Fort Duwamish

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Fort Duwamish (1855-1856) - Established as a blockhouse in 1855 by settlers during the 1855-1856 Indian Wars.

Fort Duwamish History

Fort Duwamish was a two-story blockhouse of unfinished logs, 22 feet square. The top floor was set so the corners overlapped each side of the bottom floor. After the war ended in 1856 the blockhouse was used until 1862 as the first Duwamish school.

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Location: Just west of the present Georgetown Steam plant Museum in Seattle, Washington. Maps & Images Lat: 47.557864 Long: -122.318162 Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps Topographic map from TopoZone Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA Satellite image from Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth Wiki Mapping from WikiMapia Elevation: '

Sources:

• Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 184

Links:

• HistoryLink.org

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