Wretched Thoroughfare

Title

Wretched Thoroughfare

Subject

Migration

Description

Wretched Thoroughfare
Commercial Street, the main one in Steilacoom is deemed dangerous. It has a very bad grade, it is full of holes, mud, stumps and hills.

The editor of the Puget Sound Herald is a booster of his tiny antebellum community on Puget Sound, eager to grow migration and economic/industrial activity.

Abstract

The Puget Sound Courier editor agitates for town improvements in Steilacoom, as matter of benefit to his readers, his town and his own newspaper business.

Source

Puget Sound Herald

Publisher

Steilacoom W.T.

Date Issued

1858-11-05

Contributor

Allurinda

Medium

Web

Type

article

Bibliographic Citation

Vol. 1, No. 35, col. B

Spatial Coverage

Steilacoom; Pierce

Temporal Coverage

1858-11-05

Provenance

http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx

URL

http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers_detail.aspx?t=29

Start Page

2

End Page

2