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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 6 |
| 1858 | 3 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1860 | 5 |
| 1861 | 6 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1865 | 2 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 11 |
| 1876 | 71 |
| 1877 | 47 |
| 1878 | 21 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 11 |
| 1882 | 12 |
| 1883 | 61 |
| 1884 | 36 |
| 1885 | 59 |
| 1886 | 25 |
| 1887 | 38 |
| 1888 | 22 |
| 1889 | 88 |
| 1890 | 14 |
| 1891 | 62 |
| 1892 | 106 |
| 1893 | 104 |
| 1894 | 120 |
| 1895 | 154 |
| 1896 | 2 |
| 1897 | 8 |
| 1898 | 16 |
| 1899 | 24 |
| 1900 | 5 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 61 |
| 1904 | 30 |
| 1905 | 6 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 27 |
| 1909 | 58 |
| 1910 | 22 |
| 1911 | 4 |
| 1912 | 6 |
| 1914 | 13 |
| 1915 | 30 |
| 1916 | 33 |
| 1917 | 19 |
| 1918 | 7 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 12 |
| 1924 | 5 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 2 |
1,501 stories matching hope
- The Quest for a Skagit Trail
A merchant from Ruby City visits Seattle to lobby merchants for a new wagon road, hoping to bypass the reliance on British Columbia for trade and supplies.
- Fire Company Disbands, Leaving Town Unprotected
The Rescoe Engine Co. folds in Port Townsend, sparking local fears about fire safety and a desperate hope for a new steam engine.
- The Fugitive Accountant of Hot Springs
A popular local clerk, known for his athleticism and charm, is unmasked as a wanted embezzler from Colorado.
- A Warning to Labor: Everett's Carpenter Surplus
As unemployment hits the building trades, the local Labor Journal warns workers from other cities to stay away.
- A Logger's Long Road to Recovery
After a devastating accident in the timberlands, a local man returns home to Newport with hopes of overcoming paralysis.
- The Price of a Secret
A small-town tragedy of manners reveals how gossip and moral judgment destroyed one man's attempt to reintegrate into society after prison.
- The False Hope of Soap Lake
A local resident returns home after a futile journey seeking a miracle cure for his ailment.
- The Arrest of Link Davis
A playful, staged arrest of a former police chief turned into a heartwarming tribute by his former force.
- Wilson's Eight-Hour Day Plan Draws Railroad Pushback
As a national railroad strike looms, President Wilson clashes with industrial magnates over the fundamental rights of labor versus the stability of interstate commerce.
- Measles Shuts the Schools and Empties the Pews
With 62 absentees at the high school, the board closed the building indefinitely and barred all schoolchildren from churches, Sunday schools, picture shows and public gatherings.
- A Father Returns from the Skagit to Claim His Own
A man arrives from the mining camps to marry the woman he fathered a child with, hoping to secure their future after she was jailed for an alleged act of desperation.
- The Cabin Booby-Trap That Cost Newell Barr Ten Years
Sentenced for a gun trap rigged in his Whatcom cabin that killed John Erickson, Barr heads to Walla Walla as hopes for a pardon fade.
- The Price of Protection
A local businessman pleads guilty to habitual drunkenness to trigger a legal guardianship, hoping to shield his assets from local gamblers.
- Militia Hopes for World's Fair Trip
Washington National Guard members increase recruitment and drill intensity in anticipation of a potential trip to the Chicago World's Fair.
- Endicott's Russian Immigrants Defy Czarist Loyalty
Local Russian immigrants in Whitman County express solidarity with Japan, citing personal trauma under the Russian regime.
- Wilson Pushes Eight-Hour Day in Railroad Talks
President Wilson faces a potential national rail strike as executives and labor unions clash over the eight-hour workday and the limits of arbitration.
- The Wild West of Washington Rail Speculation
As Seattle rapidly expanded, a flurry of shadowy railroad companies and land speculators rushed to claim water-front territory, hoping to dictate the future of commerce in the Pacific Northwest.
- The Kalispel Were Told to Pick Their Own Lands—While Settlers Hoped They'd Leave
A federal allotment agent was expected in the Calispel Valley, where the Kalispel were to select individual plots from land they already held.
- The Rescue of the Bark Arabella
After running aground, a stranded vessel is saved by the quick work of local steamers.
- The Woman Who Wouldn't Die
A Seattle family waits in terror as a woman remains in a mysterious, death-like trance.
- A Miner Came West for His Health and Died in a Kennewick Hotel
F. M. Arbogust, a Kellogg miner whose heart had been damaged in a mine accident, hoped Kennewick's mild climate would help. Two weeks later he died at the Commercial Hotel.
- The State Line May Jump East—and Put Two Blocks of Idaho in Washington
A new survey suggested Newport’s border with Idaho was off by hundreds of feet, raising hopes and anxieties in a town that did not want to be handed to Idaho.
- The Pioneer Potter of Lake Union
Before high-rises dominated the shore, a small-scale artisan operated a humble pottery studio near Lake Union, hoping to turn local clay into a lasting industry.
- A New Territory Born from the Gold Fields
As the Idaho Territory is carved from Washington's eastern reaches, residents hope the split will bring order to the Salmon River mining region.
- The Mill That Left Town: Snoqualmie's Hope Goes to Portland
After a December fire, the town waited for a rebuild. Instead, Park & Lacy is hauling the machinery south, closing a $75,000 chapter.
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- A Church Built of Cement Blocks and Small-Town Pride
Hope Congregational Church dedicated its new $7,400 edifice, filled the pews, and raised $1,200 on the spot to pay down the debt.