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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 1 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 4 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 3 |
| 1876 | 15 |
| 1877 | 10 |
| 1878 | 14 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 3 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 14 |
| 1884 | 13 |
| 1885 | 11 |
| 1886 | 6 |
| 1887 | 12 |
| 1888 | 6 |
| 1889 | 23 |
| 1890 | 3 |
| 1891 | 16 |
| 1892 | 45 |
| 1893 | 59 |
| 1894 | 40 |
| 1895 | 46 |
| 1898 | 1 |
| 1899 | 9 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 15 |
| 1904 | 13 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 4 |
| 1909 | 14 |
| 1910 | 5 |
| 1912 | 3 |
| 1914 | 3 |
| 1915 | 4 |
| 1916 | 3 |
| 1917 | 7 |
| 1923 | 3 |
| 1924 | 9 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1 |
450 stories matching avoid, from 58 towns
Pierce County39
Thurston County32
Snohomish County24
Benton County21
Walla Walla County14
Whatcom County9
Yakima County7
Jefferson County5
Spokane County5
Stevens County3
Grays Harbor County3
Kitsap County3
Clallam County2
Columbia County2
Kittitas County2
Skagit County2
Asotin County2
Chelan County2
Clark County1
Cowlitz County1
Franklin County1
Grant County1
Klickitat County1
Lewis County1
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County not recorded2