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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1876 | 6 |
| 1877 | 5 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 2 |
| 1883 | 4 |
| 1884 | 2 |
| 1885 | 6 |
| 1887 | 1 |
| 1888 | 8 |
| 1889 | 10 |
| 1890 | 3 |
| 1891 | 6 |
| 1892 | 6 |
| 1893 | 1 |
| 1894 | 1 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1899 | 1 |
| 1903 | 3 |
| 1908 | 2 |
| 1909 | 2 |
74 stories matching boomtown, in 16 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 28 | 1888–1893 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 11 | 1883–1887 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Daily IntelligencerSeattle · published 1876–1881 | 9 | 1876–1880 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Northern StarSnohomish City · published 1876–1879 | 5 | 1877–1879 | Catalog ↗ |
| Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen · published 1886–1917 | 4 | 1890–1894 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-Current | 4 | 1908–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Yakima HeraldNorth Yakima · published 1889–1914 | 2 | 1889–1890 | Catalog ↗ |
| The RanchSeattle · published 1902–1914 | 2 | 1903 | Catalog ↗ |
| Spokane Falls ReviewSpokane Falls · published 1883–1890 | 2 | 1883–1884 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle StarSeattle · published 1899–1947 | 1 | 1899 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 1 | 1903 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound DispatchSeattle · published 1871–1880 | 1 | 1876 | Catalog ↗ |
| Fairhaven HeraldFairhaven | 1 | 1890 | Catalog ↗ |
| Walla Walla StatesmanWalla Walla | 1 | 1865 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom · published 1858–1864 | 1 | 1859 | Catalog ↗ |
| Ranche and RangeNorth Yakima · published 1897–1902 | 1 | 1897 | Catalog ↗ |