Place Description:
Fort Nisqually was the first European settlement on Puget Sound, established in 1833 by The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) of London. The original site was near the present town of DuPont, Washington.
Today, Fort Nisqually is a living history museum where volunteers and staff wear period clothing, demonstrate the crafts of the 19th century and engage visitors in historic dialogue. If a staff member asks what you do for a living and it happens to be technology-related, prepare for a very "interesting" conversation!
The fort makes for a great school field trip, which is what was happening on this day. The guides were wonderful - very knowledgeable about the history of the fort and they had a great rapport with the kids.
They also gave a detailed talk inside the Trade Store, showing a lot of old goods that would have been traded or sold here, and they had great responses to the kids' questions.
See: www.fortnisqually.org
Individual View Descriptions:Entrance_Inside, facing SE:
- The Trade Store.
Entrance_Inside, facing West:
- The exit
Entrance_Outside, facing North:
- Moving straight ahead from here is a really long move - all the way to the other side of the parking lot to the playground, which is nestled in the woods.
Entrance_Outside, facing East:
- This way to enter the fort!
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- There have been substantial updates to the fort, including new buildings, since these photos were taken.
Entrance_Outside, facing South:
- The view is gorgeous just across the parking lot. (see zoom) You can see just a bit of the Tacoma Narrows bridge through the trees in the zoom.
HouseNE, facing SW:
- Two zooms here, one looking in each window!
HouseNE, facing West:
- Ahead on your left (no direct link here) is the back door.
HouseS, facing North:
- Walk forward to enter the house.
House_InsideN, facing North:
- Turn left or right to see the two bedrooms.
House_InsideN, facing South:
- Turn left or right to see the two bedrooms.
House_InsideS, facing North:
- Turn left to see the living room.
- Turn right to see the dining room.
House_InsideS, facing East:
- Zoom in to see the dining room.
House_InsideS, facing South:
- Turn left to see the dining room.
- Turn right to see the living room.
House_InsideS, facing West:
- There are 2 zooms that look into this room.
MidField1, facing North:
- Sorry the zoom isn't bigger.
MidField2, facing NE:
- This is the building where the hired help would have stayed. Zoom to see inside the building.
MidField2, facing East:
- Some traditional work happening here, using traditional period tools. They take their authenticity very seriously here!
MidField2, facing SE:
- Some traditional work happening here (left side), using traditional period tools. They take their authenticity very seriously here!
South2, facing East:
- Looks like there's a new building on the overhead map that wasn't here when these photos were taken.
South2, facing South:
- Zoom in to see what the inside looks like. Lots of period artifacts.
Southwest, facing South:
- Turn right to go up stairs.
Tower_SW_Inside, facing West:
- Zoom to see the actual view through the slit!
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