USS Decatur
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- Jan 12, 1877A Deadly Souvenir of the Battle of SeattleTwenty-one years after the 1856 Battle of Seattle, a local man struck a hidden relic in a fir tree that could have turned lethal.Second Street, Seattle, WA
- Jan 11, 1883A Warship’s Cannonball Uncovered on Spring StreetStreet graders digging in the heart of Seattle unearthed a 35-pound reminder of the 1856 Indian War.Spring Street, Seattle, WA
- Jan 2, 1887The Siege of Seattle: A City Born in FireRecalling the 1856 Indian War attack on Seattle, when a handful of settlers held their ground behind a blockhouse against a barrage of fire and shell.Seattle, WA
- Jun 7, 1888The Siege of Seattle: When the City Huddled Behind Timber WallsA newly unearthed account from pioneer A.A. Denny details the terrifying winter of 1856, when settlers built fortified blockhouses at key intersections and waited for an Indian attack that never came.Second Ave, Seattle, WA
- Jul 5, 1892The Siege of Seattle: A Memory of 1856On the Fourth of July, 1892, Seattle reflected on the narrow brush with total destruction during the battle of 1856, guided by those who lived through the smoke of the Decatur's cannons.Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA
- Jan 28, 1895The Night Seattle Held the Line at the StockadeA 39th-anniversary account of the January 1856 siege: two blockhouses, a howitzer from the USS Decatur, and two settlers killed in the Puget Sound War.Seattle, WA