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The 2020s

Memories of Orville Stout. Lessons from the archives of anthropologist Miriam Smith		V40 N3	Winter 2023
Washington State Archives. Military uniforms.		V40 N2	Summer 2023
Memories of E.P. Alexander and the fort.		V40N1	Spring 2023
Steamships; McNeil Island; the weirdness of current ownership		V39 N3	Fall 2022
Gustav Sohon’s legacy		V39 N2	Summer 2022
Reinventing Fort Steilacoom		V39 N1	Spring 2022
Irish at the Fort, Part 2	HFSA	V38 N3	Fall 2021
Women at the fort. The Irish at the fort.	HFSA	V38 N2.	Summer 2021
Remembrances of the Treaty War 1855-1856	James Longmire	V37 N1	Winter 2020
Dr. George Suckley, Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army, Naturalist and Author	Alan H. Archambault	V37N2	Summer 2020

The 2010s

Title	Author	Vol.	Date
Indian Attack on Connell’s Prairie	A. B. Rabbeson	V36 N2	Summer-Autumn 2019
Washington’s Yesterdays	Lucille McDonald	V36 N1	Winter-Spring 2019
Remembrances of Fort Steilacoom	E. P. Alexander	V35 N3	Autumn 2018
Touring Historic Fort Steilacoom	Carol Stout	V35 N2	Summer 2018
August Valentine Kautz Family: Charlotte and Fannie	Carol Stout	V35 N1	Spring 2018
Climbing Mount Rainier	August Valentine Kautz	V34 N4	Winter 2017
Fort Steilacoom – Refuge during the Indian War	Margaret Whitesell	V34 N3	Autumn 2017
Lure of Gold on Fraser River	Carol Stout	V34 N2	Summer 2017
William H. Archbolt, The Ordnance Sergeant of Fort Steilacoom, Part 2	Alan H. archambault	V34 N1	Spring 2017
Nancy Covert	Staff	V34 N1	Spring 2017
William H. Archbold, The Ordnance Sergeant of Fort Steilacoom	Alan H. Archambault	V33 N4	Winter 2016
Fort Steilacoom to Fort Bellingham Road (map)	Karen Meador	V33 N4	Winter 2016
Reminiscence of Lt. James McAllister’s Daughter Sarah McAllister Hartman	Sarah Hartman	V33 N3	Autumn 2016
Reorganized and Expanded ResearchCenter	Loran Bures	V33 N2	Summer 2016
The Catholic Connection to Fort Steilacoom	Carol & Orville Stout	V33 N1	Spring 2016
Chaplains at Fort Steilacoom	Carol Stout	V32 N4	Winter 2015
Heath Monument	Staff	V32 N4	Winter 2015
The Boundary Question	Kenneth A. Morgan	V32 N3	Autumn 2015
Silas Casey III, Rear Admiral U.S. Navy	Kenneth A. Morgan	V32 N2	Summer 2015
Fort Steilacoom Army Post Cemetery	Kenneth A. Morgan	V32 N1	Spring 2015
The Pacific Northwest and the United States Sanitary Commission: A Matter of Relevance	Kristen McPherson	V31 N4	Winter 2014
A California Company on the Sound	John McPherson	V31 N3	Autumn 2014
Ellen Chapman Freckleton—A Guardian of History	Carol Neufeld Stout	V31 N2	Summer 2014
Isaac Ingalls Stevens	Alan H. Archamault	V31 N1	Spring 2014
Casey’s Service Career Ends	Kenneth A. Morgan	V30 N4	Winter 2013
The Casey Farm	Staff	V30 N4	Winter 2013
General Casey’s Post Fair Oaks Service	Kenneth A. Morgan	V30 N3	Autumn 2013
Wallace Restored	Nancy Covert	V30 N3	Autumn 2013
Fort Steilacoom Moves Ahead	John Roten & Lawrence Bateman	V30 N2	Summer 2013
William Wallace, a Friend of Lincoln	Staff	V30 N2	Summer 2013
William Wallace tombstone	Staff	V30 N2	Summer 2013
Historic Fort Steilacoom Association—History of the Organization (Part 3)	Orville H. Stout	V30 N1	Spring 2013
Historic Fort Steilacoom Association—History of the Organization (Part 2)	Orville H. Stout	V29 N4	Winter 2012
Historic Fort Steilacoom Association—History of the Organization (Part 1)	Orville H. Stout	V29 N3	Autumn 2012
Jack Langston	Staff	V29 N3	Autumn 2012
Building Fort Steilacoom—Part 2	Orville H. Stout	V29 N2	Summer 2012
Building Fort Steilacoom—Part 1	Orville H. Stout	V29 N1	Spring 2012
Robert “Bob” Demorest	Staff	V29 N1	Spring 2012
The Pig War—Soldiers Occupy San Juan Island	Kenneth A. Morgan	V28 N4	Winter 2011
Letter from a Civil War Soldier—1861	Horatio Pitcher	V28 N3	Autumn 2011
S.S. Beaver	Carol Neufeld Stout	V28 N2	Summer 2011
Company “M” Arrives at Steilacoom	Alan H. Archambault	V28 N1	Spring 2011
Tea Commemorates Engagement	Nancy Covert	V28 N1	Spring 2011
Godey’s Ladies Book	Carol Neufeld Stout	V27 N1	Spring 2010
Civil War Brings Changes to Fort Steilacoom	Kenneth A. Morgan	V27 N2	Summer 2010
What’s in your Haversack—The Army Ration	Lawrence Bateman	V27 N3	Autumn 2010
Soldier’s Clothing Allocation	Lawrence Bateman	V27 N3	Autumn 2010
Perpetually in the Field—Housing the Antebellum Army	Gideon Pete	V27 N4	Winter 2010

