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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 7 |
| 1859 | 8 |
| 1860 | 5 |
| 1861 | 15 |
| 1862 | 14 |
| 1863 | 5 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 12 |
| 1876 | 58 |
| 1877 | 40 |
| 1878 | 26 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 15 |
| 1882 | 9 |
| 1883 | 40 |
| 1884 | 28 |
| 1885 | 81 |
| 1886 | 54 |
| 1887 | 25 |
| 1888 | 39 |
| 1889 | 100 |
| 1890 | 12 |
| 1891 | 87 |
| 1892 | 179 |
| 1893 | 192 |
| 1894 | 251 |
| 1895 | 261 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 5 |
| 1898 | 13 |
| 1899 | 46 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1902 | 6 |
| 1903 | 82 |
| 1904 | 61 |
| 1905 | 6 |
| 1907 | 4 |
| 1908 | 10 |
| 1909 | 90 |
| 1910 | 29 |
| 1911 | 11 |
| 1912 | 5 |
| 1914 | 11 |
| 1915 | 15 |
| 1916 | 28 |
| 1917 | 29 |
| 1918 | 3 |
| 1922 | 3 |
| 1923 | 20 |
| 1924 | 16 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 9 |
2,324 stories matching unit, the 400 most mentioned
People 253
- Judge Hanford1889–1908133
- John B. Allen1876–189524
- Grover Cleveland1885–189520
- Watson C. Squire1885–189520
- John L. Wilson1883–190320
- James Hamilton Lewis1891–189919
- Commissioner Emery1892–189517
- W. H. White1872–189515
- C. H. Hanford1876–190915
- Senator Squire1891–189515
- Theodore Roosevelt1893–190914
- Thomas Burke1884–191014
- George Turner1892–190414
- John H. McGraw1885–190914
- Levi Ankeny1893–190313
- Eugene V. Debs1894–189513
- A. A. Denny1876–189511
- John Collins1876–189411
- J. R. Lewis1876–189211
- Nelson Bennett1891–189411
- Judge Greene1872–189210
- J. T. Ronald1891–189910
- Watson Squire1886–189410
- Miles C. Moore1889–190310
- James J. Hill1892–19099
- Henry Villard1883–18959
- E. O. Graves1892–18999
- Judge Humes1893–18959
- Senator Allen1891–19099
- Henry L. Yesler1885–19028
- Abraham Lincoln1861–19038
- Judge Turner1886–18958
- Calvin H. Hale18628
- Gov. McGraw1894–18958
- Senator Foster1903–19047
- Roger S. Greene1885–18957
- John Leary1876–18957
- Thomas W. Symons1892–18957
- Patrick Henry Winston1892–18947
- Collector Saunders1893–18957
- Mayor Phelps1894–18957
- Senator Ankeny19036
- Wilson1889–18956
- Judge Lewis18766
- Ulysses S. Grant1872–18896
- Daniel Leighton1877–18786
- Charles M. Bradshaw18916
- John Mitchell1909–19126
- Ankeny18956
- A. B. Hunt1893–18956
- Judge Pritchard1893–18956
- Isaac I. Stevens1854–18925
- Eben Smith1885–18955
- Eugene Semple1892–18955
- Beriah Brown1877–18855
- H. L. Yesler1876–18915
- Daniel Bagley1887–18955
- Gardner Kellogg1877–18955
- L. V. Wyckoff1878–18805
- Harry White1892–18995
- William H. White1888–18955
- Marshal Hamilton1887–18895
- Elisha P. Ferry1878–18955
- John McGraw1893–18945
- Hanford1885–18955
- E. C. Ferguson1876–18955
- Benj. Stretch18775
- P. C. Sullivan1891–18925
- Commissioner Kiefer1892–18955
- Mayor Ronald1892–18945
- Thomas M. Fisher1892–18955
- Court Commissioner Strong19035
- Adam Schmidt19035
- John Adam Schmidt1903–19045
- Senator Hutchinson1893–19095
- Superintendent Kline18945
- Judge Jenkins1893–18955
- George Washington1876–18944
- Judge Gilbert1893–18954
- Governor McBride19034
- Charles Hopkins1880–18994
- Chester A. Arthur1882–18894
- Marcus Whitman1882–19164
- Williams1884–18954
- Daniel H. Gilman1885–18954
- Orange Jacobs1871–18954
- James G. Blaine1884–18894
- Henry Yesler1885–18944
- J.H. McGraw1889–18954
- Thomas H. Brents1880–18954
- Colonel Haines1888–18914
- Ezra Meeker1885–18944
- Robert Moran1887–18894
- Edmond S. Meany1895–19234
- Everett Smith1891–18944
- George D. Hill1880–18954
- Woodrow Wilson1917–19184
- Robert G. Stuart1872–18774
- Turner1889–19034
- J. J. McGilvra1884–18954
- T. J. Humes1886–18994
- Paul Schulze1894–18994
- J. T. Brown1876–18774
- Allen18954
- Chief Moses1893–19044
- James Wickersham1889–18944
- Sadie Brantner18894
- Judge Hoyt1883–18914
- James G. Swan1861–18924
- P. H. Winston18914
- Hugh Wallace1893–18944
- Calkins18914
- Judge Lichtenberg1892–18944
- John Wiley18954
- L. C. Gilman1892–18954
- Nelson A. Miles1885–18954
- Ah How1892–18944
- Griffith Davies1893–18954
- Collector Wasson1892–18934
- Judge Dunbar1891–18954
- Samuel Gompers1909–19114
- H. J. Snively1886–18944
- Edward Lander1861–18954
- J. C. Lloyd1922–19234
- Frank C. Ross18934
- Byron Phelps1894–18954
- Captain Bell19034
