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Year	Stories
1854	5
1859	4
1860	4
1861	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	1
1872	4
1876	59
1877	50
1878	18
1879	3
1880	6
1882	11
1883	98
1884	49
1885	34
1886	28
1887	34
1888	22
1889	117
1890	17
1891	86
1892	190
1893	130
1894	104
1895	157
1897	1
1898	8
1899	28
1900	2
1903	66
1904	42
1905	12
1907	2
1908	66
1909	99
1910	15
1911	3
1912	2
1914	15
1915	14
1916	26
1917	17
1918	2
1922	1
1923	12
1924	10
1925	2

1,843 stories matching construct, the 400 most mentioned

People 236

Mayor Ronald1892–189419
Henry Villard1883–189516
Thomas Burke1876–189715
James J. Hill1891–190914
Judge Hanford1889–190313
A. A. Denny1859–189512
John Leary1876–189511
H. L. Yesler1859–189111
Senator Squire1892–189511
J. T. Ronald1892–189510
Judge Langley1893–18959
Watson C. Squire1888–18958
E. O. Graves1893–18998
W. H. White1876–18957
Henry Yesler1872–18957
John Collins1876–18957
John L. Wilson1883–18957
John H. McGraw1892–19097
Frank C. Ross18937
Andrew Jackson1876–18956
Judge Burke1883–18946
D. T. Denny1880–18936
Eugene Semple1892–18956
Jacob Furth1889–18956
Paul Schulze1885–18956
J. M. Colman1889–18956
James M. Colman1876–18946
Thomas W. Symons1892–18956
City Engineer Thomson1894–18956
Henry L. Yesler1876–18925
John B. Allen1883–18945
Jim Hill1891–19095
Jay Gould1876–18915
Judge Jacobs1878–18955
Robert Moran1889–18955
D. H. Gilman1892–18955
Arthur A. Denny1861–18915
James McNaught1883–18855
Watson Squire1886–18935
Jesse Cochran1893–18945
A. B. Wyckoff1892–18955
R.H. Thomson1893–18945
J. M. Wolfe1894–18955
Mayor Phelps1894–18955
Corporation Counsel Scott1894–18955
F. A. Blackwell1908–19095
C. C. Terry1876–18954
Dexter Horton1889–18954
Orange Jacobs1872–18954
Roger S. Greene1891–18954
Edmond S. Meany1893–18954
W. D. Wood1894–18954
H. G. Struve1878–18944
E. C. Ferguson1877–18894
Judge Osborn1892–18944
Junius Rochester1889–18934
H. C. Henry1892–18944
Mr. Blackwell1908–19094
Samuel Benn1891–18944
Gov. McGraw1893–18944
Alderman Jordan1893–18944
Capt. Carpenter18934
Eugene Ricksecker1894–18954
Dr. Phillips1908–19094
J. C. H. Reynolds19084
F. C. Krause19084
Theodore Roosevelt1904–19093
Johnson1883–19083
Governor Ferry18913
Amos Brown1876–18933
Guy C. Phinney1885–18933
Beriah Brown1876–18803
Howard1883–18953
Val Wildman18763
Daniel Bagley1862–18953
John Webster1887–18953
M. S. Booth18763
James Hamilton Lewis1892–18953
Harry White1891–18943
Herman Chapin1892–18943
Dunbar1891–19033
Levi Ankeny1895–19053
William H. White1893–18953
Mr. Denny1877–18883
Elisha P. Ferry1877–18953
Nelson Bennett1892–19093
W. C. Squire1888–18943
J. J. McGilvra1878–18843
Jay Cooke1872–18863
J. B. Metcalfe1883–18933
Elijah Smith1885–18893
W. E. Boone1883–18943
M. R. Maddocks1876–18783
William Cochrane1893–18943
Miles C. Moore1893–19033
Rogers1892–18953
William D. Wood18953
A. M. Cannon1883–18923
George H. Heilbron18923
I. A. Nadeau1889–18953
