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2 stories matching vacat

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:vacanc, vacant, vat, vacationist, vaco, pacat

  1. Settling Claims on the Puyallup Reservation

    Superintendent E. R. Getty visits Steilacoom to resolve land disputes involving settlers on the Puyallup Indian Reservation.

    Nov 18, 1859Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom, Pierce CountyFollow the Money · Exclusion & Resistance

  2. 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

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