- Deputy Collector McKenzie1892–18954
- Chauncey W. Griggs1892–18934
- Judge Langley1894–18954
- Justice Humphrey18944
- Hoke Smith1893–18954
- Marshal Drake1893–18944
- Deputy Marshal Quilter1894–18954
- Eugene Ricksecker1894–18954
- S. H. Piles1888–18953
- Daniel Webster1877–18893
- Andrew Jackson1876–18993
- Squire1891–18953
- Miller1883–19093
- Secretary of War1894–18993
- Senator Stewart1888–18993
- Amos Brown1877–18953
- Dexter Horton1876–18913
- Sheriff Cochrane1888–18893
- Kelly Ramsey1888–18923
- Judge Burke1889–18943
- John Arthur1885–18943
- Rev. John F. Damon1894–18953
- D. T. Denny1872–18953
- Jesse W. George1885–18953
- W. H. Fife1892–18953
- B. Gatzert18763
- George Kinnear1894–18953
- Selucius Garfielde1861–18913
- Judge Jacobs1876–18843
- John Webster1872–18953
- S. Baxter1876–18883
- Gardner1885–18883
- J. C. Haines1884–18893
- M. S. Booth1872–18853
- President Graves1894–18993
- C. J. Smith1894–18953
- Clark Davis1894–18953
- Bolton Rogers1892–18993
- A. Woods18883
- President of the United States1884–18923
- John Sherman1888–18953
- George Foster1877–18943
- Isaac Stevens1854–19243
- S. Garfielde18613
- Hamilton1887–18893
- Beecher1887–18883
- President Harrison1889–18993
- J. M. Carson1888–18943
- D. H. Gilman1892–18933
- J. M. Colman1876–18943
- C. D. Emery1887–18953
- James McNaught1878–18843
- H. W. Light1877–18783
- A. V. Kautz1889–18953
- President Cleveland1889–18943
- John P. Judson1883–18893
- D. A. McKenzie1893–18953
- George H. Heilbron1894–18953
- I. A. Nadeau1892–18953
- Junius Rochester18923
- Ah Sam1893–18943
- United States Marshal1886–19043
- Thomas R. Brown1891–18953
- Okanogan Smith1892–18953
- Rev. Clark Davis1891–18953
- Senator Claypool18933
- Marshal Brown1891–18923
- Angus Mackintosh1893–18953
- George Venable Smith1885–18943
- John F. Gowey1886–18933
- Henry Drum18923
- Charles W. Nordstrom18943
- McBride1894–18953
- Prosecuting Attorney Miller1894–18953
- J. J. Browne1884–18933
- Ah Jim18923
- A. B. Wyckoff1892–18953
- Henry Bucey1892–18943
- Inspector Coblentz1892–18933
- James Hart1892–18983
- Josephine Hatch1892–18953
- James Douglas1854–18923
- Andrew F. Burleigh1892–18953
- George B. McClellan1894–19093
- William Howard Taft19093
- Miles Poindexter1909–19253
- Henry Hewitt Jr.1892–18953
- John R. Allen1880–18953
- Senator Dolph1883–18943
- Carroll B. Graves1924–19253
- Fred M. Weil1922–19233
- W. J. Bryant18943
- D. W. West1892–18933
- John Bushell18953
- Tue Gam18933
- Secretary Carlisle1893–18953
- District Attorney Brinker1893–18953
- Lee Fook Bow1893–18943
- William D. O'Toole1893–18953
- C. M. Atkins1893–18943
- John H. Bryant1894–18953
- Mayor Orr1894–18953
- Senator Perkins1894–18953
- Edward A. Minsch18943
- Frank Minsch18943
- General Manager Kendrick1893–18953
- Charles A. Barnes18943
- G. L. Holmes1894–18953
- Napoleon Hoagland18913
- Scobey18953
- Goddard18953
- L. E. Jesseph1908–19093
- A. E. Veatch1909–19103
- Representative Johnson19293
- Elwood Evans1861–18952
- Harrison1882–18892
- C. C. Terry1887–18952
- Mayor Campbell19042
- Jackson1877–18892
- Richard Winsor18952
- T. J. Milner1886–18892
- Wickersham1889–18942
- Judge Nash1888–18922
- Francis Henry18632
- Benjamin Harrison1888–18892
- Payne1876–19032
Organizations 147
- Northern Pacific Railroad1872–190385
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1884–190429
- American Railway Union1893–189528
- Republican Party1861–190426
- Northern Pacific1889–190924
- Post-Intelligencer1885–189523
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1883–189823
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–192917
- Chamber of Commerce1883–190917
- General Land Office1860–189516
- Oregon Improvement Company1884–189516
- Washington State Legislature1891–192316
- Seattle City Council1885–192415
- Democratic Party1880–190415
- Knights of Labor1885–189412
- Congress1860–190911
- United States District Court1878–190911
- Everett Trades Council1909–191211
- American Federation of Labor1894–192211
- United States Congress1854–191110
- U.S. Congress1872–192910
- Great Northern Railroad1891–189810
- Tacoma Ledger1884–189510
- Hudson Bay Company1859–18929
- Northern Pacific Railway1884–18999
- United States Government1859–18929
- United States Supreme Court1891–19099
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1888–18958
