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# Fort Steilacoom

A historic fort in a modern age

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## Posts

- [Join us for a live radio broadcast on Sunday, March 22](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2026/03/join-us-for-a-live-radio-broadcast-on-sunday-march-22/)
- [Vendors sought for swap meet, now combined with our book sale April 11](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2026/03/vendors-sought-for-swap-meet-now-combined-with-our-book-sale-april-11/)
- [Experience an 1861 Christmas at Historic Fort Steilacoom on Dec. 13, 2025](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2025/11/experience-an-1861-christmas-at-historic-fort-steilacoom-on-dec-13-2025/)
- [Oct. 19 program: “What is a Chief? How Native Values Can Teach Resilience"](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2025/09/enjoy-an-important-speaker-at-our-2025-annual-meeting-on-oct-19/)
- [Our journal article: Lt. Talbot provides invaluable insights about the US Army's arrival to the Pacific Northwest](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2025/03/our-journal-article-lt-talbot-provides-invaluable-insights-about-the-us-armys-arrival-to-the-pacific-northwest/)
- [Annual Old-fashioned Independence Day Celebration is June 29](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2025/06/2nd-annual-old-fashioned-independence-day-celebration-is-july-7/)
- [Shop the Past: Fort Steilacoom’s Living History Swap Meet is March 29](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2025/02/step-back-in-time-at-fort-steilacooms-living-history-swap-meet/)
- [Jan. 19 online program: The 'Discovery' of the Salish Sea Many Times Over: Pawn in a Global Chess Match](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2025/01/jan-19-online-program-the-discovery-of-the-salish-sea-many-times-over-pawn-in-a-global-chess-match/)
- [Experience an 1861 Christmas at Historic Fort Steilacoom on Dec. 14](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2024/11/experience-an-1861-christmas-at-historic-fort-steilacoom-on-dec-14/)
- [Two November talks share about local history](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2024/11/two-november-talks-share-about-local-history/)
- [Why Fort Steilacoom Disappeared Between 1868 and 1978](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2024/09/why-fort-steilacoom-disappeared-between-1868-and-1978/)
- [Historic Fort Steilacoom celebrates 175 years of the US Army in Washington State through City of Lakewood event](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2024/09/historic-fort-steilacoom-celebrates-175-years-of-the-us-army-in-washington-state-through-city-of-lakewood-event/)
- [Board president reflects on the close of his second term, 20 years from the first](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2024/09/board-president-reflects-on-the-close-of-his-second-term-20-years-from-the-first/)
- [Why Fort Steilacoom was forgotten for 80 years](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2024/09/why-fort-steilacoom-was-forgotten-for-80-years/)
- [archived events from past years](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2024/01/archived-events-from-past-years/)
- [Aug. 21 talk in Lakewood begins commemoration of 175th anniversary of the Army in Washington](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2024/08/aug-21-talk-in-lakewood-begins-commemoration-of-175th-anniversary-of-the-army-in-washington/)
- [Historic Fort Steilacoom Acquires Artifacts of Pioneer Soldier Who Started the Tradition of Military Retirees Building Our Community](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2024/07/historic-fort-steilacoom-acquires-artifacts-of-pioneer-soldier-who-started-the-tradition-of-military-retirees-building-our-community/)
- [Old-fashioned Independence Day Weekend: Celebrate with family activites from the 1850s on July 2, 2023](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2023/06/old-fashioned-independence-day-weekend-celebrate-with-family-activites-from-the-1850s-on-july-2-2023/)
- [Confessions of a Living History Performer: Secrets to Making the Past Come Alive](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2024/02/confessions-of-a-living-history-performer-secrets-to-making-the-past-come-alive/)
- [Book Sale Fundraiser to be held April 13, 2024](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2024/02/book-sale-fundraiser-to-be-held-april-13-2024/)
- [An all-volunteer museum was a great idea. Until it wasn't.](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2023/12/all-volunteer-was-a-great-idea-until-it-wasnt/)
- [Anthropologist Marian Smith and her 1940 'Puyallup-Nisqually' book](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2023/11/marian-smith-puyallup-nisqually-archive/)
- [Update: Christmas at Fort Steilacoom 2023 will be sold out](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2023/12/affordable-fun-for-the-family-tickets-on-sale-for-christmas-at-fort-steilacoom/)
- [Opinion: Fort Steilacoom deserves a landlord whose mission embraces history](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2023/06/opinion-fort-steilacoom-deserves-a-landlord-whose-mission-embraces-history/)
- [Fort Steilacoom Park is topic of annual meeting Oct. 15](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2023/09/fort-steilacoom-park-is-topic-of-annual-meeting-oct-15/)
- [Call for volunteers: Would you like to get involved in local history?](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2023/09/call-for-volunteers-would-you-like-to-get-involved-in-local-history/)
- [The history of Fort Steilacoom](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2022/02/the-history-of-fort-steilacoom/)
- [Museum board president calls for new way of managing historic site](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2023/05/museum-board-president-calls-for-new-way-of-managing-fort-steilacoom/)
- [Celebrating women's history in Washington Territory](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2023/04/fort-steilacoom-celebrates-womens-history-with-video-fundraiser/)
- [We're looking for volunteers! Engage Puget Sound history in a fun way](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2023/01/were-looking-for-volunteers-engage-puget-sound-history-in-a-fun-way/)
- [Seeking vendors: Swap Meet for reenactors and other people who love history is Saturday, March 25, 2023](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2023/02/seeking-vendors-swap-meet-for-reenactors-and-other-people-who-love-history-is-saturday-march-25-2023/)
- [Affordable holiday event for families on Dec. 10: Christmas at Fort Steilacoom in Lakewood](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2022/11/affordable-holiday-event-for-families-on-dec-10-christmas-at-fort-steilacoom-in-lakewood/)
- [Fort Steilacoom Hosts First Book Sale in Lakewood since 2019](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2022/09/fort-steilacoom-hosts-first-book-sale-in-lakewood-since-2019/)
- [Sept. 10 online talk: The Many Wives of General August V. Kautz: Colonization in the Pacific Northwest, 1853-1895](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2022/08/sept-10-online-talk-the-many-wives-of-general-august-v-kautz-colonization-in-the-pacific-northwest-1853-1895/)
- [Reinventing Fort Steilacoom](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2022/06/reinventing-fort-steilacoom/)
