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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 5 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 6 |
| 1862 | 6 |
| 1863 | 20 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1871 | 3 |
| 1872 | 16 |
| 1876 | 130 |
| 1877 | 102 |
| 1878 | 51 |
| 1879 | 6 |
| 1880 | 29 |
| 1882 | 17 |
| 1883 | 125 |
| 1884 | 60 |
| 1885 | 109 |
| 1886 | 62 |
| 1887 | 58 |
| 1888 | 64 |
| 1889 | 152 |
| 1890 | 22 |
| 1891 | 132 |
| 1892 | 276 |
| 1893 | 284 |
| 1894 | 246 |
| 1895 | 319 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 12 |
| 1898 | 31 |
| 1899 | 52 |
| 1900 | 13 |
| 1902 | 7 |
| 1903 | 127 |
| 1904 | 79 |
| 1905 | 18 |
| 1907 | 4 |
| 1908 | 60 |
| 1909 | 129 |
| 1910 | 34 |
| 1911 | 13 |
| 1912 | 6 |
| 1914 | 17 |
| 1915 | 15 |
| 1916 | 45 |
| 1917 | 35 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 10 |
| 1924 | 17 |
| 1925 | 7 |
| 1928 | 5 |
| 1929 | 4 |
3,052 stories matching long, from 255 towns
Thurston County150
Benton County117
Walla Walla County100
Jefferson County47
Whatcom County47
Clallam County22
Chelan County15
Stevens County13
Clark County11
Lincoln County11
Douglas County9
Mason County7
San Juan County7
Adams County6
Columbia County4
Island County4
Wahkiakum County4
Grant County4
Asotin County3
Klickitat County2
County not recorded68
- Seattle12
- Metaline9
- Tacoma6
- Blueslide5
- Olympia4
- Camden2
- Cusick2
- Dalkena2
- Newport2
- Port Townsend2
- Black Diamond1
- Brookfield1
- Cascade Locks1
- Day Creek1
- Deception Pass1
- Everett1
- Kennewick1
- Kittitas County1
- Laurel1
- Lenora1
- Loon Lake1
- Metaline Falls1
- Mica1
- Mount Rainier1
- Orting1
- Richland1
- Skokomish1
- Spirit Lake1
- Spokane1
- Sunnydale1
- Vaughn1
- Winthrop1