- Great Northern1892–19148
- United States Land Office1877–19038
- United States Senate1885–19098
- Seattle Fire Department1888–18957
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1888–18957
- Great Northern Railway1894–19107
- Treasury Department1889–18957
- Salvation Army1893–19097
- Grand Army of the Republic1885–18957
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1888–18956
- University of Washington1880–19296
- Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1876–18806
- Knights of Pythias1892–18956
- Western Central Labor Union1892–18996
- Commercial Club1892–19166
- U.S. Navy1872–19046
- Populist Party1893–19006
- Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company1894–18956
- King County delegation1891–18956
- The Seattle Star18995
- Board of Public Works1893–18955
- War Department1895–19185
- Pacific Coast Steamship Company1889–18995
- Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1885–18875
- Odd Fellows1882–19165
- King County1878–19235
- Everett Land Company1892–18945
- Kennewick Commercial Club1914–19175
- Board of Regents1895–19225
- Northern Pacific Coal Company1893–18945
- Ancient Order of United Workmen1885–19045
- Puyallup Tribe1891–19095
- Interior Department1884–19035
- Washington Supreme Court1891–19035
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1888–19034
- Tacoma News1886–18994
- Hudson's Bay Company1854–18874
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1892–18954
- Department of the Interior1859–18984
- The Daily Intelligencer18764
- Puget Sound Dispatch18724
- Moran Brothers1891–18994
- Dexter Horton & Co.1889–18954
- United States Treasury Department1886–18994
- U.S. Senate1859–18934
- Union Pacific Railroad1883–18954
- Tacoma Land Company1885–18944
- First National Bank1883–19034
- Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company1884–18894
- Anti-Saloon League19094
- The Tacoma Times19044
- Chinese Six Companies1893–19044
- Kennewick-Richland Marketing Union1916–19174
- United States Steel Corporation1909–19104
- United Mine Workers of America1894–19164
- Spokesman-Review18954
- Indian Department1859–18624
- United Presbyterian Church1895–19154
- National Guard1894–18954
- Populists1894–18954
- Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co.1888–18893
- Seattle1876–18853
- Southern Pacific Railroad18953
- King County Commissioners1877–18953
- Union Pacific1894–19033
- Y.M.C.A.1895–19293
- Pacific Mail Steamship Company1876–18913
- Supreme Court of Washington Territory1871–18893
- McNaught & Leary1877–18783
- Intelligencer18763
- City Council1884–18913
- Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1885–18913
- Walla Walla Statesman1864–18833
- First Washington Volunteers18993
- Washington Iron Works1887–18953
- Port Townsend Leader1891–18933
- Interstate Commerce Commission1894–19233
- Coast Seamen's Union1891–18933
- Puget Sound Agricultural Company1859–18723
- Yakima Investment Company1895–18993
- U.S. Army1879–18953
- Board of Trade1884–18873
- British Government1859–18893
- People's Party1889–18953
- Rainier Club1894–18953
- Farmers' Alliance1891–18923
- Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory1862–18863
- Longshoremen's Union1892–19043
- Wa Chong18923
- Supreme Court of the United States1885–19033
- Spokane Chamber of Commerce1903–19143
- United States Reclamation Service1904–19163
- Spokane Review1891–18923
- Northern Pacific Railway Company1893–18983
- United Hatters19093
- Great Northern Railway Company1893–18953
- United Mine Workers1894–19103
- Office of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs18623
- United States Geological Survey1892–19033
- Black Rock Power Irrigation company1923–19253
- Bureau of Yards and Docks1894–18953
- Pacific Navigation Company1892–18953
- A.P.A.1894–18953
- United States government1894–19043
- Coxeyites18943
- Pullman Company1894–18953
- United States Court18943
- Panhandle Lumber Co.1908–19093
- The Filipino Forum19293
- United States Army18942
- Walla Walla Union1877–18822
- Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway1885–18942
- Women's Christian Temperance Union18872
- Wells-Fargo1876–18862
- Chinese Government18862
- Canadian Pacific Railway1895–19032
- Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad1888–18922
- W.C.T.U.1889–18992
- Gilman1893–18962