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A Historical Look on DuPont, Washington
I don't have much to post other than to read the update over at SCWC. In effect the City of DuPont is claiming all sorts of laws and permitting processes in order to stop the Sequalitchew Creek members from putting in beaver deceivers in order to help restore the historic flow … [Read more...]
If DuPont isn't already selling out to Glacier to expand the mine which will for once and for all wipe out the historic Methodist Mission grounds first settled here in 1840. Since if that continues and Don Russel continues to fall on deaf ears, I guess Edmonds Marsh may cease … [Read more...]
In 1890 Fred Plummer "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1890 by Fred G. Plummer in the office of the Librarian of congress at Washington". The interesting aspect of this map is that in 1890 the maps put the Union Pacific Rail R oad across the Sequalitchew … [Read more...]
There is a great gap in information that we don't fully understand about why the mission was left or why it was really started even in the first place. Other than the "Yes, we know the mission was here" and "Yes, Natives burned it to the ground" is the normal everyday events … [Read more...]
The Sequalitchew Creek Trail is closed by order of the City. It experienced a washout overnight and into the early morning. The cause was a underground pipe that was to carry the ground water under the trail at the old steam station and into the canyon. However, whomever the … [Read more...]
Finally! Something Bill McDonald can agree on as stated in his Friday letter on 01/08/2010 he mentions the Mission Site and also says there is no definitive evidence that it is where the marker current lays. For more information and views: Methodist Mission … [Read more...]
Read the Glacier MOU for the mine expansion here MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING SUPPLEMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS FOR GLACIER NW MINING EXPANSION THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING is dated this _____ day of August , 2009, and executed by and among GLACIER NORTHWEST (“Glacier”); … [Read more...]
John Plaster Richmond (1811-1895) — also known as John P. Richmond — of Schuyler County, Ill. Born in Middletown, Frederick County, Md., August 11, 1811. Son of Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond; married 1835 to America Walker; married 1859 to … [Read more...]
When the DuPont Company purchased the land for the Powder Works plant they construction crews were housed in the tar paper shacks in 1906. I also recall that some men were living in box cars as well during the construction phase. These shacks were erected at and around the 1843 … [Read more...]
An agenda will be provided and posted at www.nisqually-sequalitchew.com soon. Don Russell will be our guest speaker. Judy Krill is encouraging all residents and interested parties to attend and of course those of you that would like to join. Date: Monday, May 18, 2009 Location: … [Read more...]
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