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Year	Stories
1854	5
1858	3
1859	4
1860	2
1861	8
1862	6
1863	1
1871	1
1872	12
1876	122
1877	92
1878	78
1879	6
1880	14
1882	19
1883	125
1884	65
1885	96
1886	47
1887	57
1888	47
1889	205
1890	43
1891	166
1892	357
1893	337
1894	236
1895	307
1897	8
1898	25
1899	61
1900	6
1902	2
1903	133
1904	130
1905	33
1907	10
1908	50
1909	160
1910	34
1911	16
1912	3
1914	29
1915	35
1916	80
1917	30
1918	8
1919	2
1923	21
1924	20
1925	8

2,379 stories matching water, the 400 most mentioned

People 239

C. B. Wright1878–189520
John Leary1872–189517
James J. Hill1892–190916
Judge Hanford1889–190916
Senator Squire1892–189516
Coroner Horton1891–189414
Watson C. Squire1889–189513
Mayor Ronald1892–189413
A. A. Denny1872–189511
Thomas W. Symons1891–189511
M. M. Moulton1914–191811
Nelson Bennett1889–189510
George White187810
Carroll B. Graves1892–192510
Mayor Phelps1894–189510
Mayor Orr1894–189510
Andrew Jackson1892–18959
Robert Moran1889–19039
Paul Schulze1887–18959
Miller1886–19048
Henry Villard1883–18958
E. O. Graves1892–18958
John L. Wilson1892–18998
Councilman Smith1903–19048
C.B. Wright1892–19048
D. T. Denny1872–18937
Smith1893–19037
W. E. Wilson1892–18947
Judge Parker1893–18957
H. W. Miller1891–18927
George W. Hall1891–18927
Mayor Hunt1903–19047
Weile19037
Coroner Askam18957
Thomas Burke1889–18976
Henry Yesler1876–18956
Bailey Gatzert1872–18936
J. T. Ronald1892–18956
Jacob Furth1893–19036
John H. McGraw1892–18956
Watson Squire1892–18936
Sheriff Woolery1892–18946
Judge Rudkin1914–19236
Van Brocklin1892–18946
Mayor Huson1893–18946
Judge Langley1894–18956
City Attorney Wickersham1894–18956
Theodore Roosevelt1903–19095
Brown1877–18955
John B. Allen1891–18945
James1895–18995
Sheriff Cochrane1887–18925
Judge Burke1887–18945
Eugene Semple1894–18955
John Collins1889–18955
H. L. Yesler1859–18955
James Hamilton Lewis1887–18935
C. J. Smith1893–18955
Clark1876–19045
Isaac W. Anderson1893–18945
William D. Wood18955
A. M. Cannon1883–18915
George H. Heilbron1889–18955
James G. Swan1861–18915
Griffith Davies1893–18955
Prosecuting Attorney Miller1892–18945
A. B. Wyckoff1892–18955
Superintendent Wilson1892–18935
Gov. McGraw1893–18955
City Engineer Thomson1894–18955
Corporation Counsel Scott1894–18955
George H. Hollidge1893–18945
President Demorest18945
Capt. LeClerc1908–19095
Johnson1883–18954
Jackson1876–19044
Wickersham1894–18954
Guy C. Phinney1887–18934
Wilson1892–18954
Beriah Brown1877–18804
Roger S. Greene1883–18954
W. H. Fife1892–18944
Cyrus Walker1872–18934
John Webster1861–18954
Leander Miller1893–18954
J. R. Lewis1878–18924
Edmond S. Meany1891–18954
Maurice McMicken1889–19034
J. D. McIntyre1889–19104
John D. Rockefeller1891–19094
Peterson1882–18994
Judge Moore1892–18994
Turner1878–19034
Walter N. Granger1889–18994
D. H. Gilman1889–18954
Chapman18954
Allen1890–18954
James McNaught1883–18954
Mr. Wilson1887–18954
Captain Brown1889–18934
William Cochrane1893–18944
A. H. Chambers1887–18924
Judge Osborn1893–18954
Sheriff McGraw1885–18894
