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Year	Stories
1854	15
1858	5
1859	12
1860	3
1861	19
1862	18
1863	5
1865	1
1871	2
1872	26
1876	149
1877	144
1878	137
1879	10
1880	23
1882	20
1883	168
1884	140
1885	141
1886	69
1887	76
1888	83
1889	253
1890	61
1891	204
1892	334
1893	294
1894	227
1895	361
1897	21
1898	45
1899	50
1900	10
1902	4
1903	135
1904	97
1905	32
1907	7
1908	64
1909	163
1910	59
1911	5
1912	4
1914	37
1915	43
1916	71
1917	34
1918	10
1922	3
1923	24
1924	14
1925	21
1929	1

3,188 stories matching land, the 400 most mentioned

People 247

Judge Hanford1889–190946
A. A. Denny1862–189531
Grover Cleveland1885–189524
Henry Villard1880–189520
Paul Schulze1885–189919
Judge Langley1893–189517
James J. Hill1892–190916
L. V. Wyckoff1876–188216
W. H. White1876–189515
C. H. Hanford1877–190915
Senator Squire1892–189515
Judge Osborn1889–189515
Thomas Burke1876–189714
D. T. Denny1872–189514
Judge Lichtenberg1891–189514
Frank C. Ross1892–189514
H. L. Yesler1876–189513
Nelson Bennett1889–190913
Commissioner Sparks1885–189412
Eugene Semple1887–189511
James Hamilton Lewis1886–189511
John L. Wilson1883–189911
Judge Humes1893–189511
Orange Jacobs1872–189510
Beriah Brown1876–188510
Watson C. Squire1885–189510
George White187810
M. M. Moulton1914–192510
Henry L. Yesler1877–18959
Theodore Roosevelt1903–19099
Governor Ferry1876–18939
Judge Burke1877–18939
John Leary1878–18939
Edmond S. Meany1891–18999
H. G. Struve1878–18949
John H. McGraw1885–19099
James McNaught1883–18959
Gov. McGraw1893–18959
Isaac I. Stevens1854–18938
John B. Allen1888–18948
Dexter Horton1876–18958
Judge Jacobs1876–18868
Harry White1889–18948
Elisha P. Ferry1877–18958
C. B. Wright1883–18958
Chief Moses1883–18948
E. C. Ferguson1876–18958
P. C. Sullivan1891–18958
Senator Allen1892–19098
Peter Stanup1891–19098
Voorhees1885–18867
Henry Yesler1876–18957
John Collins1876–18937
Lydia A. Maynard1872–18927
George B. Kittinger1888–18897
M. S. Booth1876–18837
J. T. Ronald1885–19047
Jacob Furth1893–19037
J. J. McGilvra1878–18917
E. O. Graves1893–18997
Walter N. Granger1889–18997
Charles M. Bradshaw1891–18947
Secretary Teller1883–18857
Thomas W. Symons1892–18957
Mayor Ronald1892–18947
Calvin H. Hale18627
Hoke Smith1893–18957
Charles H. Kittinger18886
Allen Weir1888–18946
Daniel Bagley1862–18956
J. R. Lewis1876–18836
Henry Hewitt, Jr.1892–19096
William Cochrane1887–18956
Henry Landes1889–19106
D. A. McKenzie1892–18956
Secretary Noble1891–18926
James G. Swan1861–18916
J. M. Adams1885–18906
C. V. Savidge1924–19256
Attorney General Jones1893–18956
W. T. Forrest1894–18956
George Washington1889–19035
Chester A. Arthur1884–18895
Judge Lewis1877–18885
Robert Abrams1882–18945
John Webster1872–18955
Thompson1888–18995
Ezra Meeker1885–18955
Robert Moran1887–19035
J. D. Lowman1889–18935
W. D. Wood1886–18955
J. D. McIntyre1889–19105
Commissioner Emery1893–18955
Jones1887–19085
Geo. D. Hill1876–18785
A. Mackintosh1877–18885
J. T. Brown1876–18775
J. M. Colman1876–18955
James M. Colman1876–18955
William H. Snyder18785
Martha J. Snyder18785
R. J. Moore1876–18775
Judge Parker1877–19045
Watson Squire1883–18945
Samuel L. Crawford1889–18955
Sadie Brantner18895
A. H. Chambers1887–18925
Robert Bridges1895–19035
