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  1. The Case of the Missing Boarder

    A Steilacoom landlady finds herself in a tangle of confusion when a new arrival is mistaken for a long-lost acquaintance.

    Aug 31, 1860Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom, Pierce CountyHousing & Rent

  2. 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.

    Aug 27, 1858Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom, Pierce CountyBoom & Bust · Gone Forever

  3. A Boomtown Year: Steilacoom Runs Out of Empty Houses

    In 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.

    Mar 4, 1859Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom, Pierce CountyHousing & Rent · Boom & Bust

  4. The Mystery of the Degenerate Wheat

    A local doctor presents a strange botanical specimen that challenges the agricultural wisdom of 1859.

    Nov 25, 1859Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom, Pierce CountyStrange But True

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