The 2000s

Title	Author	Vol.	Date
More Tales of Old Fort Steilacoom	Kenneth A. Morgan	V26 N4	Winter 2009
1st Lt. William Alloway Slaughter—Casualty of the Indian War	Carol Neufeld Stout	V26 N3	Autumn 2009
From Joseph Heath Farm to Fort Steilacoom Museum	Carol Neufeld Stout	V26 N2	Summer 2009
Tales of Old Fort Steilacoom	Kenneth A. Morgan	V26 N1	Spring 2009
Edward Wanton (Ned) Casey	Kenneth A. Morgan	V25 N4	Winter 2008
Casey in Washington Territory	Kenneth A. Morgan	V25 N3	Autumn 2008
What on Earth is “Living History?”	Gideon Pete	V25 N2	Summer 2008
Chief Leschi’s Name is Cleared	Cecelia Carpenter	V25 N1	Spring 2008
Truth Teller—The Last Issue	Carol Neufeld Stout	V24 N4	Winter 2007
Murder and the Truth Teller	Carol Neufeld Stout	V24 N3	Autumn 2007
Waiting for the Weekly News—A look at Steilacoom’s Early Newspapers	Nancy Covert	V24 N2	Summer 2007
Restoring Historic Fort Steilacoom	Charles R. Collier	V24 N1	Spring 2007
Thomas Lincoln—Fort Steilacoom’s Other Casey	Kenneth A. Morgan	V23 N4	Winter 2006
Tea with Mrs. Casey	Staff	V23 N4	Winter 2006-7
The Army Sutler	Lawrence Bateman	V23 N3	Autumn 2006
James M. Bachelder—Fort Steilacoom Sutler	Carol Neufeld Stout	V23 N3	Autumn 2006
A Marriage of Convenience—Connections Between Forts Nisqually and Steilacoom	Steve A. Anderson	V23 N2	Summer 2006
Lt. John Nugen 1830-1857	Anne Marshall	V23 N1	Spring 2006
Mary Wells Slaughter	Sandy Burwell	V22 N4	Winter 2005
Elizabeth Rigney—A Living History Portrayal	Karen Haas	V22 N3	Autumn 2005
Richard Lyle Dunkin	Staff	V22 N3	Autumn 2005
The Cayuse, the Whitmans, and the Courts	Dr. Robert Ruby	V22 N2	Summer 2005
Mrs. Colonel Silas Casey III (Abigail Perry Casey – Hostess, Socialite and Mother)	Nancy Keller-Scholz	V22 N1	Spring 2005
On the New Frontier: Casey’s Pacific Coast Service	Kenneth A. Morgan	V21 N4	Winter 2004
Steilacoom and the Military	John Hemphill	V21 N3	Autumn 2004
South of the Border—From Vera Cruz to Mexico City	Kenneth A. Morgan	V21 N2	Summer 2004
Into the Florida Swamps—Casey Fights the Seminoles	Kenneth A. Morgan	V21 N1	Spring 2004
Silas Casey—The Man in the Uniform	Kenneth A. Morgan	V20 N4	Winter 2003
Major General John Fulton Reynolds	Babs Weston	V20 N3	Autumn 2003
Cause of Casey’s Death – Letter of Col.Thomas Casey, Feb. 14, 1882	Col. Thomas Casey	V20 N3	Autumn 2003
Fort Steilacoom’s Return to History	Steve Dunkelberger	V20 N2	Summer 2003
The Caseys of Rhode Island	Kenneth A. Morgan	V20 N1	Spring 2003
A Christmas of 1859 at Fort Steilacoom	Staff	V19 N4	Winter 2002
Back to the past: Time Traveling in Steilacoom	Amanda Gillingham	V19 N4	Winter 2002
Into the Frontier—Casey’s First Post and Battle with Indians	Kenneth A. Morgan	V19 N3	Autumn 2002
Was Fair Oaks Fair to Casey?	Kenneth A. Morgan	V19 N2	Summer 2002
Silas Casey, USMA Class of 1826	Kenneth A. Morgan	V19 N1	Spring 2002
Christmas and New Years at Fort Steilacoom	Carol E. Neufeld	V18 N4	Winter 2001
A Tribute to Ellen M. Freckleton	Staff	V18 N4	Winter 2001
Peter Runquist, Soldier, Blacksmith, Pioneer	Carol E. Neufeld	V18 N3	Autumn 2001
Christopher and Elizabeth Mahon—Washington Pioneers	Carol E. Neufeld	V18 N2	Summer 2001
Renovation of Ft. Steilacoom Officers’ Quarters	Chuck Collier	V18 N1	Spring 2001
Reconstruction of Fort Steilacoom—1857-1858	Carol E. Neufeld	V18 N1	Spring 2001
The Life of a Military Family: Abby Pearce Casey Hunt and General Lewis Cass Hunt (part 2)	Carol Neufeld	V17 N4	Winter 2000
Barracks Room	Staff	V17 N4	Winter 2000
The Life of a Military Family: Abby Pearce Casey Hunt and General Lewis Cass Hunt (part 1)	Carol Neufeld	V17 N3	Autumn 2000
Fort Steilacoom’s Gettysburg Connection	Kenneth A. Morgan	V17 N2	Summer 2000
Old Army Dam is Unearthed	Tacoma Sunday Ledger, Dec. 29, 1929	V17 N2	Summer 2000
Memorial Weekend [Civil War event at park]	Staff	V17 N2	Summer 2000
Glittering Misery – The Army Life of the Kautz and Summerhayes Families	Carol Neufeld	V17 N1	Spring 2000
Projects Completed – Work in Progress	Bo Cooper	V17 N1	Spring 2000
“Miracle Babies” Fort Steilacoom’s Youngest Members	Staff	V17 N1	Spring 2000