Stiles1889–19094
Benezette Williams1891–18954
Jesse Cochran1891–18944
Robert Wingate1893–18944
Wilbur Patten1886–18944
Byron Barlow1887–18954
Chief Rogers1892–18954
Edmund Peters1894–18954
Dr. Sweeney1892–18954
Chief Jackson1892–18934
Bennett1894–19094
W. J. Kincaid19164
E. F. Benson1897–19184
Edward Whitson1883–18924
J. W. Cusick1909–19104
Dr. Schug19044
Stambaugh1909–19104
Jay Lynch1891–19054
J. W. Van Brocklin1892–18954
Mayor Wright1904–19074
Commissioner Welsh19044
H. B. Scudder1891–18924
Engineer Weile19034
Councilman Glasford19034
Judge Stallcup1893–18954
Chief Hunt1893–18944
J. M. Wolfe1894–18954
Justice Caldwell18944
C. B. Talbot1893–18944
Alderman Jordan1894–18954
Nellie Holgate18934
John Shields18954
Delegate Voigt1894–18954
Eugene Ricksecker1894–18954
Alderman Clise1894–18954
J. N. Glover1883–18844
Robert P. Rigney18954
Henry L. Yesler1891–18933
S. H. Piles1888–18953
Daniel Webster1877–18893
Senator Ankeny1903–19053
C. C. Terry1876–18953
Crichton1892–18953
Amos Brown1877–18923
Dexter Horton1888–18953
John Arthur1888–18943
Orange Jacobs1872–18953
W. H. White1893–18953
George Kinnear1887–18953
Captain Wright1871–18763
Chief Seattle1893–18953
Ulysses S. Grant1872–19033
John J. McGilvra1877–18943
Hibbard1892–18943
J. A. Moore1891–18993
Thompson18993
John Smith1886–18943
C. H. Hanford1891–18943
Mr. Colman1876–18883
Ezra Meeker1887–18913
J. C. Haines1884–18893
John Lynch1882–19103
Thomas W. Prosch18953
Harry White1891–18923
McLean19033
Mellen1892–19043
William Baldwin1899–19043
Mr. Johnson1858–18893
Elisha P. Ferry1891–18953
H. G. Struve1883–18883
Mr. Murphy1876–18913
Murphy1889–18923
James Smith1889–18953
J. J. McGilvra1880–18953
Gov. Ferry1877–18923
Reed19093
J. B. Metcalfe1888–18953
J. M. Colman1893–18953
James M. Colman1884–18933
E. S. Ingraham1876–18953
Isaac Cathcart1877–18783
Little1878–18953
Mayor Moran18893
Superintendent Jackson18943
General Sherman1880–18913
J. A. Hatfield1883–18953
L. C. Frey18893
Chief Kellogg18923
Captain Symons1891–18953
J. M. Ashton1891–19093
Judge Lichtenberg1891–18943
T. B. Corey1893–18953
Judge Humes1892–18933
Senator Allen1891–18923
Senator Claypool1891–18933
A. Anderson1892–18953
Nelson A. Miles1885–18953
Armstrong19093
Knight1903–19043
McBride1883–18983
J. J. Browne1883–18843
Rev. D. C. Garrett1892–18943
James Hart1892–18983
Huson1893–19043
J. S. Kloeber1892–18943
Whitelaw1883–18843
J. M. Weatherwax1891–18933
James Shepherd1916–19243
Gifford Pinchot1908–19163
Miles Poindexter1909–19163
O. L. Waller1914–19173
Blackwell1891–19083
D. S. Maynard1859–18833
Clarence Hanford1892–19163
Senator Dolph1891–18943
Brewer1895–19033
Councilman Hawley1904–19093
John A. Stone1891–18923
R. K. Tiffany1905–19173
Worley1903–19043
Matthew Dow18953
Mayor Hartley19113
J. B. Stewart18913
Judge Stiles1893–19093
John B. Denny1892–18953
A. F. Burleigh1892–18953
Byron Phelps1894–18953
C. D. Mitchell19153
Otto Weile19033
Giblett1904–19093
Superintendent McCabe1891–18943
Commissioner McGregor19093
James Murphy1892–18953
McGregor19093
Horton1892–18933

