Submitted by DuPont Historical Society.
Visit DuPont Historical Museum at 7 p.m. on August 17th for a free lecture by author and historian Steve Anderson.
Have you ever wondered how Fort Nisqually got moved from its original 1833 Dupont site and why? Have you questioned the replica of Fort Nisqually’s 1843 physical representation in Point Defiance Park as being true to history? In 1930, was the WPA’s guesswork right or wrong about its physical structure? Did “those in the know” have enough information to completely replicate Fort Nisqually?
Answer: They did not.
In 1987-88 presenter Steve Anderson, who served as the first trained historian and museum professional of the Point Defiance replica, took time off from his administrative duties at the fort’s replica in order to find out what the folks in the 1930s missed, or did not have access to at that time.
They left out a great deal.
Today, many of the structures Anderson discovered have been incorporated into the park district’s replica. Others have not. In the end, Anderson produced a 280-page planning document that outlined the nature of the fort’s construction phases and how such might be incorporated into the physical nature of the replicated fort.
His illustrated talk will include period artwork of the fort’s buildings, along with personal and historical observations on the restored fort and its physical makeup.
Free and open to the public. Appropriate for 10 years of age and up.
Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
DuPont Historical Museum
207 Barksdale Ave, DuPont 98327
duponthistoricalmuseum@gmail.com or (253) 820-3656
Looking forward to this event.