Research the archive
Narrow 27,002 newspaper stories by words, years, place, newspaper and subject. See when and where they ran, then download what you find.
Put a phrase in quotes ("rent strike") or leave a word out with a minus (strike -baseball). Old scans misspell names, so when little is found, near-spellings are offered.
Refine
Show the numbers
| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1872 | 1 |
| 1876 | 22 |
| 1877 | 7 |
| 1878 | 7 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 17 |
| 1884 | 4 |
| 1885 | 8 |
| 1886 | 5 |
| 1887 | 10 |
| 1888 | 8 |
| 1889 | 16 |
| 1890 | 4 |
| 1891 | 12 |
| 1892 | 34 |
| 1893 | 27 |
| 1894 | 25 |
| 1895 | 20 |
| 1897 | 2 |
| 1898 | 2 |
| 1899 | 4 |
| 1903 | 10 |
| 1904 | 6 |
| 1908 | 4 |
| 1909 | 7 |
| 1910 | 4 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1915 | 4 |
| 1916 | 4 |
| 1917 | 4 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1924 | 2 |
285 stories matching brush, from 101 towns
Yakima County23
Snohomish County15
Benton County13
Skagit County8
Jefferson County7
Grays Harbor County7
Pend Oreille County6
Thurston County6
Kitsap County6
Kittitas County5
Clark County4
Mason County4
Pacific County4
Spokane County4
Whatcom County4
Franklin County3
Asotin County2
Island County2
Walla Walla County2
Whitman County2
Adams County1
Chelan County1
Klickitat County1
Lincoln County1
Okanogan County1
San Juan County1
Wahkiakum County1
County not recorded6