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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1861 | 2 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1872 | 1 |
| 1876 | 25 |
| 1877 | 23 |
| 1878 | 8 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1883 | 12 |
| 1884 | 5 |
| 1885 | 20 |
| 1886 | 8 |
| 1887 | 6 |
| 1888 | 11 |
| 1889 | 25 |
| 1890 | 7 |
| 1891 | 31 |
| 1892 | 68 |
| 1893 | 42 |
| 1894 | 60 |
| 1895 | 69 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 17 |
| 1899 | 45 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 55 |
| 1904 | 19 |
| 1905 | 5 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 22 |
| 1909 | 52 |
| 1910 | 18 |
| 1911 | 4 |
| 1914 | 14 |
| 1915 | 5 |
| 1916 | 16 |
| 1917 | 9 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1919 | 2 |
| 1923 | 7 |
| 1924 | 1 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 1 |
5 stories matching wash
- Wash Tubs and Tin Cans: A Hover Serenade
When a group of friends arrived to serenade newlyweds in Horse Heaven, they realized they had forgotten their instruments.
- An Orphan's Plea from the Sagebrush
An eleven-year-old boy in a Seattle orphanage writes to the local newspaper in hopes of finding a new home in Kennewick’s sagebrush country.
- A Daring Jailbreak in Prosser
A robbery suspect awaiting trial in Kennewick makes a brazen roof-top escape from the Prosser jail while ostensibly doing his laundry.
- A Sudden Quiet in Finley
A peaceful passing of a local resident marks a somber moment for the Finley neighborhood.
- Death on the Division Street Bridge
A morning commute turned into a catastrophe when a steel span over the Spokane River collapsed, sending two trolley cars into the freezing water.