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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 2 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 5 |
| 1876 | 30 |
| 1877 | 25 |
| 1878 | 16 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 8 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 30 |
| 1884 | 20 |
| 1885 | 29 |
| 1886 | 21 |
| 1887 | 9 |
| 1888 | 21 |
| 1889 | 46 |
| 1890 | 8 |
| 1891 | 41 |
| 1892 | 84 |
| 1893 | 102 |
| 1894 | 71 |
| 1895 | 98 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 18 |
| 1899 | 18 |
| 1900 | 5 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 44 |
| 1904 | 20 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1908 | 24 |
| 1909 | 45 |
| 1910 | 10 |
| 1911 | 5 |
| 1912 | 3 |
| 1914 | 15 |
| 1915 | 9 |
| 1916 | 24 |
| 1917 | 8 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 6 |
| 1924 | 6 |
| 1929 | 1 |
782 stories matching origin, the 269 most mentioned
People 182
- George B. Kittinger1888–189511
- Judge Hanford1891–189511
- Charles H. Kittinger188810
- Judge Humes1893–18958
- John H. McGraw1892–18956
- Judge Osborn1892–18956
- John B. Allen1891–18935
- Thomas Burke1889–18955
- W. H. White1872–18925
- John Collins1882–19035
- Edmond S. Meany1893–19235
- Senator Squire1891–18955
- Nelson Bennett1886–18945
- Miller1889–19034
- A. A. Denny1871–18954
- Beriah Brown1872–18854
- Daniel Bagley1893–18954
- J. T. Ronald1892–18954
- James Hamilton Lewis1892–18984
- Elisha P. Ferry1877–18944
- Judge Lichtenberg1891–18954
- M. M. Moulton1914–19164
- Mr. Morgan1876–18893
- John Arthur1892–18953
- Orange Jacobs1877–18953
- Henry Yesler1885–18893
- John J. McGilvra1877–18933
- Gardner Kellogg1872–18953
- John T. Jordan18763
- Grover Cleveland1885–18943
- C. J. Smith1893–18953
- Harold Preston1894–19033
- Mr. Carr18763
- John L. Wilson1883–18953
- D. H. Gilman1888–18923
- Arthur A. Denny1891–18953
- E. C. Ferguson1876–18953
- Sheriff Woolery1893–18943
- George Venable Smith1885–18943
- J. E. Baker18983
- J. J. Browne1883–18933
- John Considine18933
- Judge Brents19033
- Judge Glasgow1893–18953
- Judge Langley18953
- Senator Hutchinson1893–19093
- Mayor Phelps1894–18953
- Councilman Caldwell19083
- Councilman Hynes19083
- S. H. Piles1894–18952
- Elwood Evans1872–18912
- Theodore Roosevelt1903–19092
- Governor McBride19032
- Voorhees18862
- James1895–18992
- Crichton18952
- W. H. Brown18982
- T. J. Milner1885–18882
- Judge Burke18952
- Eben Smith1892–18942
- D. T. Denny1876–18932
- Eugene Semple1892–18952
- Chief Woolery1882–18912
- H. L. Yesler1871–18932
- Anderson1893–18952
- Martin1909–19142
- George Kinnear18952
- Chief Seattle1871–18952
- Ulysses S. Grant1895–19032
- Judge Jacobs1876–18912
- D. Horton1872–18842
- H. A. Atkins1872–18762
- Mr. Colman1877–18852
- J. C. Haines1885–18912
- Mr. Davis1891–18922
- A. R. Gardner1916–19172
- A. Mackintosh18782
- Gould1876–18832
- Dr. T. T. Minor1889–18932
- Gov. Perry18762
- Chapman1876–18952
- Cornelius H. Hanford1876–18922
- Ingraham1889–18982
- C. D. Emery1892–18952
- Denny1862–18912
- R. J. Moore1876–18772
- J. N. Low1876–18772
- Charles Harrison18762
- Charles Taylor1876–19032
- Aristotle1877–18782
- G. Morris Haller1878–18952
- Harry Morgan1889–18922
- Mayor Moran18892
- Sheriff Packwood1886–18892
- Judge J. P. Hoyt1889–18952
- Sheriff McGraw1885–18862
- D. A. McKenzie18952
- A. M. Cannon1883–18842
- Fred E. Sander1893–18952
- Junius Rochester18922
- Kinnear18912
- Judge Hoyt1887–18892
- Chief Kellogg18922
- Judge Calkins18912
- T. B. Corey18942
- Representative Metcalfe18912
- Harry Clarke18912
- John Wiley18952
- City Comptroller Ferris1891–18952
- Justice Hill18852
- Dr. Waughop18922
- T. H. Cann1889–18952
- George A. Barnes1877–18912
- Griffith Davies1893–18952
- William Martin1892–19032
- Prosecuting Attorney Miller1893–18942
- Coroner Horton1893–18942
- George Donworth1892–18932
- John Parkinson1892–18932
- James Hart18982
- Walter Bowen1892–18952
- Charles W. Saunders18952
- George Vancouver1891–18932
- Sweeney18952
- William Behring18922
- Andrew F. Burleigh1893–18952
- Henry McBride1904–19082
- Judge Bell1895–19042
- J. B. Clements1916–19172
- Judge Carey1908–19172
- Mayor Hunt19032
- Samuel Benn1892–19232
- Henry Hewitt Jr.1892–18952
- H. J. Snively19162
- John Mills18952
- James McGough1889–18942