Organizations 161

Northern Pacific Railroad1872–1924105
Seattle City Council1872–189964
Tacoma City Council1884–190942
Oregon Improvement Company1883–189539
Tacoma Light and Water Company1891–190432
Great Northern Railway1891–191031
Northern Pacific1887–191631
Board of Public Works1891–189926
Chamber of Commerce1884–190926
Northern Pacific Railway1884–191826
Seattle Chamber of Commerce1876–190421
Post-Intelligencer1882–189520
Seattle Post-Intelligencer1883–189519
Great Northern1892–190919
Commercial Club1893–191519
Great Northern Railroad1891–190917
Spring Hill Water Company1883–189114
Walla Walla City Council1903–191014
Tacoma Land Company1887–189513
Seattle Fire Department1884–189512
The Daily Intelligencer1876–187811
First National Bank1883–190810
West Coast Improvement Company1893–18959
Union Pacific1885–19039
Republican Party1889–19039
City Council1883–19099
Tacoma Ledger1887–18989
Stimson Mill Company1892–18959
Public Service Commission19169
Olympia City Council1891–18959
Fidelity Lumber Co.1908–19109
City of Seattle1886–18998
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1888–18958
Salvation Army1892–18958
Mackintosh or Stacy18788
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company1883–18898
Everett Trades Council1909–19128
Aberdeen City Council1891–18948
Walla Walla Water Company1894–19048
Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company1894–18958
Congress1860–18957
Standard Oil Company1888–19167
Ballard City Council1893–18957
Washington Improvement Company1883–18947
Northern Pacific Railroad Company1883–19177
Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad1908–19107
Pend Oreille River Navigation Co.1908–19097
King County Commissioners1876–19046
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1876–18786
Bonney & Stewart1891–18946
Washington State Legislature1891–19176
Seattle Water Department1891–18956
Lake Union Water Company1885–18926
City of Tacoma1895–19096
Fremont Milling Company1892–18956
Tacoma Board of Public Works1894–18956
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1888–19045
Snoqualmie Falls Power Company1899–19045
Providence Hospital1888–18995
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1889–18955
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1888–18955
Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1882–18875
Waddell & Miles1876–18845
Western Mill Company1883–18995
Union Pacific Railroad1876–18945
S. A. R. C. Mfg. Co.18855
Light and Water Company1893–18955
Seattle Athletic Club1893–18955
Kennewick City Council1905–19165
The Tacoma Times19045
Reclamation Service1905–19165
White Bluffs Water Company1916–19175
Washington Irrigation Company1903–19055
American Railway Union1894–18955
Northern Electric Co.1907–19095
Idaho Washington Northern1908–19095
Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co.1883–18884
Seattle1880–18894
General Land Office1895–19144
Hudson Bay Company1882–18954
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1891–18954
University of Washington1895–19164
Talbot Mine1876–18774
Puget Mill Company1872–18954
Intelligencer1876–18774
Board of Health1892–19054
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1884–18894
Washington Iron Works1883–18994
Grand Army of the Republic1885–19104
Commercial Mill1886–18894
North Pacific1876–18934
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company1884–18864
Board of Trade1884–18914
Canadian Pacific1886–18944
Fire and Water Committee1889–18954
People's Party1889–18944
The Ledger1893–18944
Yakima Republic1897–19154
Northwestern Lumber Company1892–18934
Seattle Cedar Lumber Company1893–18944
Milwaukee Railroad1909–19174
White Bluffs Water company1916–19234
Northern Pacific Railway Company1897–19094
The Statesman1903–19044
Washington Water Power Co.1909–19164
State Board of Health1895–19034
Black Rock Power Irrigation company1923–19254
Mystic18934
Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company18954
Idaho Washington Northern Railroad1907–19104
Metaline Navigation Co.1908–19094
Inland Portland Cement Co.1909–19104
The Seattle Star18993
Walla Walla Union1882–18893
United States Congress1880–18923
War Department1892–19143
Treasury Department1892–18993
Port Blakely Mill Company1883–18953
Black Diamond Coal Company1888–18953
Democratic Party1892–18943
Tacoma1880–18853
Stetson & Post Mill Company1885–18913
Seattle City Government1876–18893
U.S. Congress1895–19163
Daily Intelligencer1876–18803
Puget Sound Dispatch18723
Seattle Coal and Iron Company1892–18953
Moran Brothers1891–18953
Board of Regents1895–18993
Coast Seamen's Union1893–18943
Yakama Nation1876–19163
U.S. Navy1892–18943
National Bank of Commerce1895–19093
The Oregonian1854–18923
Blackman Bros.1877–18863
United States Navy1879–18913
Puget Sound Shore Railroad18893
State of Washington1889–18933
The Pasco Land Company18893
Harbor Line Commission1891–18943
Board of Aldermen18953
Board of Harbor Line Commissioners1891–18923
Tacoma Fire Department1887–19093
City of Ballard18953
Pierce County Commissioners1892–19043
Aberdeen Herald1891–18923
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad Company1889–18933
The Labor Journal1909–19113
Tacoma Railway & Power Company19043
Board of State Land Commissioners18953
Western Union1894–18953
Northern Pacific Irrigation Company1903–19183
Washington Irrigation Co.1903–19053
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad1886–18933
Trades Council1893–19123
City of Aberdeen18913
Port of Kennewick1915–19163
American Legion1923–19253
United States Geological Survey1892–19033
Socialist Party19113
Seattle Yacht Club1892–18953