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 |
|---|---|
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1876 | 2 |
| 1877 | 3 |
| 1878 | 1 |
| 1883 | 2 |
| 1885 | 3 |
| 1886 | 1 |
| 1888 | 1 |
| 1889 | 5 |
| 1892 | 4 |
| 1893 | 3 |
| 1894 | 3 |
| 1895 | 5 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 3 |
| 1904 | 2 |
| 1908 | 1 |
| 1909 | 1 |
43 stories matching eldest, in 12 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 20 | 1888–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 6 | 1883–1886 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Tacoma TimesTacoma · published 1903–1949 | 4 | 1903–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound DispatchSeattle · published 1871–1880 | 4 | 1876–1878 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 2 | 1903 | Catalog ↗ |
| Washington StandardOlympia · published 1860–1921 | 1 | 1862 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Daily IntelligencerSeattle · published 1876–1881 | 1 | 1877 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Northern StarSnohomish City · published 1876–1879 | 1 | 1876 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Yakima HeraldNorth Yakima · published 1889–1914 | 1 | 1889 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Colfax GazetteColfax · published 1893–1932 | 1 | 1900 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom · published 1858–1864 | 1 | 1858 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-Current | 1 | 1908 | Catalog ↗ |