Puget Sound Herald
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- Jan 21, 1859Steilacoom’s Editor Asks Who Will Start the Fire BrigadeWith wooden buildings packed into the business district and no reservoir, engine or ladder company, the Puget Sound Herald warns that a single blaze could erase the town’s prospects.Steilacoom, WA
- Jan 21, 1859The Territory’s Muskets Were ‘About as Dangerous at One End as the Other’A Pierce County taxpayer audits the 1859 Legislature: condemned arms, a new enrolling clerk, and the old habit of hoping Congress will pay.Olympia, WA
- Mar 4, 1859A Boomtown Year: Steilacoom Runs Out of Empty HousesIn its first-anniversary survey of Puget Sound, the Herald finds every vacant building in Steilacoom filled — and thirty new ones thrown up in eight months.Steilacoom, WA
- Jul 1, 1859The Coat That Became a Campaign ScandalA Steilacoom merchant says Col. Wm. H. Wallace paid for the coat Warren Gore called stolen—and that the real target is the county's voters.Steilacoom, WA
- Aug 2, 1862The Scandal of Surveyor General HenryDr. Anson G. Henry fights back against accusations of swindling the government and bribery in a blistering public defense.Olympia, WA