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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 2 |
| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 10 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 4 |
| 1862 | 3 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 14 |
| 1876 | 71 |
| 1877 | 68 |
| 1878 | 49 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 13 |
| 1882 | 12 |
| 1883 | 107 |
| 1884 | 47 |
| 1885 | 56 |
| 1886 | 57 |
| 1887 | 43 |
| 1888 | 36 |
| 1889 | 151 |
| 1890 | 23 |
| 1891 | 118 |
| 1892 | 225 |
| 1893 | 208 |
| 1894 | 228 |
| 1895 | 299 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 28 |
| 1899 | 49 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1902 | 6 |
| 1903 | 81 |
| 1904 | 78 |
| 1905 | 7 |
| 1907 | 8 |
| 1908 | 58 |
| 1909 | 133 |
| 1910 | 35 |
| 1911 | 12 |
| 1912 | 5 |
| 1914 | 16 |
| 1915 | 24 |
| 1916 | 35 |
| 1917 | 12 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1923 | 9 |
| 1924 | 7 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 6 |
2,487 stories matching point
- The Great Snoqualmie Rail Race
How two rival railroad companies raced through the brush to stake a claim on the critical bottleneck at Snoqualmie Falls.
- The Rival Ports of the Northwest
A look at the growing competition between Portland, Tacoma, and Seattle as the Northern Pacific Railroad nears completion.
- The Bank That Ate Seven Men: A Collapse in the Blue Point Claim
In a gruesome industrial accident on April 13, 1877, a bank of earth at the Blue Point mine in Smartsville buried seven miners alive and wounded six more, halting business for miles around.
- The Fight for Point Defiance
A concerned citizen accuses park superintendent Nelson Bennett of using 'railroad and not park ideas' to destroy the natural beauty of Point Defiance.
- Alki Point Picnic A Rousing Success
Twelve hundred residents gather for games, dancing, and festivities to support school music programs.
- Bellingham Bay's Monster Starfish
A local fisherman hauls in a record-breaking sea creature from the pilings of an old wharf.
- The Great Gasoline Shift: Kennewick Becomes Standard Oil’s New Hub
As the Columbia River town prepares to replace Pasco as the central distribution point for gasoline in the region, locals watch the logistics of early 20th-century commerce reshape their identity.
- A Coal Company's Strikebreaker Gambit in Roslyn
A Northern Pacific manager admits the company is importing Black miners from the East to break the Roslyn coal strike—and hints the miners' refusal of a pay cut left him no choice.
- Trail Wars: Spokane Fights for the Road to the Coeur d'Alene Gold
As prospectors rush the new Coeur d'Alene diggings, Spokane boosters battle a Portland paper over which trail is passable — and who gets to outfit the stampede.
- Before the Next High Tide
An 1878 editorial warns that hauling gravel and pulling drift logs off the Point Hudson spit has already helped flood Port Townsend twice—and calls for an ordinance before the winter storms return.
- Brutal Waterfront Robbery Leaves Swedish Laborer Penniless
A night of drinking at a Washington Street saloon ended in a violent alleyway ambush that stunned the local community.
- The Mysterious Abandoned Schooner
A local man discovers a waterlogged schooner adrift in the Straits of Georgia with only a dead dog aboard.
- Vengeance at the Dog Show
A Fox Island rancher executes a bloodhound on the streets of Tacoma to avenge his wife's previous injury.
- The Bid for the State Capital
North Yakima asserts its central geography and climate advantages to become the seat of government for the new state.
- The Sea Serpent of Puget Sound
A skeptical mariner claims to have spotted a 60-foot serpent off the coast of Marrowstone Point, leaving local sailors shaken.
- The Iron Road Reaches Aberdeen
Northern Pacific presents its final route plans for the line into town, threatening to disrupt waterfront commerce and mills.
- The Tragedy of the Park Policeman
A beloved Point Defiance figure succumbs to a delayed internal injury from a past encounter with an angry bull.
- Steamboat Showdown: Mabel vs. Clan McDonald on the Snohomish
A Friday afternoon steamer race from the mouth of the Snohomish River to Priest Point drew a crowd to the Everett wharf, with both captains claiming victory.
- Late-Night Stickup on South 25th Street
A Tacoma worker walking home in the pouring rain is held at gunpoint by two highwaymen.
- A Settler's Deadly Stand at Johnson's Point
After a dance near Olympia turns hostile, logger Thomas Johnson shoots two Native men and wounds a woman, then surrenders to a mob demanding his scalp.
- A Revolver in the Marriage: Minnie Ober's Divorce
A Seattle court grants Minnie G. Ober a divorce from Harry Ober after testimony that he threatened to shoot her and once pointed a large revolver at her.
- A Soaking for Science at Rocky Point
A university professor takes an unplanned dip while ushering students onto a picnic boat during the school's annual excursion.
- The Cowcatcher Lifted Her Into the Air, and Then They Took Her Home
An elderly Native woman walking the Northern Pacific tracks below town is swept up by the overland express — and walks away from it, carried off by her mother and son.
- The Great Whale Migration Through Elliott Bay
Passengers on a Puget Sound steamer were stunned to encounter a massive school of whales near Alki Point, marking a rare and wonder-filled moment of natural spectacle in the heart of Seattle.
- The Steamship Flyer Outraces the City of Puebla
A spontaneous and competitive race between the Flyer and the larger steamship City of Puebla captivated the Seattle waterfront.