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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 5 |
| 1858 | 5 |
| 1859 | 5 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 7 |
| 1862 | 3 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1872 | 14 |
| 1876 | 63 |
| 1877 | 55 |
| 1878 | 38 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 6 |
| 1882 | 19 |
| 1883 | 80 |
| 1884 | 43 |
| 1885 | 55 |
| 1886 | 26 |
| 1887 | 38 |
| 1888 | 38 |
| 1889 | 101 |
| 1890 | 16 |
| 1891 | 74 |
| 1892 | 215 |
| 1893 | 185 |
| 1894 | 199 |
| 1895 | 232 |
| 1897 | 11 |
| 1898 | 17 |
| 1899 | 37 |
| 1900 | 5 |
| 1902 | 4 |
| 1903 | 110 |
| 1904 | 66 |
| 1905 | 5 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 39 |
| 1909 | 109 |
| 1910 | 33 |
| 1911 | 8 |
| 1912 | 3 |
| 1914 | 12 |
| 1915 | 18 |
| 1916 | 26 |
| 1917 | 16 |
| 1918 | 3 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 13 |
| 1924 | 8 |
| 1925 | 7 |
2,084 stories matching ground
- The Struggle for a County Jail on Jefferson Street
Facing a desperate need for secure housing for those in custody, the city council secures a rental site on Jefferson Street while plans for a permanent facility remain in flux.
- The Theater That Never Rose
A legal war erupts over a prime downtown corner as competing developers and a frustrated landowner fight over a failed opera house dream.
- The Battle for the Ball Park
A legal tug-of-war over site rentals for the Walla Walla Military Band's summer carnival pits the property owner against the baseball management.
- The Husband Who Had Enough: A Domestic Dispute of 1877
A rare 19th-century report of a King County man seeking divorce on the grounds of domestic abuse, citing his wife's 'cruel and inhuman treatment.'
- Tacoma Tigers Dominate Local Rivalry on the Diamond
The local baseball club easily dismantled a visiting squad in a lopsided contest at the Eleventh street grounds.
- Tragedy at Rigney Hill: Teenager Re-Arrested for Fatal Shooting
After previously being exonerated on grounds of self-defense, a 19-year-old Tacoma youth faces a new grand jury indictment for a deadly farm dispute.
- New Warehouse Marks Shift in Industrial District
The Kennewick District Fruit Growers Association begins construction on a massive facility near the Northern Pacific depot to modernize fruit handling.
- Main Street Shootout in Walla Walla
A Saturday afternoon dispute between two men leaves one with a shattered arm and the city looking for a new dueling ground.
- The Sleeping Judges of South Bend
A contest arises in Pacific County after election officials allegedly fell asleep during the vote count.
- The Peril of the Eleventh Street Grandstand
A foreman's decision to add weight to an already overloaded scaffold leads to a dangerous collapse at the Tacoma baseball grounds.
- Suspicious Blaze Consumes South Bend Building
A vacant commercial building in South Bend, Washington, burns to the ground under circumstances police suspect were intentional.
- The Rain-Soaked Fields of the Palouse
Heavy, unrelenting rains delay the spring wheat planting in Eastern Washington, causing concern for farmers.
- The Dangerous Thrill of Everett's Early Auto-Cycle Races
Before high-speed motorcycles were common, the Everett Auto Cycle Club turned a local track into a proving ground for 'dare-devil' riders and humorous slow-races.
- The Community Build-out of 1923
Citizens rally to level the high school grounds, saving taxpayers an estimated $600 in local labor.
- The Newspaper Tried to Boycott the Fair; the Fair Boycotted Back
When the Ledger moved to oust union man Jim Dow from the Interstate Fair, Tacoma's businessmen chose the fair over the paper.
- The Great Sluicing Failure
A municipal engineering project designed to clear the Union Pacific tunnel construction site ends in a clogged pipe and embarrassing failure.
- The Presbyterian Picnic at Vashon Island
A mid-summer gathering of Sunday School members turns the undeveloped shores of Vashon Island into a scene of croquet, baseball, and local amusement.
- The Bear That Wouldn't Die: A Hunting Trip Nearly Ends in a Man's Jaws
Two men empty a Winchester into a bear on the Snohomish, then discover the hard way that a wounded animal with nowhere to run will turn on the hunter.
- A Plea for Safety: Katharine Mackey’s Divorce Filing
A woman sues for divorce on grounds of cruelty, alleging her life is in danger from her husband, Timothy.
- The Railroad Comes for the Church's Back Lot
Northern Pacific asks a superior court jury to set a price on the west 64 feet of block 79, behind St. Michael's — ground held by the Catholic Bishop of Nesqually and the State Bank of Olympia.
- The Growing Pains of Aberdeen's Public Schools
School directors move to expand the new school site, requesting the city vacate a public alleyway to make room for construction.
- The Germ War on Washington’s Wheat-Field Squirrels
A state bacteriologist in Seattle tested whether a contagious germ could turn Eastern Washington’s crop-destroying ground squirrels into agents of their own destruction.
- The Saloons vs. The Dynamite
A railroad company’s failed legal attempt to ban saloons in Kittitas County on the grounds that drinking made workers careless with explosives.
- A Town Determined to Stay on the Map
Cusick lays fresh sidewalks to the depot, grades its muddy streets, breaks ground on a drainage dike, and chases a long-idle sawmill back to life.
- The Stench of the Fairhaven Mudflats
Citizens demand immediate action to address the foul refuse dumping ground north of Harris Street.