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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1888 | 35 |
| 1889 | 123 |
| 1891 | 45 |
| 1892 | 170 |
| 1893 | 196 |
| 1894 | 220 |
| 1895 | 299 |
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- The Last Stand at Point Edmonds
A stubborn brickyard owner defends his property against the Great Northern Railway with nothing but a shotgun and legal grit.
- The Unreliable Steamer Cricket
A local excursion boat breaks down twice in two days, leaving passengers stranded near Alki Point and Five-Mile Point.
- A Yacht's Wild Ride Through a Puget Sound Gale
The Rainier survived 75-mile squalls, dragged anchors and a split jib on its run from Victoria to Seattle.
- The First Paper Step Toward a Lake Washington Ship Canal
A water-right filing begins the long bureaucratic march toward the canal that would eventually link Lake Washington to Puget Sound.
- Fog and Collision on the Sound
A federal judge rules on a collision between two steamers, the Mary F. Perley and the Flyer, near Alki Point.
- A Cannery, a Reef, and the Indians’ Right to Fish
A federal injunction stops the Point Roberts packing company from taking sockeye while the cannery argues the reef was never reserved to the Lummi—and that 130 jobs hang in the balance.
- The Plan to Ring Puget Sound With Forts—and Put Big Guns on Magnolia Bluff
A federal fortification scheme would turn Magnolia Bluff, Admiralty Inlet and Marrowstone Point into a defensive ring around the new Port Orchard navy yard—if Congress paid for it.
- The Deadly Foggy Collision at Point No Point
A $126,000 maritime lawsuit pits victims against a coal-carrying steamer after a fatal 1892 collision in the fog.
- The Salmon War at Point Roberts: Lummi Tribe Battles Cannery Giant Over Treaty Fishing Rights
A federal judge is set to decide whether the Alaska Packing Association's fish traps illegally block the salmon run, pitting Indigenous treaty rights against a quarter-million-dollar cannery industry.
- The Industrial Slaughter at the Edge of the State
How a remote peninsula became the center of a massive salmon-canning boom.
- Fire at Tchewasan: A Point Roberts Indigenous Village Loses Homes and Orchards
Five houses and 27 tents burned near Point Roberts, prompting an Indian agent to bring bedding and food to a hard-working community.
- The Steamship City of Seattle Runs Aground in Thick Fog
A dangerous collision with another vessel narrowly avoided, but the steamer finds itself high and dry on a Point Ringgold sandy beach.
- The Squatter at Point Roberts
A persistent settler claims a strategic military reserve, forcing the U.S. government to defend its borders against encroaching private interests.
- The Fight for Point Roberts’ Shoreline
A powerful fishing association is accused of manipulating land filings to secure a monopoly on the valuable tide lands, pushing out local competitors.
- Lummi Fishermen Fight for Their Reefs
Prominent Lummi leaders seek an injunction against salmon canning companies to protect their traditional fishing grounds from industrial traps.
- The Centennial Parade and the Future of the National Guard
A look back at the grand military display in New York as a blueprint for rapid mobilization on the Pacific Coast.
- The Salmon Wars of Boundary Bay
Canadian officials move to counter American trap nets with their own, escalating pressure on the Fraser River's dwindling salmon runs.
- A Judge Stops the Fish Traps—for Now
A federal injunction halts a Chicago company from driving piles for salmon traps at Village Point on Lummi Island, while the company searches for a loophole and Native fishing rights remain unresolved.
- The Army's Top General Scouts Magnolia Bluff for Puget Sound's Defenses
Lt. Gen. John Schofield, passing through Seattle en route to Alaska, endorses Magnolia Bluff as the site for a new army post and predicts a great commercial future for the Sound.
- Rescue at Brown's Point
A sudden storm flips a yacht off Brown’s Point, leaving a party stranded in the water for over an hour until an infantry unit provides a rescue.
- The Railway Monopoly’s Grip Loosens
A local rail executive challenges a restrictive traffic contract, opening competitive freight rates for the region.
- Walla Walla Farmers Take on the Railroads
Local farmers organize to challenge the Northern Pacific and Hunt system over unfair freight rates.
- The Tragedy of Sherer’s Point
Three young men lost their lives in a sudden, icy maritime disaster off the coast of Lopez Island after a routine trip for groceries turned fatal.
- A Streetcar War in Tacoma
A power struggle over the consolidation of electric rail lines leads to a suit to dissolve a corporation and prevent a massive foreclosure.
- Bellingham Bay's Monster Starfish
A local fisherman hauls in a record-breaking sea creature from the pilings of an old wharf.