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A Historical Look on DuPont, Washington
Oxen Road was/is located from Nisqually House to the bluff above where the 1833 Fort was located. Archibald McDonald with some other employees built the road in 1833. The road is then mentioned through various publications but nothing specific. This oxen road was the first … [Read more...]
I ran across this site just a few days ago. It contains some great historical references as well as the author Roxanne has the claim to fame that her Great Great Grandfather was William Kittson. The following is an excerpt from her site. The Following is a Chart on the … [Read more...]
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...]
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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