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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 6 |
| 1859 | 9 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 8 |
| 1862 | 5 |
| 1863 | 19 |
| 1864 | 5 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 26 |
| 1876 | 176 |
| 1877 | 104 |
| 1878 | 55 |
| 1879 | 7 |
| 1880 | 24 |
| 1882 | 25 |
| 1883 | 143 |
| 1884 | 65 |
| 1885 | 93 |
| 1886 | 70 |
| 1887 | 68 |
| 1888 | 82 |
| 1889 | 201 |
| 1890 | 42 |
| 1891 | 146 |
| 1892 | 337 |
| 1893 | 257 |
| 1894 | 293 |
| 1895 | 454 |
| 1897 | 23 |
| 1898 | 44 |
| 1899 | 94 |
| 1900 | 5 |
| 1902 | 12 |
| 1903 | 154 |
| 1904 | 143 |
| 1905 | 4 |
| 1907 | 12 |
| 1908 | 60 |
| 1909 | 194 |
| 1910 | 44 |
| 1911 | 8 |
| 1912 | 6 |
| 1914 | 36 |
| 1915 | 28 |
| 1916 | 62 |
| 1917 | 50 |
| 1918 | 5 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 15 |
| 1924 | 13 |
| 1925 | 6 |
| 1928 | 5 |
| 1929 | 13 |
3,765 stories matching come
- The Yakima Hop Fields Seek White Labor
A recruitment circular reveals a clear effort to displace Indigenous pickers in favor of white families for the 1893 harvest.
- After the Great Seattle Fire, a Plea for Order
As the city scraped away the ash in June 1889, residents were already debating how to rebuild a safer, more modern urban center.
- The Iron Road Approaches
Booster predictions anticipate the arrival of the Great Northern railway in Yakima within the year.
- Swords at the Wharf: A Case of Mistaken Identity
A peaceful arrival of Knights of Pythias members at the Seattle dock causes an amusing rumor of Fenian invaders.
- The Ultimatum: Lager or Love
A Snohomish woman forces a choice between the bottle and the altar.
- The Struggle at the Waterfront
A drunken man falls into the water near a rail yard, but his rescue proves more of a fight than a favor.
- The Election Week Hangover
A Seattle saloon keeper closes shop to avoid brawls as partisan fever turns his establishment into a battleground.
- Fire Narrowly Averted at Taylor Orchard
A quick-thinking bucket brigade saves a residence after an attic electrical fire ignites.
- Family Feud on Commercial Street
A domestic dispute escalates to public threats when a husband allegedly stalks his estranged wife's brother.
- A Politician Predicts the Railroad Commission
Prominent attorney and local political leader Lester S. Wilson advocates for state oversight of the railway monopolies.
- The Estray Swindle: A Rural Confidence Game
A clever ruse targets farmers by using public notice requirements to set up a rigged animal sale.
- The Price of a 'Boom'
In 1889, the Post-Intelligencer rebuked city leaders for prioritizing the 'boom' over public sanitation, warning that a failure to build a proper sewer system would inevitably bring pestilence to a rapidly growing Seattle.
- The Great Boat Chase of Seattle Harbor
A drunken sailor's attempt to visit his sick wife ends in a high-seas brawl, a capsized skiff, and a daring escape.
- The 'Other' America: How Seattle's Elite Feared the 'Unassimilable' Masses
A January 1889 federal report on immigration warns that new arrivals are too different to become citizens, fueling calls for exclusion just as Seattle prepares for its own explosive growth.
- The Unbuilt Railroad That Was Meant to Change Seattle Forever
In 1882, Seattle business leaders were desperate for a direct rail connection to Walla Walla, believing their city’s future prosperity hinged on punching a line through the Snoqualmie Pass.
- Canal Jobs for Seattle Men Only, Outsiders Warned
As Eastern labor agents advertise for the coming canal work, the labor commissioner and the waterway company tell would-be migrants to stay home.
- The Struggle to Keep the Grape Carnival Alive
Kennewick business leaders scramble to raise a $2,000 guarantee fund to ensure the city's annual Grape Carnival continues.
- Vancouver’s Saloon Fight Comes to a Boil
As city registration closes, the liquor interest and the churches square off over control of the council.
- The Fight for Cheap Labor in the Pacific Northwest
In 1887, prominent Seattle and Tacoma business leaders sat down to argue over the 'necessity' of the Chinese exclusion movement and the future of regional trade.
- A Timber From the Lost Collier: Wreckage of the Montserrat Comes Ashore at Cape Flattery
Six feet of painted stanchion, dragged from the sea off Tatoosh Island, convinces veteran mariners that the missing coal ship Montserrat has finally given up a piece of herself.
- A Wet Rope, a Live Wire, and a Boy on a Bricklaying Crew
Reed Crews was coming down from a tin roof when a wet rope touched a power line. The accident left him dying and exposed the everyday lethality of 1909 work.
- The Political Fate of the Police Chief
Behind-the-scenes maneuvering at the police board suggests that Chief Jackson’s tenure is coming to an abrupt end, much to the concern of local gambling interests.
- The Ghost of the Chicken Ranch
After E.G. Radloff faked his own death by burning another man's body in his home, the insurance company he tried to defraud is finally coming for his property.
- The Great Northern Is Coming as Fast as Men and Money Can Push It
A contractor's progress report puts track at the Columbia by October—if enough workers can be found.
- The Exposition Prize Nobody Knew Was a Baby
A one-month-old boy in the care of the Washington Children's Home Society was offered as a prize at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, and no one had claimed him.