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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 2 |
| 1858 | 9 |
| 1859 | 5 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 6 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 15 |
| 1876 | 78 |
| 1877 | 57 |
| 1878 | 63 |
| 1879 | 4 |
| 1880 | 13 |
| 1882 | 11 |
| 1883 | 77 |
| 1884 | 34 |
| 1885 | 82 |
| 1886 | 38 |
| 1887 | 55 |
| 1888 | 40 |
| 1889 | 124 |
| 1890 | 20 |
| 1891 | 113 |
| 1892 | 303 |
| 1893 | 282 |
| 1894 | 275 |
| 1895 | 329 |
| 1897 | 13 |
| 1898 | 23 |
| 1899 | 55 |
| 1900 | 11 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 121 |
| 1904 | 128 |
| 1905 | 7 |
| 1907 | 8 |
| 1908 | 40 |
| 1909 | 143 |
| 1910 | 44 |
| 1911 | 10 |
| 1912 | 4 |
| 1914 | 19 |
| 1915 | 22 |
| 1916 | 31 |
| 1917 | 28 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1922 | 3 |
| 1923 | 13 |
| 1924 | 5 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1928 | 2 |
| 1929 | 3 |
2,786 stories matching brought
- A Wedding Behind Bars
Facing a federal trial for alleged human trafficking, a Walla Walla man escapes prison by marrying his accuser in a startling turn of events.
- The City's Legalized Blackmail
A jury exposes the Seattle Police Department for shaking down women, proving that 'reform' administration was just a veneer.
- Three Days Adrift: A Ferryman's Rescue Off Point Wilson
A German sailor in an open skiff, barely able to speak or move, is pulled from the water by Mr. Benson and brought to Port Townsend.
- The Gold Rush That Wasn't: Copper River’s Scurvy Epidemic and the Ghosts of the Valdez Glacier
As Seattleites debated housing and labor, a grim report arrived from the interior: men dying of scurvy in the Copper River country, and the recovered bodies of seven explorers who froze to death on the Valdez glacier.
- A Toddler, an Axe, and a Sister's Terror at South Union
Left at play, a three-year-old swings an axe and maims her infant sister in a Thurston County farm accident that sends the child to the doctors and the older girl into hiding.
- The Shadow Over Squak Valley
In the autumn of 1885, a series of indictments revealed a brutal campaign of violence against Chinese laborers in the Snoqualmie Valley.
- The Unsuccessful Assault on a Carpenter
A local carpenter was brought to court on assault charges, but the judge found the accuser had provoked the fight.
- Puyallup Leader Peter Stanup Found Dead in River
A prominent Puyallup leader disappears, sparking fears of foul play and 'shanghaiing' amidst intense tensions over railroad grading on the reservation.
- A Drunken Saloon Quarrel Ends in Gunfire at Wilkeson
John Rolog shot fellow miner Mike Metro in the neck at Sam Evans' saloon, then fled to the hills before a posse brought him back to a makeshift cell in a boxcar.
- The Peril of the Deep
Divers and engineers battle immense pressure to raise a sunken tugboat from the depths of the bay.
- The Empire Hotel Eviction Suit
A Snohomish hotel owner loses her legal battle after being forcibly removed from her own property.
- A Logging Train, a Fallen Tree, and Two Deaths in the Dark
On the Washington Southern's first run near Shelton, a tree bridging a sand cut killed a brakeman and a tender man before the engine could stop. The town mourned two young workers.
- The Brutal Betrayal of Ida Bracken
A husband forces his wife into prostitution before assaulting her in a notorious district rooming house.
- Trapped in the Earth
A young immigrant rancher dies in a sixty-foot well near South Bay after being overcome by gas.
- The Caterpillar Club of Skagit County
A dedicated teacher organizes students into an orchard-saving force, illustrating the era's civic-minded approach to agricultural pests.
- The Trial of a Shadow Marriage
A Chinese man faces a perjury charge in Seattle after a complex legal battle to reclaim his 'wife' from immigration detention.
- The Scandal at the Almshouse
Citizens and legal experts push for a judicial probe into alleged corruption surrounding the construction of a new county almshouse.
- The School Board's Investigation of Teacher Martina Johnston
A teacher at Denny School faced charges of 'gross vulgarity' brought by the American Protective Association, but her colleagues and former students overwhelmingly defended her character.
- The Fair Band Walked Out When the Pay Didn't Come
Fifteen Tacoma musicians said they quit the Interstate Fair band after management failed to arrange their wages — and they had brought players from Portland and Seattle at their own expense.
- A Frontier Debt Still Owed
A legal dispute over unpaid wages from 1878 illuminates the precarious nature of labor and contract in early Snohomish.
- The Passing of the Father of Seattle’s Lumber Industry
A tribute to Henry L. Yesler, the man who brought the steam sawmill to Elliott Bay and defined the city's early industrial identity.
- The Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard Feud
How Seattle’s industrial might secured a major contract for the transport ship 'Victoria,' leaving Tacoma business leaders fuming.
- A Widow’s Fight for the Heart of Everett
A legal battle erupts over property rights in the rapidly growing city of Everett, pitting a grieving widow against the powerful Everett Land Company.
- The Skykomish Land Swindle
A judge censures a predatory agent for defrauding an elderly pioneer farmer out of his land in a mortgage scheme.
- The Herald’s Victory Over Libel
After year-long court battles, the newspaper celebrates the dismissal of civil and criminal libel suits brought by a school board member.