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6 stories matching charact

  1. The Day the Steamers Left Puget Sound

    An 1861 Steilacoom editor warns that losing ocean steamship service will isolate Washington Territory and strangle its growth.

    Mar 28, 1861Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom, Pierce CountyBoom & Bust

  2. Judge Chambers’s New Mill Turns New Dungeness Wheat Into ‘Superb’ Flour

    A newspaper tour of the just-finished grist mill found machinery ‘complete in every particular’ and a cleaning apparatus that astonished the visitors.

    Oct 19, 1860Puget Sound HeraldChambers’ mill, SteilacoomBoom & Bust

  3. 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.

    Dec 10, 1858Puget Sound HeraldColville Valley, Colville, Stevens CountyExclusion & Resistance

  4. The Land Company That Claimed Puget Sound — and the Settlers Who Fought Back

    A federal surveyor's report from Olympia questioned the sprawling British land claims around Steilacoom and Fort Steilacoom, siding with American settlers who had built farms inside the company's alleged grant.

    Feb 28, 1861Puget Sound HeraldFort Steilacoom, Steilacoom, Pierce CountyFollow the Money

  5. A Yakama Chief Falls as the Territory's Indian War Ends

    Col. Wright's campaign is declared over; Owhi is shot near the Snake River, and the Herald celebrates executions and hostages as peace.

    Oct 22, 1858Puget Sound HeraldFort Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Walla Walla CountyExclusion & Resistance

  6. A Territory Mourns: Olympia Buries Charles H. Mason

    When Washington Territory's secretary and frequent acting governor died in 1859, Chief Justice McFadden and Olympia's leading men gathered at the capitol to call him a public servant 'of both soul and nerve.'

    Jul 29, 1859Puget Sound HeraldWashington State Capitol Historic District, OlympiaCity Hall

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