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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 3 |
| 1859 | 3 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 7 |
| 1862 | 3 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1864 | 4 |
| 1865 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 5 |
| 1876 | 34 |
| 1877 | 24 |
| 1878 | 20 |
| 1880 | 20 |
| 1882 | 6 |
| 1883 | 68 |
| 1884 | 35 |
| 1885 | 21 |
| 1886 | 17 |
| 1887 | 13 |
| 1888 | 19 |
| 1889 | 66 |
| 1890 | 16 |
| 1891 | 42 |
| 1892 | 105 |
| 1893 | 69 |
| 1894 | 72 |
| 1895 | 94 |
| 1897 | 2 |
| 1898 | 9 |
| 1899 | 13 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 39 |
| 1904 | 17 |
| 1905 | 4 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 13 |
| 1909 | 33 |
| 1910 | 10 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 7 |
| 1915 | 7 |
| 1916 | 4 |
| 1917 | 7 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1923 | 5 |
| 1924 | 4 |
| 1925 | 1 |
7 stories matching mountain
- Murder Conviction in Pasco
Jacob Sentel found guilty of first-degree murder for the killing of Ada Wilson Mountain.
- The Price of Living in the Desert
A scathing editorial calls out the discriminatory rail rates that forced Columbia Basin farmers to subsidize Puget Sound middlemen.
- The Mysterious Disappearance of a Pasco Hotelier
A hotel proprietor who left a suicide note for his wife is discovered alive in Nevada weeks later.
- Kennewick Capital Flows into Okanogan Mines
Local investors bet on gold and silver in the north, as a new wagon road pushes into the mountains to tap untapped veins.
- The State Cracks Down on Grazing Trespassers
After years of free use, sheep ranchers are forced to pay for grazing rights on state lands.
- The Fight to Bypass the Railroads
Civic leaders across three states unite to promote Columbia River shipping as a 'shackle-breaker' for isolated interior towns.
- The Railroad Tax Fight in Benton County
A Superior Court judge rejects the Northern Pacific Railway’s attempt to slash its tax bill on 160,000 acres of land, upholding the assessor's valuations.