Judge Hoyt1883–18913
Stiles1891–19093
H. W. Miller18923
E. H. Beckler1891–18923
Captain Symons1891–18953
Judge Lichtenberg1891–18923
Benezette Williams1892–18953
George W. Hall18923
Commissioner Sparks18853
David T. Denny1883–18853
John L. Howard1883–18853
Edmund Carr1887–18953
Caldwell1908–19093
Buckley1883–18873
Byron Barlow1894–18953
W. V. Rinehart1892–18943
J. J. Browne1883–18843
W. A. Ritchie1892–18953
S. L. Crawford1893–18953
J. S. Kloeber1893–18943
Andrew F. Burleigh1893–18953
George B. McClellan1894–19093
Bennett1908–19093
Gilbert Hunt19033
J. B. Clements1915–19173
Mayor Hunt19033
Samuel Hill1893–19143
Blackwell1894–19083
Thomas Cooper1903–19093
Senator Dolph1884–18943
Worley19033
Judge Grady1916–19173
Peter Stanup18933
J. W. Van Brocklin1892–18943
E. C. Million1892–18953
R. H. Thomson1894–19043
James F. McElroy18943
Chief Hunt1893–18953
John Rigby1893–18943
Comptroller Carson1893–18943
Wolfe18943
H. R. Clise18953
General Manager Kendrick1894–18953
J. S. Camp18913
J. N. Glover18843
George Marvin Savage18923
Anders1891–19033
Charles F. Craig1908–19093
Mayor Appel1908–19093
Hynes1908–19093
Col. Hart18953
S. H. Piles1893–18952
Squire1889–18922
Brown1877–18832
Mr. Marr18912
Miller1883–19032
Mr. Bennett1892–18942
Charles Hopkins1886–18922
Chester A. Arthur1883–18842
Jackson1877–18832
Hill18992
Crichton1895–18992
Thomson18942
Williams1892–19092
Burke1886–18892
George F. Whitworth1893–18952
Parker1883–18992
George Kinnear18872
Judge Greene1887–18932
John J. McGilvra1894–18952
Cyrus Walker1885–18872
Hibbard1892–18942
Leander Miller1894–18952
Clements1916–19172
H. A. Atkins1878–18952
Thompson18992
S. Baxter1876–18882
John Lynch1882–18912
Thomas W. Prosch1891–18952
C. J. Smith18942
Taylor1895–18992
Everett Smith18922
William Blackman1899–19102
H. Steinman18882
Mr. Johnson18892
Jones1891–18952
C. D. Boren1876–18912
H. A. Bier1916–19172
W. A. Morain1915–19172
A. R. Gardner19162
T. J. Wright1916–19172
Mr. Ward1885–18912
G. A. Meigs1860–18772
Mr. Murphy1876–18912
Murphy1889–18912
Tracy H. Robertson1895–18992
Roswell Scott1876–18822
Rev. George F. Whitworth1893–18942
Reed1891–19092
Otto Ranke1892–18932
Rufus Stearns1876–18782
Ingraham1894–18982
C. D. Emery18922
Mayor Weed1876–18922
E. S. Ingraham1878–18922
Cochran18942
O. S. Jones1878–18872
A. H. Smith1892–18932
Lot Wilbur1879–18952
L. F. Compton1876–18942
Andrew Chilberg1876–18942
John Shoudy1877–18952
Manning1889–19092
Stevenson1877–18862
David Kellogg1894–18952
L. Wilbur18892
Samuel L. Crawford1889–18952
Mayor Moran18892
George B. Adair18892
Dr. Eames1892–18952
E. Meeker18852
Judge J. P. Hoyt18892
Superintendent Jackson1889–18942
Judge Thomas Burke1892–18942
H. Blackman1886–18892
A. H. Chambers1889–18912
J. M. Thompson18892
General Sherman1889–18912
Sheriff McGraw1883–18852
F. A. Hill18892
Mr. Hatch1885–18892
Fred E. Sander1889–18932
McNeill1916–19172
Edward Lycan1889–18912
George W. Hunt1891–18942
Chief Kellogg18922

