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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 2 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 7 |
| 1862 | 10 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 5 |
| 1876 | 53 |
| 1877 | 51 |
| 1878 | 51 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 11 |
| 1882 | 6 |
| 1883 | 64 |
| 1884 | 23 |
| 1885 | 26 |
| 1886 | 18 |
| 1887 | 18 |
| 1888 | 16 |
| 1889 | 59 |
| 1890 | 16 |
| 1891 | 69 |
| 1892 | 85 |
| 1893 | 67 |
| 1894 | 79 |
| 1895 | 111 |
| 1897 | 7 |
| 1898 | 24 |
| 1899 | 8 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 56 |
| 1904 | 48 |
| 1905 | 6 |
| 1907 | 4 |
| 1908 | 50 |
| 1909 | 87 |
| 1910 | 11 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 26 |
| 1915 | 15 |
| 1916 | 26 |
| 1917 | 10 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 5 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1928 | 1 |
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- The Motherlode of Mason County
A report on the incredible timber yield of a Satstop River quarter-section, highlighting the massive economic potential of Washington's old-growth forests.
- The Phantom Section Hands of the Northern Pacific
A roadmaster at Cle Elum is arrested for padding six railroad crews with fictitious workers—until a foreman’s conscience, and the auditors, caught up with him.
- A Judge Strikes Down the Ordinance That Told Teamsters to 'Move On'
A test case in Seattle's court quashes the section that let the board of public works declare any wagon an obstruction — and the courtroom fills with teamsters waiting on the verdict.
- The Grooming of a Section Foreman
When a railroad boss demanded a married man for a section-house job, an applicant didn't let a minor detail like bachelorhood stop him from closing the deal in an hour.
- The Railroad Came for the Spokane Reservation's Odd Sections
Interior Secretary Ballinger told the Spokane land office to warn settlers that the Northern Pacific would sue for title to odd-numbered sections on the Spokane Indian Reservation—land the government had already ruled the railroad could not claim.
- Seattle's Mayor Vetoes Boiler Safety Bill Over a Clerical Error
Mayor J. T. Ronald sends a steam-boiler inspection ordinance back to the House of Delegates because a duplicated section would not survive court—and warns that a $3 inspection fee has already stirred opposition.
- The Great Moss Panic of 1878
Seattle's early city council once declared war on rooftop greenery to prevent the city from burning down.
- Railroad Mishap at Martin's Mill
Three track workers jump to safety as a delayed passenger train smashes their section car at a blind curve.
- A Nooksack Valley Land Fight Ends With One Man Holding Everything
Frank Luke and Watt Birdwell claimed the same Nooksack Valley lots. The Interior Department finally ruled that Luke's earlier settlement gave him the land.
- Railroad Giant Eyes Tribal Land
A local capitalist claims the Northern Pacific railroad holds legal rights to odd-numbered land sections within the Puyallup Indian Reservation.
- Freak Rail-Cutting Accident May Cost Foreman His Eye
A. L. Bird, section foreman at Hay, was struck in the eye by a flying piece of metal while cutting a railroad rail. He traveled to Colfax and then Portland for treatment, but doctors fear the eye cannot be saved.
- The City Council’s War on Inflammable Storage
New regulations restricted the storage of petroleum, naphtha, and gasoline, mandating fireproof construction and buffer zones from the waterfront.
- The Fight to Ban Boxing in 1891 Washington
As the state legislature considered a sweeping crackdown on 'prizefighting' in 1891, the proposed law sparked debate over what constitutes public violence versus private athletic exercise.
- The Road to Riches: Seattle’s $33,000 Gamble on the Snoqualmie Pass
In March 1877, local editors urged citizens to fund a toll road through the mountains, arguing that the vast grain fields east of the Cascades were Seattle's only true economic future.
- The Section House Shootout
Fed up with a string of thefts, a railway foreman takes the law into his own hands and shoots a intruder on the tracks.
- The Shadow Over Section Five
A contested land parcel near the city has become the center of a legal standoff, as heirs of the late J. M. Hopkins complicate the Northern Pacific Railroad's claims.
- The Strict Rules of Territorial Ballot Boxes
Before the secret ballot was standardized, Washington Territory enacted stern penalties to prevent election-day fraud, coercion, and liquor-fueled chaos.
- Judge Greene Slaps Down Legal Nitpicking
A Territorial judge refuses to let a clerical error in the law strip working teamsters of their property exemptions.
- The Cross-Cascades Trade War
Seattle and Portland merchants battle for control over inland freight routes to the Yakima Valley.
- Road Rights and Rural Disputes
A landowner threatens to close a long-standing public road, sparking a legal and neighborly conflict in sections 9 and 10.
- The Promised Land of Eastern Washington
A look at the thriving agricultural output of the territory's interior as a draw for new settlers.
- 1891 Special Election Asks Seattle-Area Voters to Annex Land
Seattle prepares for a sweeping expansion to pull the booming northern suburbs and Salmon Bay industrial corridors into the city limits.
- The Great Aberdeen Conflagration
A wooden city faces total annihilation as a massive fire sweeps through the business district, claiming hotels, banks, and the opera house.
- Washington's 1889 Convention Debates Land Ownership, Bribery
Delegates in Olympia debate alien land rights and anti-bribery measures for the new state charter.
- The Biggest Land Deal in Adams County
An Iowa speculator secures twenty sections of railroad land near Ritzville for a massive stock farm.