The 1990s

Title	Author	Vol.	Date
Fort Steilacoom becomes Western StateHospital	Hilda Skott	V16 N4	Winter 1999
The Legacy of Fort Steilacoom	Steve Dunkelberger	V16 N4	Winter 1999
Hipkins, more than a road in Lakewood	Steve Dunkelberger	V16 N3	Autumn 1999
Facts and Foibles of Historical Research – Lessons I have Learned	Hilda Skott	V16 N3	Autumn 1999
Sesquicentennial	Staff	V16 N3	Autumn 1999
Bancroft Comes to Fort Steilacoom	Walter Neary	V16 N2	Summer 1999
Sesquicentennial Celebration in August	Steve Dunkelberger	V16 N2	Summer 1999
Silas Casey II	Kenneth A. Morgan`	V16 N1	Spring 1999
Signs of Spring and Civil War	Tom Ebersten	V16 N1	Spring 1999
Stevens and Casey at War	Steve Dunkelberger	V15 N4	Winter 1998
A Place of Hospitality	Carol Neufeld	V15 N3	Autumn 1998
Captain Charles H. Pierce – Fort Steilacoom’s Last Commanding Officer	John Fogle	V15 N2	Summer 1998
Fort Has Library	Bo Cooper	V15 N1	Spring 1998
A Tour of Historic Historic Fort Steilacoom	Carol Neufeld	V15 N1	Spring 1998
Fort Steilacoom Diorama Dedicated	Staff	V15 N1	Spring 1998
The Indian Family of August V. Kautz	Carol Neufeld	V14 N4	Winter 1997
Death Changes History	Carol Neufeld	V14 N3	Sep-97
Charly [an Indian boy]	J. M. Bachelder, Puget Sound Courier, 1855	V14 N3	Sep-97
E. P. Alexander at Fort Steilacoom	Carol Neufeld, Editor	V14 N2	Jul-97
Robert Demorest Completes Fort Diorama	Bo Cooper	V14 N1	Apr-97
August V. Kautz and His Indian Family	Lee Wise, Tacoma Daily Leger, 1926	V14 N1	Apr-97
What’s So Important about Fort Steilacoom	Raymond Egan	V14 N1	Apr-97
The Little Chapel That Wasn’t There	Raymond Egan	V13 N4	Dec-96
Recipes from the 1800s		V13 N4	Dec-96
Fort Steilacoom Soldiers and Dependents Lived Off the Bounty of the Land	Carol Neufeld	V13 N4	Dec-96
What Ever Became of Fort Steilacoom?	Steve Dunkelberger	V13 N3	Oct-96
Charles Prosch—Follower of Dreams	Walter Neary	V13 N2	Jun-96
Third Annual Civil War Reenactment	Orville H. Stout	V13 N2	Jun-96
The Rescue of Enslaved Georgiana Passengers and Crew: A True Historical Drama	Carol Neufeld	V13 N2	Jun-96
Let it Rain	Raymond J. Egan	V13 N1	Mar-96
Old Company D	Puyallup Commerce, March 9,1889	V13 N1	Mar-96
Winter Life on Steilacoom Prairie	Carol E. Neufeld	V12 N4	Dec-95
Dr. Horace Wirtz, Army Surgeon	Carol E. Neufeld	V12 N3	Sep-95
