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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 3 |
| 1859 | 5 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 10 |
| 1862 | 4 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 11 |
| 1876 | 33 |
| 1877 | 26 |
| 1878 | 16 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 11 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 38 |
| 1884 | 29 |
| 1885 | 29 |
| 1886 | 19 |
| 1887 | 19 |
| 1888 | 15 |
| 1889 | 68 |
| 1890 | 11 |
| 1891 | 50 |
| 1892 | 89 |
| 1893 | 81 |
| 1894 | 86 |
| 1895 | 112 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 6 |
| 1899 | 14 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 6 |
| 1903 | 36 |
| 1904 | 30 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 10 |
| 1909 | 41 |
| 1910 | 14 |
| 1911 | 9 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 8 |
| 1915 | 7 |
| 1916 | 29 |
| 1917 | 7 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1923 | 6 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 2 |
983 stories matching exist, the 307 most mentioned
People 183
- W. H. White1882–189511
- Judge Hanford1889–189810
- Henry Yesler1880–18938
- Byron Phelps1894–18958
- Henry Villard1883–18957
- Mayor Ronald1892–18947
- Miller1886–19036
- A. A. Denny1888–18956
- J. R. Lewis1876–18786
- A. R. Gardner1914–19176
- Watson C. Squire1885–18956
- John H. McGraw1885–18956
- Judge Lichtenberg1891–18926
- J. T. Ronald1891–18955
- James Hamilton Lewis1889–19035
- Senator Squire1893–18955
- James McNaught1878–18925
- J. J. Browne1883–18845
- Gov. McGraw1893–18945
- John Fairfield1893–18945
- Henry L. Yesler1884–18934
- John Arthur1894–18954
- Orange Jacobs1893–18954
- Roger S. Greene1882–18954
- Grover Cleveland1886–18894
- John Lamb1894–18994
- Paul Schulze1885–18954
- Isabella Cull1877–18784
- Charles Edward Cull1877–18784
- A. M. Cannon1883–18844
- John Considine1892–18944
- Judge Langley1894–18954
- City Engineer Thomson1893–18954
- Mayor Phelps1894–18954
- J. N. Glover1884–18954
- Abraham Lincoln1861–18893
- Thomas Burke1892–18943
- John Collins1884–18943
- H. L. Yesler1877–18953
- J. M. Frink1891–18953
- Anderson1893–18943
- Selucius Garfielde1861–18723
- Leander Miller1894–18953
- J. Eugene Jordan1893–18953
- Jacob Furth1892–18993
- J. D. Lowman18933
- Clark1891–19033
- Nelson Bennett1890–18943
- E. C. Kilbourne1895–18993
- E. O. Graves18953
- Patrick J. Cull1877–18783
- D. A. McKenzie18953
- Judge Hoyt1886–18913
- Thomas W. Symons1892–18953
- Sweeney1894–18953
- Samuel Gompers1909–19103
- E. C. Hughes1892–18943
- M. E. Hay1909–19163
- Eugene V. Debs1894–18953
- Mayor Wright1904–19083
- Justice Humphrey18933
- Collector Saunders1894–18953
- Corporation Counsel Scott1894–18953
- James N. Glover1883–18953
- James J. Hill1894–18992
- Josiah Collins1886–18952
- Theodore Roosevelt1902–19032
- Johnson1883–19102
- John B. Allen1893–18942
- C. C. Terry1876–18952
- Mayor Campbell19042
- White1889–18912
- Richard Winsor1893–18992
- Councilman James18992
- Sheriff Cochrane1887–18882
- E. P. Ferry1882–18882
- Judge Burke1889–18942
- W. R. Ballard1891–18952
- Moses18832
- James G. Blaine18892
- Benjamin Harrison18892
- Beriah Brown1872–18782
- Jay Gould1890–18912
- John Leary18842
- George Kinnear18842
- Dr. Sparling1892–18932
- Daniel Bagley18952
- Ulysses S. Grant1872–18892
- Andrew Johnson1872–18892
- Judge Jacobs1883–18852
- Clements19162
- C. B. Bagley1891–18922
- Edmond S. Meany1893–18952
- W. D. Wood1887–18952
- Everett Smith1892–18942
- Dr. Annie Russell1893–18992
- Dunbar1892–19032
- Levi Ankeny19032
- Attorney General1889–19102
- Joseph McCabe1895–19032
- A. P. Beck1890–18912
- Mr. Johnson1877–18912
- Jones1891–18952
- John Sherman1887–18892
- Murphy1888–18922
- Jay Cooke1872–18832
- J. M. Carson1892–18942
- D. H. Gilman1892–18952
- Chapman18952
- E. S. Ingraham1876–18952
- Amasa Miller18932
- E. C. Ferguson1878–18792
- William Pickering1862–18772
- Mr. Burke1880–18952
- Eldridge Morse1877–18782
- Greene1877–18942
- Mayor Moran18892
- Henry Landes1889–19102
- Captain Clancy1887–18892
- J. V. Meeker1861–18892
- Judge Osborn1893–18952
- Sheriff McGraw1883–18862
- Dr. Jordan1893–18942
- Junius Rochester18932
- McNeill19162
- V. G. Bogue1891–18922
- E. M. Carr1886–18932
- Attorney-General Jones18912
- Judge Humes1893–18952
- Fred Gasch1893–18952
- Schulze1885–18952
- Robert Wingate1893–18942
- David T. Denny18952
- Jim Woolery1893–18942
- George Venable Smith1885–18932
- H. M. Hall1885–18862
- W. H. Harris18942
- Sarah B. Yesler1893–18952
- Collector Wasson1892–18932
- McBride1894–18982
- Chief Rogers1892–18942
- Prosecuting Attorney Miller18922
- George Donworth18932
- Chief Jackson18922
- Judge Snell1903–19042
- J. B. Clements19162
- Charles Perry Taylor1909–19112
- H. J. Snively19162
- Herbert C. Harris19162
- Alex McNeill19162
- Joseph Shippen1893–18952
- Judge Grady19162
- Hugh Farley1895–19042
- W. H. Paulhamus1903–19152
- Van Cleave19112
- A. J. McMillan18922
- McCready18922
- Weile19032
- Congressman Wilson1893–18952
- Daniel Kelleher18932
