Save The History | A historical look back on DuPont, Washington<title>» Middle School http://www.savethehistory.com A Historical Look on DuPont, Washington Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:52:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Sequalitchew Creek…A Watershed Runneth Dry or Disappearing? http://www.savethehistory.com/blog/sequalitchew-creeka-watershed-runneth-dry-or-disappearing http://www.savethehistory.com/blog/sequalitchew-creeka-watershed-runneth-dry-or-disappearing#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:59:22 +0000 Erin http://www.savethehistory.com/?p=1069 asitwasthen_560DURING 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 Village; we were granted entry past the guard gates at Weyerhaeuser and attend sessions about the upcoming businesses coming to DuPont in the near future. I remember most prominently the Sequalitchew Creek Bed tour and how full the creek bed was then with water. At the time there hadn’t been any development down Center Drive. Center was just a new road and so much of Northwest Landing was still in its beginning stages. The aerial map hanging on the wall did outline the businesses projected to plant their fresh foundations into the freshly excavated soil. The Girl Scout Building was on there- I remember that much from the map. The rest is a blur, except I do remember sitting in some antique school desks.

I am not sure if I tuned it out because I lived here and proclaimed I knew it all already…or why I didn’t pay better attention that day because now I wish I had. I do know the water was a lot higher in the Creek 20 years ago. I know things can change, but instead it feels as though all the trees and nature have diminished, all the water has dried from the creek bed and now rather than a history having aged; it feels as if it has disappeared. Photos can tell a story, and combined with a great storyteller you can take readers on a journey. But looking back now, the value to stand in front of the Sequalitchew Creek and have the history explained to you then – what an experience. We should continue to do that now with our children and visitors to the city – the city’s history is worth saving.
Information’s pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience. ~Clarence Day, The Crow’s Nest

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