Those Intriguing Errata: The Truth about Father Rossi	Raymond J. Egan	V12 N2	Jul-95
For Her Time and Before Her Time, Mother Joseph, the Executive	Raymond J. Egan	V12 N2	Jul-95
1995 Civil War Reenactment	Kenneth A . Morgan	V12 N2	Joly 1995
A View of the Life of Army Wife Henrietta M. Haller	Edited by Carol Neufeld	V12 N1	Apr-95
The Social and Leisure Life of the Officers and Ladies at Fort Steilacoom	Carol Neufeld	V11 N4	Dec-94
Luigi Angelo Maria Rossi and His Friend Victor Wortley	Raymond Egan	V11 N3	Sep-94
Cannon Day ’94 – phpto page	Orville H. Stout	V11 N3	Sep-94
Civil War Comes to Northwest	Orville H. Stout	V11 N2	Jun-94
The Wilderness—130 Years Later	Kenneth A. Morgan	V11 N2	Jun-94
Fort Steilacoom and the Civil War	Gary Fuller Reese	V11 N2	Jun-94
Cartes-de-Visite	Donald G. Tempel	V11 N1	Mar-94
John and Elizabeth Rigney	Carol Neufeld	V11 N1	Mar-94
The Restoration of Historic Fort Steilacoom: The Work of Chuck and Pat Collier	Bo Cooper	V11 N1	Mar-94
The Lost Patrol	Jerry Eckrom	V10 N4	Dec-93
The Leadership of Lyle and Lou Dunkin in the Restoration of Historic Fort Steilacoom	Bo Cooper	V10 N4	Dec-93
The 9th Infantry at Fort Steilacoom	Alan H. Archambault	V10 N3	Sep-93
Cannon Day ‘93	Staff	V10 N3	Sep-93
The 4th Infantry at Fort Steilacoom	Alan H. Archambault	V10 N2	Jun-93
Early Roads in the Fort Steilacoom Area	George L. Wilkinson	V10 N1	Mar-93
The Fort and the Town, Part 2	Gary Fuller Reese	V09 N4	Oct-92
Cannon Day 1992	Jack Langston	V09 N4	Oct-92
The Fort and the Town, Part 1	Gary Fuller Reese	V09 N3	Aug-92
Company M, the 1st Artillery Regiment in Oregon Territory and at Fort Steilacoom, 1849-1853	George Dickey	V09 N2	Apr-92
Cannon carriages arrive	Staff	V09 N1	Jan-92
Cannon Day Draws Crowd	Orville H. Stout	V08 N2	Sep-91
Fort Has Cannons!	Jack Langston & Charles Collier	V08 N1	Mar-91
Search for Art Leads to History	Esther Schooler	V08 N1	Mar-91
Willis and Mary Ann Boatman, Pioneer Settlers	Weldon W. Rau	V07 N2	Jul-90
Chinook Jargon: A Common Bond of Frontier Communication	J. K. Gill Co.	V07 N1	Jan-90
In and Around the Fort: Winter, Then and Now	Raymond Egan	V06 N1	Jan-89
President’s Report on Restoration	Raymond Egan	V06 N1	Jan-89
E.P. Alexander: Memoirs of Fort Steilacoom	E.P. Alexander	V06 N2	Aug-89
Restoration Progress Report	Lyle Dunkin	V06 N2	Aug-89

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