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| 1854 | 4 |
| 1858 | 3 |
| 1859 | 3 |
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| 1864 | 1 |
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| 1889 | 118 |
| 1890 | 15 |
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| 1892 | 157 |
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| 1928 | 3 |
3 stories matching clear
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- Steilacoom Builds Before the Crowd Arrives
Warehouses on pilings, a new store and a brick jail: the town's 1853 building boom was a bet on growth.
- The Vultures on Steilacoom's Streets
A furious 1858 editorial accuses local authorities of letting California gamblers plunder the town in plain sight.
- The Winter War Blueprint: An 1858 Campaign to Subdue the Tribes
A field letter from the Indian war in Oregon and Washington urges the Army to occupy the Colville Valley, cut off Indigenous trade, and expel missionaries and Hudson’s Bay Company employees.