- Wm. Dircksen1916–19172
- Alex McNeill1916–19172
- A. J. M. Hosom18982
- Judge Grady1916–19172
- Thomas T. Minor18952
- Honeycutt19032
- Eugene V. Debs18942
- E. C. Million1892–18952
- Dr. E. G. Johnson18952
- C. V. Piper18982
- Weile19032
- Attorney General Jones1894–18952
- Fagan Scott19032
- Enos Palmer19032
- James Murphy18952
- Melvin G. Winstock1894–18952
- Frank Spofford1916–19172
- Carson1892–18942
- John H. Powell19032
- Thomas Henderson Boyd1892–18932
- Justice Caldwell1893–18942
- John Morgan18942
- Compton18952
- Jordan18952
- W. J. Grambs18952
- W. T. Forrest1894–18952
- Corporation Counsel Scott18952
- H. Preusse1883–18932
- Clise18952
- Mr. King18952
- John Q. Anderson18942
- John E. John18942
- C. C. Todd18942
- Joe Dawson18942
- Frank Mussetter1893–18952
- A. J. Anderson18952
- Mr. Winsor18952
- W. J. Spillman1898–19022
- C. C. Anderson1895–19092
- Rev. D. W. Calfee18952
- Councilman Bennett19082
- Dr. J. P. Sweeney18952
- Mayor Appel19082
- J. C. H. Reynolds19082
- Councilman McInnis19082
- Receiver Backus18952
Organizations 87
- Northern Pacific Railroad1877–190928
- Seattle City Council1885–192416
- Oregon Improvement Company1883–189515
- General Land Office1880–189510
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1885–18959
- Northern Pacific1876–19049
- University of Washington1893–19098
- Commercial Club1894–19177
- Washington State Legislature1878–19237
- Dexter Horton & Co.1888–18946
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1883–19096
- Jackson Street Cable Railway18885
- Tacoma Land Company1879–18955
- Great Northern Railroad1892–19085
- Tacoma City Council1893–19094
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1884–18944
- Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1876–18784
- Board of Regents1894–18954
- Washington State Supreme Court1893–19044
- The Seattle Star1899–19103
- Seattle Fire Department1876–18953
- Great Northern Railway1895–18983
- City of Seattle1893–18943
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1889–18953
- Knights of Labor1885–18893
- Puget Sound Dispatch18723
- City Council1883–18913
- Great Northern1893–19103
- Tacoma Ledger1885–18923
- Methodist Episcopal Church18953
- Seattle Consolidated Street Railway Company18953
- Tacoma Light and Water Company1892–18953
- American Federation of Labor1894–19123
- Public Service Commission19163
- Walla Walla City Council19033
- Northern Pacific Railway Company1884–18983
- Board of State Land Commissioners18953
- House Committee on Public Lands1884–18943
- Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad1908–19103
- Board of Public Works1891–18932
- Hudson Bay Company1882–18952
- Northern Pacific Railway1893–19042
- Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad1888–18912
- Post-Intelligencer1885–18922
- Hudson's Bay Company1892–19092
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1894–18952
- Seattle Coal Company1876–18852
- Larrabee & Co.18722
- The Intelligencer1877–18782
- Standard Oil Company1895–19162
- Knights of Pythias1892–18942
- King County1894–18952
- Washington Iron Works1891–18952
- Everett Land Company18922
- Kennewick Commercial Club1914–19162
- Wenatchee Development Company1892–18992
- Port Madison Mill Company1885–18922
- Bonney & Stewart18942
- Secretary of the Interior1894–18952
- War Hawk1876–18832
- First National Bank1883–18932
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union1890–19032
- Moore Land Company18892
- Seattle City Railway Company18952
- Seattle School Board18942
- Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company18852
- Seattle Chronicle1884–18852
- Tacoma Fire Department1894–18952
- Consolidated Street Railway Company1893–18952
- Everett Trades Council1911–19122
- Kennewick City Council1914–19162
- State Federation of Labor1909–19122
- Keeler Brothers1914–19162
- Seattle Theater18952
- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition19092
- American Railway Union18942
- Dallas McGlothlen Post1922–19232
- State Land Commission18932
- Seattle & Northern Railway1894–18952
- Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company18952
- Fidelity Lumber Co.19082
- The Miner1908–19092
- Union Illuminating Company18952
- Newport town council1908–19092
- Newport Telephone Co.1908–19092
- Sedro Times18952
- Fife Bros.19092