 1877 | 18 |
| 1878 | 11 |
| 1880 | 4 |
| 1882 | 6 |
| 1883 | 24 |
| 1884 | 18 |
| 1885 | 11 |
| 1886 | 15 |
| 1887 | 15 |
| 1888 | 12 |
| 1889 | 24 |
| 1890 | 6 |
| 1891 | 34 |
| 1892 | 68 |
| 1893 | 61 |
| 1894 | 81 |
| 1895 | 108 |
| 1897 | 5 |
| 1898 | 3 |
| 1899 | 3 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1903 | 29 |
| 1904 | 6 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 5 |
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| 1924 | 3 |
| 1928 | 1 |
5 stories matching fifteen
- A Musical Interruption in Hover
An account of a brief performance by two Black entertainers at a local schoolhouse, filtered through the era's jarring racial language.
- The Inland Empire Land Rush
A massive regional promotion campaign is drawing interest from the Midwest, though Kennewick risks being left off the map.
- Eleven Oil Claims Filed Near Rattlesnake Gas Well
Prospectors scramble to file claims as geological interest in potential oil deposits spikes.
- State College Experiments Prove Soil Fertility Benefits
Washington State College's long-term farm study demonstrates that crop rotation and manure outperform mono-cropping and summer fallowing.
- The River That Wasn't: Kennewick’s Lonely Fight to Open the Snake
While Portland looked the other way, Kennewick businessmen pooled their own money to dredge rapids and build docks, betting the town's future on a water route that never came.