Organizations 164

Northern Pacific Railroad1872–1909105
Seattle City Council1876–192442
Great Northern Railway1892–191033
Northern Pacific1878–192333
Great Northern Railroad1891–190932
Oregon Improvement Company1883–189523
Northern Pacific Railroad Company1884–191721
Great Northern1891–191020
Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad1908–191019
Chamber of Commerce1883–189917
Seattle Post-Intelligencer1885–190816
King County Commissioners1876–189516
Commercial Club1903–191616
Northern Pacific Railway1883–191615
Seattle Chamber of Commerce1876–190414
Board of Public Works1891–189913
Washington State Legislature1891–190912
Republican Party1891–190411
Post-Intelligencer1883–189510
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1887–189510
Olympia City Council1891–189510
Idaho Washington Northern Railroad1908–191010
United States Congress1877–19169
Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company1894–18959
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1887–18958
Everett Trades Council1909–19108
West Coast Improvement Company1893–18957
Democratic Party1886–19047
University of Washington1882–19237
City Council1883–19097
Board of Regents1891–18957
Grant Smith Co.1908–19247
Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company18957
Fidelity Lumber Co.19087
Union Pacific1882–18946
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1888–19046
Canadian Pacific Railway1886–19096
City of Seattle1886–18996
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1889–18956
Schwabacher Bros. & Co.1872–18936
Congress1860–18956
Ballard City Council1893–18956
Washington Supreme Court1891–19036
Tacoma City Council1884–19045
U.S. Congress1885–19165
The Daily Intelligencer1876–18775
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1877–18785
King County1876–19235
Union Pacific Railroad1883–18945
Canadian Pacific1883–19085
First National Bank1884–19085
Toklas & Singerman1887–18895
Idaho Washington Northern1908–19095
Idaho & Washington Northern1908–19095
The Miner1908–19095
War Department1895–19144
Port Blakely Mill Company1885–18954
Department of the Interior1859–18934
Puget Sound Shore Railroad1885–18894
Board of Trade18894
Seattle City Railway Company1889–18954
Tacoma Ledger1892–18954
Board of Aldermen1893–18954
Puyallup Tribe18934
Great Western Iron and Steel Works18914
Washington Improvement Company1883–18944
The Ledger1892–18944
Seattle & Montana Railway1892–18934
Shepard, Henry & Co.18924
Milwaukee Railroad1909–19234
Walla Walla City Council19034
House Committee on Public Lands1884–18864
Panhandle Lumber Co.1908–19094
The Seattle Star18993
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad1889–18913
Knights of Labor1885–18913
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1884–19033
San Francisco Bridge Co.1889–18993
Western Central Labor Union1893–18943
Everett Land Company1894–18953
Denny Hotel Company1889–18993
Washington Territorial Legislature1877–18873
King County Board of Commissioners1877–18923
School District No. 11883–19033
Stern, Miller & Co.18893
Spring Hill Water Company1883–18913
Rainier Club1894–18953
Seattle School Board1891–18943
Lake Union Water Company18923
City of Ballard1892–18953
Stimson Mill Company1892–18953
American Federation of Labor1909–19233
Washington Irrigation Company1903–19053
American Steel Barge Company1894–18953
Great Northern Railway Company1892–18953
Federal Power Commission1923–19253
Olympia Light & Power Company1891–18923
Moran Brothers Company1892–18953
Seattle Dry Dock and Ship Building Company1892–18953
Byron Barlow & Co.1892–18943
Board of Regents, University of Washington1894–18953
Northern Electric Co.1908–19093
Pend d'Oreille River Navigation Co.19083
Antler Hotel19083
Stevens County Commissioners1908–19093
Metaline Navigation Co.1908–19093
Jones & Son1908–19093
Newport Iron Works1908–19093
Flynn Bros.1908–19093
Northern Idaho Montana Power Co.1909–19103
Inland Portland Cement Co.19093
Seattle1876–18892
Southern Pacific Railroad1882–18952
Walla Walla Union1877–18822
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway1885–18892
Hall & Paulson1876–18832
Hudson Bay Company1859–18952
Seattle Telephone Company1888–18992
Seattle Fire Department1876–18942
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce18952
Sunset Telephone Company1894–18952
Seattle Coal and Transportation Company1876–18772
Seattle Street Railway Company1883–18872
Tacoma Mill Company1885–19042
Seattle City Government1888–18892
Puget Sound Iron Company1879–18882
Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1885–18872
Odd Fellows1882–18942
Puget Sound Dispatch1872–18762
Puget Mill Company1885–18952
Board of Health18952
City Council of Seattle1884–18922
Moran Brothers18952
Oregon and Transcontinental Company1883–18842
County Commissioners1876–18862
Washington Iron Works1883–18912
Cornell University1895–18992
Chehalis County Board of Commissioners1890–18912
Stetson & Post1876–18772
General Electric Company1924–19252
Methodists1882–18852
U.S. Navy18942
Puget Sound Agricultural Company1859–18722
Seattle Transfer Company1889–18932
Port Blakeley Mill Company1893–18952
Board of County Commissioners1889–18942
Tacoma Herald1877–18922
Seattle Weekly Dispatch1877–18782
King County Board of County Commissioners1883–18912
Common Council1889–18952
S. & W. W. R. R. Co.1876–18772
Episcopal Church1876–18952
Seattle School Directors1877–18832
Board of School Directors18922
Puget Mill Co.1883–18912
Sisters of Charity1884–18932
Whatcom County1878–19232
United States Navy18892
Denny Iron Mine18892
Fire and Water Committee1889–18952
Hall & Gilmore18892
Front Street Cable Company18892
Seattle Construction Company1889–18952
University of Washington Board of Regents1894–18952