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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 1 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1872 | 1 |
| 1876 | 12 |
| 1877 | 12 |
| 1878 | 4 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 10 |
| 1884 | 8 |
| 1885 | 12 |
| 1886 | 8 |
| 1887 | 5 |
| 1888 | 1 |
| 1889 | 9 |
| 1890 | 3 |
| 1891 | 8 |
| 1892 | 26 |
| 1893 | 22 |
| 1894 | 13 |
| 1895 | 25 |
| 1898 | 1 |
| 1899 | 8 |
| 1903 | 4 |
| 1904 | 8 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1908 | 9 |
| 1909 | 9 |
| 1910 | 4 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1916 | 1 |
| 1917 | 5 |
| 1918 | 2 |
241 stories matching drift, from 75 towns
Snohomish County12
Jefferson County11
Benton County11
Pend Oreille County10
Spokane County8
Skagit County8
Clallam County7
Yakima County3
Kittitas County3
Cowlitz County3
Whatcom County3
Chelan County2
Lewis County2
San Juan County2
Grant County1
Lincoln County1
Mason County1
Skamania County1
Whitman County1
County not recorded10