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| 1854 | 7 |
| 1859 | 6 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 3 |
| 1863 | 1 |
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| 1876 | 7 |
| 1877 | 7 |
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| 1888 | 5 |
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| 1892 | 32 |
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| 1904 | 8 |
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328 stories matching steven
- A Thief’s Tall Tale in Court
Charles Stevens offered a creative defense after being caught ransacking a room at a prominent Seattle lodging house.
- A Spokane Syndicate Files on Four Stevens County Lakes
Ex-Mayor Floyd Daggett claimed 5,000 cubic feet of water from Fan, Trout, Horseshoe and Diamond lakes—prompting Newport-area residents to ask why local water should flow to Spokane.
- The Legacy of Isaac Stevens
A profile of Washington Territory's first governor and Civil War hero, tracing his path from West Point to the battlefields of Virginia.
- The Policeman and the Crow
A city police officer is dismissed from the force after firing his revolver within city limits to shoot at a crow, leading to a disciplinary hearing.
- A Night of Terror in the Timber
A prospector narrowly escapes a grizzly bear attack near his camp.
- End of a Pioneer Trail
A pioneer of the 1850s who helped build the wheat industry of the Pacific Northwest passes away in Colfax.
- The 'Man of Destiny' Faces a Cold Reception in Olympia
Isaac I. Stevens attempts to rally local Democrats, but finds his political influence waning as the territory grapples with a nation on the brink of civil war.
- Stevens County Tried to Tax the Railroad at Nearly Double. It Cost $12,000.
The state supreme court ruled the commissioners had no business overriding the state tax commission's valuation of the Spokane Falls Northern — and the county treasury paid for the lesson.
- Legal Landmark on Colville Reservation
A federal judge rules that the north half of the Colville Indian Reservation has been restored to the public domain, shifting jurisdiction to Stevens County.
- Stevens County Hikes Interest Rates to Stave Off Financial Panic
Facing a national economic slump in 1909, commissioners move to protect county credit by raising interest on municipal warrants.
- The Prosecutor's Parting Shot at Stevens County's Saloons
In his final annual report, Stevens County Prosecuting Attorney J.A. Rochford counted nine penitentiary convictions, warned of pending rape cases, and told the governor the saloon trade was responsible for most crime.
- Gold Medals and a Pitch for Stevens County Orchards
At Seattle's Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Stevens County took top honors for grains and fruit—and its commissioner came home claiming local apples could beat Wenatchee and Yakima.
- Territorial Turf Wars: Defending Governor Stevens
A heated dispute between the Pioneer and The Oregonian over legislative representation and political representation in early Washington Territory.
- The County That Wanted to Make Its Own Cement
The man who found immense cement deposits near Cement in 1901 is organizing a local company to build a 300-barrel mill—and promising cheaper cement for Stevens County.
- The Hardware Heist Ends in Betrayal
Two young burglars thought their sailor friend was the perfect fence—until he walked them straight into a police ambush.
- The Social Pulse of Snohomish City
A look inside W.B. Stevens’ saloon, a cornerstone of daily commerce and community life in 19th-century Snohomish.
- The Dry Wave Hits Stevens County
Voters mandate the closure of saloons outside incorporated towns, leaving the region scrambling for legal spirits.
- Stevens County's $200,000 Bond Sale Was a Buyer's Bargain—and a Taxpayer Windfall
Chicago investors paid a premium for the county's refunding bonds, cutting the interest rate and saving Stevens County about $6,000 a year.
- The Launch of the Colville Examiner
A newly formed publishing cooperative pledges to keep printing local and challenge the status quo in Stevens County.
- A Territorial Judge, a Killing, and a Governor's Bad Appointment
A grand jury has charged Judge E. C. Fitzhugh with murder in the death of Andrew Wilson, turning a territorial appointment into a test of Governor Stevens's judgment.
- A Pension for the Men Who Fought the 1855–56 'Indian War'
A Vancouver man leads a campaign to pension surviving white volunteers of the Inland Northwest's 1855–56 war, a conflict the article ties to the Stevens County gold rush and Indigenous dispossession.
- A Broken Heart, Then a Wedding: Port Townsend's Breach-of-Promise Plaintiff Marries Again
Mary E. Bellinger sued James Craswell for $10,000 over a broken engagement; now, while the appeal is pending, she has married Albert E. Stevens of Vancouver, B.C.
- The Judge, the Primary, and the Socialist Scare
A Newport lawyer begs Stevens County voters to put judicial fitness above party—then a Chewelah paper warns that Socialists could capture the superior court.
- A Lake Stevens Bathing Party Ended in Drowning
Olive Hinman, daughter of a county commissioner, and Miss Jordan went into the water for an evening swim. Rescue came too late.
- The Trout Fry Went to Colville. East Stevens Anglers Paid for Them.
County commissioners stocked western streams with hatchery trout, leaving fishermen on the east side of Stevens County to raise their own money—and resent the license fees they already paid.