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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 3 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1871 | 8 |
| 1872 | 110 |
| 1876 | 535 |
| 1877 | 378 |
| 1878 | 279 |
| 1879 | 15 |
| 1880 | 134 |
| 1882 | 98 |
| 1883 | 496 |
| 1884 | 304 |
| 1885 | 566 |
| 1886 | 361 |
| 1887 | 327 |
| 1888 | 314 |
| 1889 | 800 |
| 1890 | 11 |
| 1891 | 338 |
| 1892 | 1,305 |
| 1893 | 1,528 |
| 1894 | 1,190 |
| 1895 | 987 |
| 1896 | 2 |
| 1897 | 8 |
| 1898 | 20 |
| 1899 | 365 |
| 1900 | 6 |
| 1902 | 6 |
| 1903 | 150 |
| 1904 | 71 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 2 |
| 1909 | 62 |
| 1910 | 14 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 5 |
| 1916 | 27 |
| 1917 | 10 |
| 1923 | 9 |
| 1924 | 12 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1928 | 12 |
| 1929 | 6 |
10,892 stories
- City Treasurer Decamps as Embezzlement Scandal Rocks Seattle
City Treasurer Adolph Krug has fled the city after an audit revealed a $20,000 deficit in his accounts.
- The Battle for the Tide Lands
A multi-million dollar legal dispute threatens to redefine ownership of Seattle’s valuable shoreline.
- The Great Northern Railroad Strike
A historic federation of railway workers defies their own union leaders to launch a massive wildcat strike across the Pacific Northwest.
- The Great Northern Strike Ends
After an eighteen-day standstill that paralyzed the Northwest, President James J. Hill and the American Railway Union reach an uneasy truce.
- The Great Northwest Flood of 1894
Historic deluges across the Columbia, Fraser, and Skagit river valleys have paralyzed rail travel and left thousands displaced from their homes.
- The Pullman Strike Paralyses Washington’s Rails
Striking workers at the Northern Pacific Railroad refuse to handle Pullman cars, trapping Eastern Washington militia in Ellensburg and halting traffic across the state.
- The Great Railway Strike Hits Seattle
Northern Pacific officials push trains through picket lines as rail unions and the ARU prepare for a showdown.
- When the Great Railroad Strike Reached Seattle
In July 1894 the Pullman boycott finally tied up the Lake Shore road in Seattle — local switchmen walked out in sympathy, and the company answered with firings, Winchester-armed deputies and a federal judge.
- Troops Take the Yards as Seattle Braces for the Great Railroad Strike
Regular artillery, deputy marshals and a nervous militia dig in across the city — even hauling the state's rifles up to the university for safekeeping — as the 1894 Pullman boycott reaches Puget Sound.
- Seattle’s Late-Night Policing of Indigenous Women
A 1873 ordinance allowed police to criminalize Indigenous women as 'vagrants' for simply being out after dark.
- The Great Seattle Land Office Fire
A devastating blaze sweeps through downtown, destroying irreplaceable public records and a local church.
- The Blueprint for a Growing City
Newly proposed amendments to the Seattle city charter reveal the administrative scaffolding behind the city's 1883 expansion, including fire department mandates and tax enforcement.
- The Main Street Bloodshed of 1862
A deadly riot between rowdy soldiers and Seattle citizens exposes the volatility of the town's early frontier days.
- The First Winter at Alki Point
A vivid account of the 1851 arrival of the Denny party, their struggle for shelter, and the founding of the settlement that would become Seattle.
- The Night Seattle Held the Line at the Stockade
A 39th-anniversary account of the January 1856 siege: two blockhouses, a howitzer from the USS Decatur, and two settlers killed in the Puget Sound War.
- The Grand Plan to Reshape Seattle
A St. Louis investment group arrives to back Eugene Semple’s ambitious vision of a ship canal and the filling of the tide flats.
- Labor Organizer Accuses Judge Burke in 1886 Seattle Anti-Chinese Riots
A labor organizer confronts a political candidate over his role in the 1886 Seattle riots and the killing of a protester.
- Seattle Rebuilds After the 1889 Great Fire
A catastrophic blaze levels the city’s business district, triggering a massive relief effort and ushering in new urban planning.
- Seattle's 1889 Fire Destroys Entire Business District
A devastating blaze wipes out the city's entire business district.
- The Great Seattle Fire
Shelton residents receive news of a massive inferno consuming the business district of Seattle, causing millions in damage.
- Seattle Laborers Call for Organized Removal of Chinese Workers
A crowded meeting of the Liberal League and local labor leaders culminates in a plan to systematically force the departure of Chinese residents from the region.
- Railroad Claims Tide Lands South of Seattle's King Street
The Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad asserts exclusive control over tide lands south of King Street.
- Devastating Floods Paralyze the Pacific Northwest
Massive flooding across the Fraser Valley and regional rivers has severed communications, washed away farms, and cut off rail travel.
- The Abandoned Wife of Seattle's Founder
Dr. David S. Maynard claimed 640 acres in Seattle, then secretly divorced his wife of 24 years to marry another—a legal battle that exposed the heartless machinations of the city's early days.
- The Lawyer Who Sold Out the Settlers
A local editorial exposes future President James Garfield’s role as a corporate attorney for the Northern Pacific Railroad, accusing him of betraying Washington Territory homesteaders to protect railroad land holdings.
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