John F. Gowey1887–18925
N. H. McLean1892–18955
McBride1893–18985
Chief Rogers1892–18955
Inspector Coblentz1892–18935
H. J. Snively1886–19165
J. C. Scott1923–19255
J. C. Lloyd1922–19255
Collector Saunders1894–18955
Coroner Askam18955
Senator Ankeny1903–19054
C. C. Terry1887–18954
Jim Hill1899–19094
Allen C. Mason1892–19044
Peter Kirk1887–18884
Moses1877–18914
James G. Blaine1876–18894
Chief Woolery1882–18914
Alvord1882–18884
Villard1880–18834
W. H. Fife1893–18954
Ulysses S. Grant1880–19034
Maynard1878–18894
David S. Maynard1872–18924
McNaught1872–18914
Victor Smith1862–18884
Russell A. Alger1889–18914
C. J. Smith1893–18994
John D. Rockefeller1891–18954
John Johnson1877–19044
Mr. Johnson1885–18904
B. S. Grosscup1903–19144
Robert G. Stuart1872–18774
Robert Frost1863–18924
Turner1878–18894
Jay Cooke1872–18914
Leigh S. J. Hunt1888–18894
J. B. Metcalfe1889–18954
H. W. Baker1888–18954
D. H. Gilman1889–18954
Arthur A. Denny1878–18914
John H. Mitchell1877–18864
Denny1862–18914
Benj. Stretch1877–18784
Royal Haskell1877–18784
Ferguson1877–19094
James Wickersham1889–18954
John P. Judson1883–18894
Sheriff McGraw1883–18864
Junius Rochester1889–18934
W. C. Hill1889–18954
W. E. Bailey18894
L. C. Frey18894
P. H. Winston18914
Attorney-General Jones1891–18944
Robert Harris1884–18874
Schulze1885–18954
B. F. Day1883–18954
Henry George1892–19114
Daniel Pullen1887–18934
Sarah B. Yesler1892–18954
Griffith Davies1893–18954
John G. McBride1892–18954
Coroner Horton1892–18944
Samuel Calhoun1876–18924
Gifford Pinchot1908–19164
Miles Poindexter1915–19164
Henry Hewitt Jr.1892–18954
E. W. Ross1905–19104
I. M. Howell1894–19144
Wesley L. Jones1908–19154
Carroll B. Graves1916–19254
Charles M. Sanford1916–19234
Councilman Smith19034
Fred M. Weil1922–19234
Yakima Indians1889–18954
D. A. Scott19254
Ira M. Krutz1891–18924
H. B. Scudder18914
Agent Eells1892–18944
Andrew Knox1893–18954
Richard A. Ballinger1909–19104
J. W. Robinson1891–18924
Capt. Carpenter18934
Commissioner Lamoreux1893–18954
Representative Doolittle1894–18954
O. C. Lacey1891–18924
Capt. LeClerc1908–19094
Clair Hunt19094
Sidney W. Rogers1909–19104
Marcus Daly1895–18984
S. H. Piles1888–18953
Abraham Lincoln1861–18893
Johnson1883–18913
Weatherwax1892–18943
Guilford Miller1885–18903
Brown1883–18943
Miller1888–19033
Capt. Geo. D. Hill18763
Marcus Whitman1878–18853
Jackson1878–18993
White1884–18913
W. H. Brown1888–18983
Amos Brown1876–18913
Wickersham1894–18953
E. P. Ferry1872–18933
John Arthur1892–18953
Rev. John F. Damon1894–18953
Wilson1891–18933
W. H. Patterson1884–18883
Burke1880–18893
Brents1880–19033
George Kinnear1887–18953
John J. McGilvra1880–18943
Selucius Garfielde1861–18723
Ah Och18943
D.S. Maynard1872–18783
T. M. Reed1861–18923
J. Eugene Jordan1892–18943
J. A. Moore1892–18993
J. C. Haines1889–18913
Thomas W. Prosch18953
Maurice McMicken1889–19033
Mrs. Hutton1892–19163
Smith1883–18923
Ross1892–19103
Moore18893
Clark1877–19033
A. R. Gardner1914–19173
Lee M. Lampson1914–19153
J. J. Rudkin1915–19183
Scott Z. Henderson1914–19173
John Sherman1876–18893
Stewart1876–18993
Judge Wickersham18893
Isaac Stevens1877–19243
James Smith1872–18913
Catharine T. Maynard1872–18893
Gov. Ferry1872–18783

