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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 7 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 4 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1872 | 8 |
| 1876 | 41 |
| 1877 | 42 |
| 1878 | 41 |
| 1879 | 4 |
| 1880 | 11 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 29 |
| 1884 | 29 |
| 1885 | 35 |
| 1886 | 11 |
| 1887 | 7 |
| 1888 | 7 |
| 1889 | 24 |
| 1890 | 6 |
| 1891 | 24 |
| 1892 | 44 |
| 1893 | 44 |
| 1894 | 47 |
| 1895 | 61 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 5 |
| 1899 | 5 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 25 |
| 1904 | 10 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 6 |
| 1909 | 17 |
| 1910 | 7 |
| 1911 | 5 |
| 1912 | 4 |
| 1914 | 2 |
| 1916 | 10 |
| 1917 | 1 |
| 1922 | 3 |
| 1923 | 10 |
| 1924 | 4 |
| 1925 | 10 |
| 1929 | 1 |
581 stories matching settlement, the 180 most mentioned
People 104
- Henry L. Yesler1892–19027
- Thomas Burke1883–18976
- Beriah Brown1876–18805
- John L. Wilson1894–18955
- J. C. Lloyd1922–19255
- Chief Seattle1883–18954
- Judge Hanford1889–19044
- Woodrow Wilson19164
- Nelson Bennett1890–18944
- Judge Humes1894–18954
- Commissioner Sparks1885–18944
- J. C. Scott19254
- Fred M. Weil1922–19234
- D. A. Scott19254
- James J. Hill1891–18943
- Isaac I. Stevens1854–18773
- John B. Allen1892–18953
- A. A. Denny1876–18953
- Moses1878–18913
- Lydia A. Maynard1872–18923
- Judge Jacobs1876–18843
- A. Mackintosh1877–18783
- Watson C. Squire1885–18953
- Allen1890–18953
- C. B. Wright1887–18953
- E. C. Ferguson1876–18923
- John Quirk18763
- William Renton1877–18933
- Robert Harris1884–18863
- David T. Denny1883–18953
- Ankeny18953
- Roland H. Hartley19253
- City Engineer Thomson18943
- Miller1886–18882
- Jim Hill1892–19092
- Williams1884–18952
- Judge Burke1883–18942
- Orange Jacobs1872–18772
- Carroll18872
- W. H. White1876–18842
- Henry Yesler1880–18832
- John F. Damon1892–18932
- David S. Maynard1872–18922
- J. R. Lewis18762
- C. H. Hanford1877–18852
- John A. Campbell18932
- J. D. Lowman1892–18932
- Senator Squire18942
- Robert G. Stuart1876–18772
- James Smith1872–18952
- David Kimball1872–18782
- J. J. McGilvra18782
- Walter N. Granger18892
- Mr. Kimball1878–18882
- Arthur A. Denny1884–18952
- J. T. Brown1876–18772
- John Thompson1877–18952
- James McNaught1880–18842
- Mayor Weed1877–18782
- Chief Moses1878–18832
- Sheriff Allen1877–18782
- Albert M. Snyder1880–18842
- M. T. Simmons1876–18852
- John Shoudy1877–18952
- Eldridge Morse18782
- J. N. Low1876–18772
- Mr. Prosch1876–18942
- John Campbell18762
- Daniel McDonald18762
- A. B. Stewart1885–18952
- Judge Osborn1892–18952
- George H. Heilbron1889–18942
- Fred E. Sander1886–18932
- W. C. Hill1892–18952
- James G. Swan1861–18632
- Judge Lichtenberg1892–18952
- City Comptroller Ferris1891–18952
- Secretary Teller1883–18842
- Oakes1885–18942
- Caldwell1887–19082
- Adolph Krug1893–18952
- M. M. Moulton1916–19252
- H. Alexander Smith19162
- W. J. Kincaid1916–19222
- Mayor Hunt19032
- Governor Stevens1863–18922
- H. J. Snively1886–18902
- E. P. Ripley19162
- Charles M. Sanford1922–19232
- Eugene V. Debs18942
- J. W. Van Brocklin18942
- J. J. Hill1893–18972
- D. S. Wilkinson1922–19252
- Jay Smith1922–19242
- John C. Hornbeck1883–18942
- Princess Angeline1892–18952
- Mary A. Gaffney18932
- Justice Caldwell1894–18952
- Chief Leschi18952
- J. W. Kendrick1894–18952
- Mayor Orr18952
- R. A. Ballinger1909–19102
- McMillin18952
- Mary E. Clapsadle18952
Organizations 76
- Northern Pacific Railroad1872–189555
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1883–189516
- General Land Office1860–189513
- Great Northern Railroad1891–191013
- Seattle City Council1885–18958
- Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1876–18898
- Great Northern Railway1892–19227
- Oregon Improvement Company1885–18946
- Republican Party1884–18956
- Northern Pacific1878–19226
- Secretary of the Interior1877–19106
- American Legion1923–19256
- City of Seattle1885–18955
- Department of the Interior1859–19095
- Congress1876–19095
- The Daily Intelligencer1876–18775
- Everett Trades Council1910–19125
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–19294
- Northern Pacific Railway1884–19094
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1876–18954
- Knights of Labor1885–18894
- Hudson's Bay Company1858–18854
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1888–18944
- Puget Sound Dispatch1872–18764
- Northern Pacific Coal Company18944
- Interior Department1884–19094
- United States Congress1877–18843
- Hudson Bay Company1859–18953
- Canadian Pacific Railway1892–19033
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1891–18953
- County Commissioners1876–18953
- Puget Sound Agricultural Company1854–18613
- Washington State Legislature1895–19123
- King County Commissioners1876–18852
- Chamber of Commerce1884–18952
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1894–18952
- Post-Intelligencer1882–18952
- USS Decatur1892–18952
- U.S. Congress1895–19292
- Blackman Brothers1877–18892
- Schwabacher Bros. & Co.1878–18832
- Seattle Coal Company1878–18852
- Seattle Dispatch1877–18782
- Intelligencer18762
- The Intelligencer18762
- Oregon Railway and Navigation Company18842
- Walla Walla1859–18892
- Dexter Horton & Co.1894–18952
- United States Government18592
- Western Central Labor Union1891–18942
- Great Northern1895–19092
- Everett Land Company1892–18932
- Oregonian1877–18782
- Interstate Commerce Commission1916–19222
- Commercial Club1907–19082
- Portland Board of Trade18782
- Seattle Transfer Company1889–18932
- Fishermen's Union1892–18952
- King County Board of Commissioners1885–18932
- Snoqualmie Tribe1878–18952
- Tacoma Land Company1893–18952
- Board of Trade18892
- First National Bank19032
- Anderson & Faegre18912
- Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company18852
- Methodist Episcopal Church18952
- Commissioner of Indian Affairs1894–19082
- State Federation of Labor1911–19222
- Northern Pacific Railway Company1898–19162
- Railroad Brotherhoods19162
- American Railway Union18942
- Priest Rapids Valley Progressive League1922–19232
- Department of Conservation and Development1923–19252
- Idaho Washington Northern Railroad1907–19082
- Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad1908–19092
- Calispel Indians19092