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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1888 | 4 |
| 1889 | 11 |
| 1891 | 3 |
| 1892 | 41 |
| 1893 | 31 |
| 1894 | 10 |
| 1895 | 16 |
116 stories
- Explosion Levels Snohomish Sawmill
A boiler failure leads to a total loss of property at the Day Brothers' operation, with recovery plans already in motion.
- Snohomish's Standard Mill Goes Up in Flames
A boiler-side fire consumes the Loggie Bros. mill and its lumber, threatening a town payroll already strained by strike.
- A Gold Rush on Silver Creek
A spectacular assay of ore has ignited a fever of excitement in Snohomish.
- The Sylvania Baldness Epidemic
When a small-town boredom led to a mandatory, clipper-enforced hairstyle for every man in sight.
- The Snohomish Power Grab
After failing to post his bond in time, a newly elected county auditor forced his way into the office to claim his seat.
- The Great Ebey Island Reclamation Project
In 1892, Snohomish County embarked on an ambitious $42,000 engineering project to turn thousands of acres of tide flats into prime farmland.
- The Vandalism at the Snohomish Hotel
A real estate dispute in Snohomish turned violent as competing claimants fought over a new building, leading to arrests for property destruction and concealed weapons.
- The Last of the Snohomish Hilltop Landmark
A historic rock formation, long a gathering place for locals to view the Cascade Mountains and Mount Rainier, is dismantled to build bridge piers.
- Snohomish County's Boom and Growing Pains
As the region experiences rapid growth and infrastructure expansion, residents face a critical need for modern sanitation.
- The Snohomish Moral Crusade
Ministers unite to force the city council to shutter local gambling dens and brothels.
- Fire Levels Snohomish Landmark
The Silver Dollar saloon and gambling hall is reduced to ashes in a midnight blaze.
- The Saloonkeeper and the 'Fire' Scam
A Snohomish business owner accused of fraud faces court after a dubious claim that his saloon had burned down to escape a debt.
- The Old Indian Fighter Who Taught Himself to Read After Paralysis Took His Limbs
Jim Foley fought in the territory's early Indian wars, logged its woods for thirty years, and spent his last quarter-century as a ward of Snohomish County — where the old campaigner, unable to move, finally learned his letters.
- Cloudburst Wrecks Railroad Tracks in the Pilchuck Valley
A cloudburst washed out 100 yards of Lake Shore track at Machias and flooded the Pilchuck Valley.
- Dry Ground for the Railroad Graders: Counties Refuse Liquor Licenses Along the Great Northern
King and Snohomish county commissioners banned liquor sales within five miles of the Great Northern construction line — a pre-emptive strike against drink and disorder in the work camps.
- Five Years Old, Alone in a Canoe, and a River That Would Not Give Him Back
Neighbours and loggers dragged the Snohomish for a day and a night before a boy's body was found and carried to town for burial.
- The Sloop-Raiding ‘Pirates’ of Puget Sound
For years a crew of thieves raided ranches and wharves around the Sound, escaping by water—and alibiing one another in court. Now their reputed leader faces a second trial.
- 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.
- Smallpox Secrecy at the Convent of Mercy
A Mother Superior faces trial and a fine for failing to report a case of smallpox within the Snohomish convent.
- The Mayor's Hat Scandal
Snohomish citizens stage a humorous protest when the Mayor ditches his traditional straw hat for the season.
- The Great Snohomish Trunk Heist
When two 'dudish' young merchants tried to skip town without paying their boarding house bill, the landlord intervened with a classic confrontation.
- The Fight for the Snohomish River
Federal authorities take on the Seattle & Montana Railway Company to clear bridges blocking navigation on the Snohomish and Nooksack rivers.
- The Sheriff’s Engine
Snohomish County authorities seize a locomotive from the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway to force payment of delinquent property taxes.
- The Fight Over Public Printing in Snohomish
A judge rules that the county treasurer has the discretion to choose which newspaper receives taxpayer money for publishing delinquent tax lists.
- Fire Threatens Major Snohomish Mill
Workers and citizens labor through the afternoon to save a prominent local lumber mill after its dry kiln catches fire.