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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1872 | 1 |
| 1876 | 6 |
| 1877 | 8 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1883 | 5 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1885 | 3 |
| 1886 | 4 |
| 1887 | 2 |
| 1888 | 3 |
| 1889 | 9 |
| 1890 | 1 |
| 1891 | 9 |
| 1892 | 20 |
| 1893 | 15 |
| 1894 | 19 |
| 1895 | 17 |
| 1898 | 3 |
| 1899 | 3 |
| 1903 | 7 |
| 1904 | 2 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 4 |
| 1909 | 8 |
| 1910 | 1 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1916 | 2 |
| 1917 | 2 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1924 | 1 |
161 stories matching strain, from 38 towns
Thurston County14
Spokane County10
Snohomish County8
Walla Walla County5
Benton County5
Jefferson County3
Pend Oreille County3
Yakima County3
Clallam County2
Chelan County1
Franklin County1
Lewis County1
Pacific County1
San Juan County1
Skagit County1
Stevens County1
Whitman County1
County not recorded3