Organizations 153

Northern Pacific Railroad1871–1924288
Northern Pacific1876–192369
Northern Pacific Railroad Company1858–191769
General Land Office1860–191460
Oregon Improvement Company1880–189542
Tacoma Land Company1879–190942
Seattle City Council1876–192940
Chamber of Commerce1884–190933
Northern Pacific Railway1876–191831
Seattle Chamber of Commerce1876–190427
Great Northern Railway1892–190925
Puyallup Tribe1886–190921
Great Northern Railroad1891–191020
Post-Intelligencer1883–189518
Republican Party1876–189518
Washington State Legislature1891–190918
Seattle Post-Intelligencer1885–189517
Department of the Interior1859–192517
University of Washington1878–192317
Congress1858–190916
Everett Land Company1892–189516
Great Northern1892–191715
First National Bank1883–190815
Interior Department1883–191015
King County Commissioners1876–190414
Commercial Club1892–191714
Secretary of the Interior1876–191014
United States Congress1862–189113
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1876–188013
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company1880–189213
City of Seattle1877–190912
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1888–189512
State Land Commission1892–189512
Hudson Bay Company1859–189511
Tacoma City Council1884–190910
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1883–189510
Tacoma Ledger1883–189810
Fairhaven Land Company1889–189410
Northern Pacific Railway Company1884–191610
Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad1908–191010
Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co.1887–18899
Union Pacific1883–19099
Democratic Party1876–18929
Puget Sound Dispatch1872–18789
Dexter Horton & Co.1876–18959
United States Land Office1877–19039
Everett Trades Council1909–19129
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1888–18998
McNaught & Leary1871–18788
Mackintosh or Stacy18788
Washington Improvement Company1883–18958
Board of State Land Commissioners1895–19158
Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company18958
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1889–18957
Hudson's Bay Company1858–18927
Salvation Army1884–19157
Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1882–18877
The Daily Intelligencer1876–18777
Yakama Nation1876–19037
Yakima Investment Company1895–18997
Board of County Commissioners1876–19097
State of Washington1889–19147
Puyallup Indian Commission1892–18957
Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company1894–18957
Panhandle Lumber Co.1907–19107
Fidelity Lumber Co.1908–19107
War Department1895–19146
The Intelligencer1872–18786
King County1877–18956
United States District Court1891–19096
Constitutional Convention18896
Commissioner of Indian Affairs1885–19086
Bureau of Associated Charities1894–18956
Washington State Senate1893–19096
United States Supreme Court1894–19096
Walla Walla City Council1903–19106
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad1904–19096
House Committee on Public Lands1884–18946
American Legion1923–19256
Seattle1882–18995
Knights of Labor1885–18945
Seattle Intelligencer1877–18805
U.S. Land Office1872–19095
Intelligencer1876–18775
Standard Oil Company1888–19165
Kennewick Commercial Club1914–19165
Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington1854–18855
Seattle National Bank1894–18955
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company1884–18865
Harbor Line Commission1891–18945
Methodist Episcopal Church1883–18945
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad Company1889–18935
Washington Irrigation Company1903–19055
Washington Supreme Court1891–19035
Spokane Review1890–18935
The Miner1908–19095
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway1876–18884
West Coast Improvement Company1888–18954
Canadian Pacific Railway1887–19034
Providence Hospital1892–18994
U.S. Congress1885–19094
Seattle Coal Company1872–18854
District Court1872–18864
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1884–18914
United States Government1859–18784
County Commissioners1876–18834
First Washington Volunteers18994
Whitman College1903–19244
Oregonian1877–19164
Board of Regents1894–19224
Union Pacific Railroad1883–18934
Puget Sound Agricultural Company1858–18724
United States Senate1886–18954
Territorial Legislature1862–18834
Evening Dispatch1877–18784
Department of Agriculture1897–19034
United States Navy1879–18914
Board of Trade1885–18914
Llewellyn, Dodge Co.18894
Seattle Athletic Club1893–18954
City of Tacoma1887–19094
St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company1891–18954
Public Service Commission19164
Spokane Chamber of Commerce1903–19154
Northern Pacific Company1884–18974
Great Northern Railway Company1892–19094
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad1886–18944
Walla Walla Water Company19034
Port of Kennewick1915–19164
Moran Bros.18954
Stevens County Commissioners1908–19094
Idaho Washington Northern1908–19104
Southern Pacific Railroad1882–18953
Washington Standard1861–18633
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1886–19043
The Herald1888–18913
Treasury Department1894–18953
Moss Bay Iron and Steel Company18883
Tacoma1883–18993
Tacoma Mill Company1879–18953
Odd Fellows1894–19083
Seattle Daily Intelligencer1877–18783
Daily Intelligencer1876–18803
Puget Mill Company1895–19113
Olympia Tribune1872–18923
The Tribune1891–18953
Knights of Pythias1893–18943
Walla Walla Statesman1883–19033
Washington Iron Works1887–18993
Southern Pacific1903–19093
Hovey & Barker18763
Crawford & Harrington1877–18893
North Pacific1876–18933