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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1862 | 4 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 14 |
| 1876 | 131 |
| 1877 | 96 |
| 1878 | 63 |
| 1879 | 7 |
| 1880 | 26 |
| 1882 | 21 |
| 1883 | 76 |
| 1884 | 29 |
| 1885 | 118 |
| 1886 | 52 |
| 1887 | 68 |
| 1888 | 61 |
| 1889 | 133 |
| 1890 | 24 |
| 1891 | 159 |
| 1892 | 273 |
| 1893 | 237 |
| 1894 | 298 |
| 1895 | 83 |
| 1896 | 2 |
| 1897 | 8 |
| 1898 | 8 |
| 1899 | 59 |
| 1900 | 9 |
| 1902 | 11 |
| 1903 | 100 |
| 1904 | 143 |
| 1905 | 9 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 4 |
| 1909 | 161 |
| 1910 | 21 |
| 1911 | 11 |
| 1912 | 7 |
| 1914 | 32 |
| 1915 | 31 |
| 1916 | 64 |
| 1917 | 44 |
| 1918 | 7 |
| 1919 | 2 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 10 |
| 1924 | 14 |
| 1925 | 1 |
2,758 stories matching get, from 222 towns
Snohomish County149
Thurston County124
Walla Walla County85
Whatcom County40
Jefferson County34
Clallam County23
Kittitas County21
Chelan County19
Mason County14
Clark County8
San Juan County8
Island County7
Adams County4
Columbia County4
Grant County4
Franklin County3
Asotin County2
Klickitat County2
Cowlitz County1
Douglas County1
Garfield County1
Lincoln County1
Pend Oreille County1
Skamania County1
Wahkiakum County1