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MAGDEN-094 Front
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- c. 1910 (Creation)
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- In 1833 the Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post near the shores of Puget Sound and the mouth of the Nisqually River, called Fort Nesqually. In 1843, the enterprise was moved about two miles north, and the name was changed to Nisqually. In 1934 the fort was restored as a historical landmark with the combined efforts of the United States government, the State of Washington and the City of Tacoma to its new home in Point Defiance Park. According to E.T. Short in the Tacoma Times, "It is interesting to note that from the new site in Point Defiance park, the old site of the fort at Nisqually is plainly visible on a clear day. The curve of the shore past Steilacoom and along the Narrows is just enough so that there is a clear sweep over the water, past Ketron island, between Point Defiance and the Nisqually prairie."
- Printed on front: Old Hudson Bay Trading Post Near Tacoma, Washington.