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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 1 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1876 | 2 |
| 1877 | 2 |
| 1878 | 2 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1883 | 2 |
| 1884 | 4 |
| 1885 | 2 |
| 1888 | 1 |
| 1889 | 4 |
| 1890 | 1 |
| 1891 | 2 |
| 1892 | 10 |
| 1893 | 7 |
| 1894 | 5 |
| 1895 | 10 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 1 |
| 1899 | 4 |
| 1903 | 4 |
| 1904 | 4 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 10 |
| 1909 | 10 |
| 1910 | 1 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1916 | 1 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1 |
99 stories matching spur, in 22 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 31 | 1888–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-Current | 17 | 1908–1910 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Tacoma TimesTacoma · published 1903–1949 | 8 | 1904–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 6 | 1883–1885 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle StarSeattle · published 1899–1947 | 4 | 1899 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 4 | 1903 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Daily IntelligencerSeattle · published 1876–1881 | 4 | 1876–1880 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Yakima HeraldNorth Yakima · published 1889–1914 | 4 | 1889–1891 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Olympia TribuneOlympia · published 1890–1893 | 4 | 1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| Washington StandardOlympia · published 1860–1921 | 2 | 1861–1862 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound DispatchSeattle · published 1871–1880 | 2 | 1877–1878 | Catalog ↗ |
| Ranche and RangeNorth Yakima · published 1897–1902 | 2 | 1897–1898 | Catalog ↗ |
| Spokane Falls ReviewSpokane Falls · published 1883–1890 | 2 | 1883–1884 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Labor JournalEverett | 1 | 1911 | Catalog ↗ |
| Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen · published 1886–1917 | 1 | 1893 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick · published 1914–1938 | 1 | 1915 | Catalog ↗ |
| White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs · published 1907–1938 | 1 | 1925 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Colville ExaminerColville · published 1907–1948 | 1 | 1907 | Catalog ↗ |
| Coulee City DispatchCoulee City | 1 | 1916 | Catalog ↗ |
| Pioneer and DemocratOlympia · published 1854–1861 | 1 | 1854 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound Weekly ArgusPort Townsend · published 1876–1882 | 1 | 1876 | Catalog ↗ |
| Filipino ForumSeattle | 1 | 1928 | Catalog ↗ |