Historic Fort Steilacoom

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Washington Our Home

Erich R. Ebel, Fearless Field Guide and Washington State Storyteller

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Your fearless field guide, Erich Ebel, takes you on an exciting and entertaining trip to explore the history, heritage and culture of the greatest state in the lower 48. Washington is filled with fascinating stories, mysterious myths and legends, and unbelievable tales you’ll simply have to hear for yourself. Discover lost cities and natural wonders. Relive horrifying massacres and disasters. Survive in the wild frontier. Fight in the Treaty Wars. Track down clues to unsolved mysteries. Washington State Historian Erich Ebel tells stories of the state like none you’ve heard before.

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Historic Fort Steilacoom

Washington Our Home

43 minutes 32 seconds

3 years ago

Historic Fort Steilacoom

Built in 1849 to project American power and secure American interest in the Puget Sound Region, Fort Steilacoom played a key role in helping to settle what was then Oregon Territory. It served as the focal point for the Treaty Wars of the 1850s and played witness to the judicial murder of an innocent man - Chief Leschi of the Nisqually Tribe - about which you can learn more in my Medicine Creek Treaty podcast episode. Fort Steilacoom also rose to the forefront of history during the San Juan Island Pig War of 1859, again which you can learn about from that episode of the Washington Our Home podcast.