- [Support Historic Fort Steilacoom with Amazon Smile](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2019/07/support-historic-fort-steilacoom-with-amazon-smile/) - You can make a difference while you shop Amazon Prime Day deals on July 15 & 16. Simply shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/91-1240261 and AmazonSmile donates to Historic Fort Steilaco
- [UPDATE: SOLD OUT. Enjoy an affordable family event for Dec. 11, 2021: Christmas at Fort Steilacoom 1863](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2021/10/enjoy-an-affordable-family-event-for-dec-11-2021-christmas-at-fort-steilacoom-1863/)
- [Life over the laundry kettles, the life of a frontier Army laundress](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2021/08/upcoming-talk-life-over-the-laundry-kettles-the-lift-of-a-frontier-army-laundress/)
- [Three talks focus on Women’s History Month in March](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2021/02/three-fort-steilacoom-talks-focus-on-womens-history-month-in-march/)
- [December talk: 'Free Boy: Escape from Slavery on the Puget Sound Underground Railroad"](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2021/08/december-talk-free-boy-escape-from-slavery-on-the-puget-sound-underground-railroad/)
- [Get a letter from a 19th century soldier](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2021/01/get-a-letter-from-a-19th-century-soldier/)
- [July Talk: The myth of the M1855 rifle musket: Weapons of the Coeur d'Alene War of 1858](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2021/03/the-myth-of-the-m1855-rifle-musket-weapons-of-the-coeur-dalene-war-of-1858/)
- [Fort Steilacoom museum reopens after being closed due to pandemic](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2021/05/fort-steilacoom-museum-reopens-after-being-closed-due-to-pandemic/)
- [Book review from our journal: Where the Mashel Meets the Nisqually, The Mashel Massacre of 1856](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2021/08/book-review-from-our-journal-where-the-mashel-meets-the-nisqually-the-mashel-massacre-of-1856/)
- [June Talk: The Pig War of 1859](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2021/05/june-talk-the-pig-war-of-1859/)
- [July Talk: The Myth of the M1855 Rifle Musket: Weapons of the Coeur d'Alene War of 1858](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2021/02/july-talk-the-myth-of-the-m1855-rifle-musket-weapons-of-the-coeur-dalene-war-of-1858/)
- [May Talk: From Schuylkill Arsenal to Fort Steilacoom: U.S. Army Clothing & Equipage](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2021/03/from-schuylkill-arsenal-to-fort-steilacoom-u-s-army-clothing-equipage/)
- [Fort Steilacoom hosts April talk about Mountain Artillery in the Pacific Northwest](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2021/02/fort-steilacoom-hosts-talk-about-mountain-artillery-in-the-pacific-northwest/)
- [Warmest Wishes for the New Year](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2021/01/warmest-wishes-for-the-new-year/)
- [The Way We Ate](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2020/10/the-way-we-ate/) - Following the Historic Fort Steilacoom annual meeting, food historian Jacqueline B. Williams, author of The Way We Ate, Pacific Northwest Cooking, 1843-1900 (WSU Press) will make a presentation on Sunday, November 15th.
- [Fort Steilacoom Closed Through July](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2020/06/fort-steilacoom-closed-through-july/)
- [Fort Steilacoom Closed Through October](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2020/09/fort-steilacoom-closed-through-october/)
- [Steilacoom People and the Land](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2020/09/steilacoom-people-and-the-land/) - Historic Fort Steilacoom continues its 2020 lecture series on Sunday October 18th via Zoom. Tribal Chair Danny Marshall of the Steilacoom Indian Tribe will present "Steilacoom People and the Land". His lecture will begin at 2 p.m.
- [On Exibit - Young Man In A Hurry](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2019/06/on-exibit-young-man-in-a-hurry/) - Visit Historic Fort Steilacoom to find Legacy Washington's exhibit "Young Man in a Hurry: The Life of Isaac Stevens" on display until May 2020. If you're in Lakewood, check it out! Free admission to the exhibit with the purchase of a guided tour. For hours and fees visit https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/visit/
- [Independence Day Celebration in Steilacoom](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2019/06/independence-day-celebration-in-steilacoom/)
- [Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2019/08/smithsonian-magazine-museum-day/) - On September 21, Watch the museum come to life as living historians participate in a national event, coordinated by the Smithsonian Magazine.
- [Living History and Reenacting Swap Meet](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2019/10/living-history-and-reenacting-swap-meet/) - Lakewood, WA – On November 16, Historic Fort Steilacoom Association will host a Living History and Reenacting Swap Meet.
- [Shop Amazon Smile - Support Fort Steilacoom](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2019/11/shop-amazon-smile-support-fort-steilacoom/) - Shop for the holidays at smile.amazon.com/ch/91-1240261 and AmazonSmile will donate to Historic Fort Steilacoom.
- [Christmas at Fort Steilacoom 1859](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2019/12/christmas-at-fort-steilacoom-1859/) - On December 14, Celebrate the Christmas season as living historians in period clothing present a period candle light Christmas.
- [Notable Pioneer Winters](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2019/12/notable-pioneer-winters/) - Lakewood, WA – On Sunday, January 19, Historian and author Dennis Larsen will speak on winter storms affecting life at the fort in 1846, 1852, 1861, 1880 with a brief mention of weather events of 1950, 1962 and 2012.
- [FORT STEILACOOM- CLOSED THROUGH MAY](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2020/05/fort-steilacoom-closed-through-may/) - Closure announcements due to COVID-19
- [Fort Steilacoom- Closed Through April](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2020/03/fort-steilacoom-closed-through-april/) - Closure announcements due to COVID-19
- [Living History Open House](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2019/06/living-history-open-house/) - On July 13, Historic Fort Steilacoom will host the annual Living History Open House.
- [Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day & Annual Used Book Sale- CANCELLED](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2020/02/smithsonian-magazine-museum-day-annual-used-book-sale/) - Watch the museum come to life and visit the annual used book sale!
- [U.S. Army Barracks: Housing the Frontier Army](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2019/09/u-s-army-barracks-housing-the-frontier-army/) - On October 20, Gideon Pete will describe how the federal government created permanent Army posts in the west, replacing temporary camps.
- [Arrival of the Army in Puget Sound Region](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2019/04/arrival-of-the-army-in-puget-sound-region/) - Lakewood, WA – On Sunday May 19, 2019, Tom Melberg will speak on Captain Bennett Hill who led Company M of the 1st Artillery Regiment establishing Fort Steilacoom in August 1849.
- [Spring Open House & Annual Used Book Sale](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2019/03/spring-open-house-annual-used-book-sale/)
- [Joseph Heath & His Farm](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2019/01/joseph-heath-his-farm/)
- [Christmas at the Fort](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/2018/12/christmas-at-the-fort/)

