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| 1854 | 9 |
| 1858 | 10 |
| 1859 | 8 |
| 1860 | 4 |
| 1861 | 20 |
| 1862 | 20 |
| 1863 | 5 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1865 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 15 |
| 1876 | 99 |
| 1877 | 80 |
| 1878 | 42 |
| 1879 | 4 |
| 1880 | 21 |
| 1882 | 12 |
| 1883 | 116 |
| 1884 | 55 |
| 1885 | 83 |
| 1886 | 57 |
| 1887 | 25 |
| 1888 | 49 |
| 1889 | 126 |
| 1890 | 19 |
| 1891 | 111 |
| 1892 | 192 |
| 1893 | 148 |
| 1894 | 181 |
| 1895 | 264 |
| 1897 | 15 |
| 1898 | 38 |
| 1899 | 40 |
| 1900 | 11 |
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| 1903 | 107 |
| 1904 | 59 |
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| 1912 | 5 |
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| 1918 | 6 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 13 |
| 1924 | 7 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1928 | 7 |
| 1929 | 8 |
13 stories matching countri
- American Legion Post Calls for Exclusion
The Dallas McGlothlen Post 124 organizes to oppose Japanese colonization in the Priest Rapids Valley.
- The Ghost of Steptoe’s Defeat
A look back at the 1858 battle that defined a landmark and a conflict in the Palouse country.
- The Last of the Trail Blazers
Ezra Meeker, the pioneer who spanned the era from ox-carts to airplanes, faces a final struggle as he fights for his health.
- A Railroad the Valley Needed—and Another Year of Waiting
Federal regulators ordered a fresh hearing on the Wenatchee Southern, infuriating Central Washington growers who said poor transport was costing them millions.
- The Organizer Who Warned That Immigration Was Being Used to Break Labor
A traveling Journeymen Barbers' organizer tells the Aberdeen Central Labor Council that big employers want a surplus of foreign workers — not to fill jobs, but to dictate wages.
- The Ghost Railway of the Okanogan
Investors are clamoring for dividends from a railway that exists only on paper and in the pockets of its promoters.
- The Town Reacts to President Harding's Passing
White Bluffs mourns the sudden death of the President, with locals reflecting on his recent visit.
- The Dream of a Smokeless City
Boosterism meets industrial ambition as White Bluffs looks toward the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam.
- A Coulee City Colt Heads to the Derby
For the first time, a thoroughbred foaled in Washington State is set to compete in the Kentucky Derby.
- Railroad Expansion at Priest Rapids
A look back at 1908 reveals a surge of land speculation and railroad grading near the Columbia River, casting doubt on whether the work was truly meant to connect the valley or merely to obstruct.
- The Toughest Job in the State
Senator Wesley L. Jones defends Prohibition Director Roy C. Lyle against critics, promising severe penalties for any official caught winking at law-breakers.
- Honoring the Forgotten Pathfinder of the Columbia
After decades in an unmarked pauper's grave, the explorer who first traced the Columbia River to the sea finally receives his due.
- The Rich Dodge the Tax Collector While the Rest of Us Pay
A labor paper seethes over a Supreme Court ruling that let corporations issue stock dividends tax-free — and demands the working class stop carrying the burden of government.