Sequalitchew Creek Railroad Runs Through It?

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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...]

Nisqually Methodist Mission, Why Nisqually?

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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...]

Methodist Mission can it be located exactly?

A. Atwoods, the Conquerors, 1907

The Methodist Mission has a marker set by the DuPont Co in 1927 just near the burn area of the Powder Works Plant. While surveys were done later, not enough evidence exists to say if this was really the site. In 1989 Moura and Condon performed a survey in which not much evidence … [Read more...]