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  1. Collapse of the Steilacoom Distilling Plant

    A creditor seeks a receiver for a charcoal and creosote plant that failed to sustain operations after only four months.

    Apr 23, 1904The Tacoma TimesSteilacoom, Pierce County

  2. The Unauthorized Preacher

    A man committed to the state asylum after an erratic attempt to seize a local pulpit is sent back to care.

    Jun 28, 1904The Tacoma TimesWestern State Hospital, Steilacoom, Pierce CountyLocal Legends

  3. The Forgotten Prisoners of McNeil Island

    Thirteen men held in limbo for years, caught between a nation that didn't want them and a border that refused their return.

    Jun 30, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSteilacoom, Pierce CountyExclusion & Resistance

  4. The Whatcom Widow Who Bought the Coffin Before the Death

    A five-times-married former Whatcom County first lady is back in the news—and old suspicions about her commissioner husband’s death at Steilacoom have followed her east.

    Jan 14, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSteilacoom, Pierce CountyTrue Crime · Scandal

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