## Pages

- [Welcome](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/) - All about Historic Fort Steilacoom
- [Contact](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/contact/) - How to Contact the HFSA and how to find Historic Fort Steilacoom
- [Visit](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/visit/) - Information and pricing for visiting Fort Steilacoom
- [Events](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/events/)
- [Newsletters](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/newsletters/) - Learn more about historical personages and the history of Fort Steilacoom.
- [About](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/about/) - About the Historic Fort Steilacoom Association (HFSA)
- [Support](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/support/) - How to support the Historic Fort Steilacoom Association
- [Beta page featuring an index of our newsletter](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/beta-page-featuring-an-index-of-our-newsletter/)
- [Become a Member](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/membership/) - Membership Information
- [Lost License](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/lost-license/)
- [Shop](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/shop/)
- [Three Fort Steilacoom talks focus on Women’s History Month in March](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/news/three-fort-steilacoom-talks-focus-on-womens-history-month-in-march/)
- [Research](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/research/) - Learn more about historical personages and the history of Fort Steilacoom as well as how to access the HFSA research library.
- [Event Galleries](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/event-photos/) - Photos from events at Fort Steilacoom
- [Christmas 2019 Gallery](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/event-christmas-2019/) - Photos from Christmas at Fort Steilacoom 1859
- [1855-56 Treaty War](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/1855-treaty-war-2/) - Photos depict antebellum army soldiers of Company A, 4th U.S. Infantry ca. 1855-56
- [1861-65 Garrison](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/1861-65-garrison/) - Photos depict Civil War era soldiers that were stationed at Fort Steilacoom from 1861-1865.
- [1859 Pig War](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/1859-pig-war/) - Photos depict regular army soldiers of Company A, 4th U.S. Infantry stationed at Camp Pickett on San Juan Island during the Pig War Crisis in 1859.
- [Christmas 2018 Gallery](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/event-christmas-2018/) - Photos from Christmas 2018 at Fort Steilacoom
- [Under Construction](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/under-construction/)
- [Thank You](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/thank-you/) - Post-purchase thanks!
- [News](https://historicfortsteilacoom.org/news/) - The latest news, updates, and information from Fort Steilacoom and HFSA.

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