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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 3 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 2 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1872 | 4 |
| 1876 | 35 |
| 1877 | 20 |
| 1878 | 9 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 3 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 42 |
| 1884 | 17 |
| 1885 | 32 |
| 1886 | 15 |
| 1887 | 17 |
| 1888 | 19 |
| 1889 | 45 |
| 1890 | 10 |
| 1891 | 40 |
| 1892 | 82 |
| 1893 | 50 |
| 1894 | 69 |
| 1895 | 97 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1898 | 9 |
| 1899 | 18 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1903 | 27 |
| 1904 | 20 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 19 |
| 1909 | 46 |
| 1910 | 9 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 4 |
| 1915 | 4 |
| 1916 | 12 |
| 1917 | 7 |
| 1923 | 3 |
| 1925 | 1 |
814 stories matching lay, from 114 towns
Thurston County45
Snohomish County36
Spokane County29
Walla Walla County26
Benton County25
Grays Harbor County20
Jefferson County15
Yakima County14
Clallam County8
Kittitas County6
Whitman County6
Lewis County6
Skagit County5
Adams County4
Chelan County4
Clark County3
Stevens County3
Franklin County2
Columbia County1
Cowlitz County1
Garfield County1
Island County1
Mason County1
Pacific County1
San Juan County1