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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...]
About a week ago, I was taking my son back to the emergency room and as I was leaving the City of DuPont, I noticed at the intersection of Barksdale and Wilmington there were crews there clearing the land. This corner marked so many memories for me as a child and had already … [Read more...]
DURING ONE OF MY MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS, Steilacoom School District arranged to bus the students to the city of DuPont to learn about the vast history and upcoming development the city would soon entertain. We had the opportunity to visit the Sequalitchew Creek Bed near Edmonds … [Read more...]
The front of town used to look a lot different than it does today. The intersection wasn’t there (it used to be a stop sign) which curved around to the DuPont Steilacoom Road, the 76 station wasn’t a gas station (it was just a store), and where the Better Business Bureau … [Read more...]
Whenever I think about the Old Town Village of DuPont today, I am reminded of so many things, but especially of my childhood that I shared with the population when it was only 601. I can visualize Barksdale Street in spring lined with the fully blossomed cherry trees and … [Read more...]
Komo 4 News coverage of the Historical Village being placed on the National Register of Historic Places. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-DkLqB9Am0 … [Read more...]
Apparently people has no respect for protected areas deep with history. Here's a sad scene one morning when I walked from the mouth of the creek to the shipwreck. As of 9AM the fire was still buring. I took these on a brisk July morning. … [Read more...]
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