- A. W. Hastie1892–18942
- Capt. Symons1894–18952
- Minnie Yesler18932
- Mrs. Yesler18932
- Mrs. Fay18932
- Delegate Crichton1894–18952
- Compton18942
- Judge Bellinger1893–18942
- Daulton18942
- J. G. Niggle18942
- General Manager Kendrick1894–18952
- Voigt18952
- Charles Gloystein18942
- Gloystein18942
- John Rae18942
- Clise1894–18952
- John Cryderman1893–18942
- Banning Austin1893–18942
- Lovejoy1894–18952
- E. C. Cheasty18942
- Rev. Napoleon Hoagland1891–18922
- Harold Denny18952
- W. B. Linn19162
Organizations 124
- Northern Pacific Railroad1872–190441
- Seattle City Council1872–189917
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1886–192913
- Oregon Improvement Company1883–189513
- Republican Party1861–190812
- Everett Trades Council1909–191211
- Chamber of Commerce1889–190410
- Knights of Labor1885–189210
- Post-Intelligencer1883–189410
- Northern Pacific1887–19099
- City of Seattle1883–18958
- Great Northern Railway1892–19107
- Washington State Legislature1891–18957
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1884–18977
- Democratic Party1876–18946
- Puget Sound Dispatch1871–18726
- Tacoma Ledger1883–18956
- Union Pacific1891–19035
- Western Central Labor Union1891–18945
- Great Northern Railroad1892–18955
- American Federation of Labor1909–19235
- American Railway Union1894–18955
- Board of Public Works1892–18954
- General Land Office1861–18954
- Tacoma City Council1884–19094
- Seattle Fire Department1876–18944
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1883–19044
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1894–19094
- Intelligencer1872–18804
- City Council1883–18934
- Great Northern1903–19094
- Commercial Club1894–19094
- Board of Trade1884–18894
- Ballard City Council1892–18954
- Washington State Senate1893–18954
- Washington Supreme Court1891–19034
- The Seattle Star18993
- Seattle1876–18833
- Northern Pacific Railway1884–18923
- Sunset Telephone Company19043
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1888–18943
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1888–18923
- Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad1888–18913
- Port Blakely Mill Company1876–18953
- Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1885–18873
- University of Washington1895–19283
- Puget Mill Company18953
- People's Party1892–18943
- Great Western Iron and Steel Works18913
- Spokane Falls Review1883–18843
- Bureau of Associated Charities1893–18953
- Seattle Telegraph1892–18943
- Spokane Review1892–18943
- Populist Party18943
- Seattle Board of Health1892–18953
- State Land Commission18933
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1887–19032
- War Department1892–18952
- Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company1893–18952
- Treasury Department1892–18942
- Seattle Police Department1888–18992
- Union Electric Company1894–18992
- Fannie Paddock Hospital19042
- Department of the Interior1898–19032
- Congress1876–19092
- Renton, Holmes & Co.1876–18942
- Daily Intelligencer1877–18802
- The Tribune1891–18922
- The Intelligencer1877–18782
- Board of Health1893–18952
- Standard Oil Company1889–19162
- Seattle Coal and Iron Company1889–18952
- Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1884–18892
- County Commissioners1876–18922
- Puget Sound Power Company1899–19092
- Courier-Reporter1914–19162
- Interstate Commerce Commission1909–19162
- Union Pacific Railroad1883–18912
- Puget Sound Agricultural Company1854–18722
- Seattle General Hospital18952
- Secretary of the Treasury1876–18932
- Tacoma Land Company1885–18862
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union1883–18902
- Seattle School Board1893–18942
- Board of Aldermen1894–18952
- Denny mines18912
- Chronicle1883–18852
- Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory1861–18622
- Washington Improvement Company1894–18952
- Seattle Home Guards18862
- Seattle Board of Education1894–18952
- City of Ballard18952
- Stimson Mill Company18952
- Seattle House of Delegates1893–18952
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers1902–19092
- Aberdeen Herald1891–18922
- Aberdeen City Council18922
- State Federation of Labor19092
- Keeler Brothers19162
- United States Reclamation Service1905–19162
- Commercial club1914–19162
- State College of Washington19232
- Yakima Natural Gas & Oil Company19162
- Northern Pacific Railway Company1884–18972
- Prosser Independent-Record19162
- Board of State Land Commissioners18952
- Denny Clay Company18942
- Ledger1893–18942
- Walla Walla Water Company1894–19032
- Puget Sound Herald1859–18612
- Union Club1892–18952
- Woman's Reading Club19032
- Bureau of Yards and Docks18952
- Union Trunk Line18952
- Lake Shore road1894–18952
- Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company1894–18952
- Seattle Police Commission18942
- Seattle Fire Commission18952
- Wenatchee Advance1897–18982
- Newport Town Council1908–19092
- Washington State Land Department1895–19102
- The Miner19092
- State Board of Railway Commissioners19092
- The Filipino Forum1928–19292