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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 2 |
| 1876 | 17 |
| 1877 | 6 |
| 1878 | 10 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 5 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 12 |
| 1884 | 7 |
| 1885 | 14 |
| 1886 | 5 |
| 1887 | 7 |
| 1888 | 10 |
| 1889 | 22 |
| 1890 | 6 |
| 1891 | 18 |
| 1892 | 51 |
| 1893 | 39 |
| 1894 | 36 |
| 1895 | 30 |
| 1897 | 5 |
| 1898 | 11 |
| 1899 | 17 |
| 1903 | 25 |
| 1904 | 29 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1908 | 9 |
| 1909 | 36 |
| 1910 | 3 |
| 1911 | 3 |
| 1912 | 4 |
| 1914 | 9 |
| 1915 | 10 |
| 1916 | 16 |
| 1917 | 5 |
| 1918 | 3 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1924 | 3 |
501 stories matching clean, from 80 towns
Pierce County64
Benton County40
Snohomish County30
Thurston County21
Walla Walla County18
Yakima County16
Pend Oreille County11
Stevens County7
Whatcom County7
Whitman County7
Skagit County7
Jefferson County6
Chelan County4
Okanogan County3
Clark County2
San Juan County2
Grant County2
Kittitas County2
Lewis County2
Mason County2
Clallam County1
Franklin County1
Kitsap County1
Lincoln County1