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BOLAND-B14928
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- 1926-05-31 (Creation)
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She-nah-nam marker. On the last day of May in 1926, photographer Marvin Boland took a day-long trip from Tacoma to Olympia, stopping at various locations on the way. He paused at the She-nah-nam marker near the Nisqually River which had been erected by the Washington State Historical Society four years before. The stone marker stated that there was a bronze tablet 1 1/4 miles northwest from the spot which had been placed by the Sacajawea chapter of the D.A.R. to mark the site of Governor (Isaac) Stevens' council with the Nisqually, Puyallup and Squaxin Indians on December 24-26, 1854. This treaty opened settlement of Indian lands by the United States and created three small reservations. The area where the marker was erected has now been urbanized but as of 2005, the marker remains albeit without the metal railing. G5.1-013
Historical markers;