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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1861 | 2 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1876 | 4 |
| 1877 | 2 |
| 1878 | 3 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1883 | 4 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1885 | 7 |
| 1886 | 4 |
| 1887 | 5 |
| 1888 | 3 |
| 1889 | 21 |
| 1890 | 5 |
| 1891 | 29 |
| 1892 | 38 |
| 1893 | 11 |
| 1894 | 10 |
| 1895 | 9 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1899 | 3 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 8 |
| 1904 | 8 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1909 | 3 |
| 1910 | 1 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1916 | 4 |
| 1917 | 3 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1924 | 2 |
199 stories matching colonel, from 44 towns
Thurston County27
Yakima County11
Walla Walla County8
Benton County5
Jefferson County4
Spokane County4
Whatcom County4
Snohomish County3
Kittitas County3
Clark County2
Stevens County2
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Chelan County1
Columbia County1
Grant County1
Island County1
Kitsap County1
Lewis County1
Mason County1
San Juan County1
Skamania County1
Whitman County1
County not recorded5