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| [[Category:Washington Forts]]
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| '''Fort Nisqually (1833-1869)''' - Established in 1833 by Chief Trader Archibald McDonald for the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). It was the first European settlement and a principal port for domestic and foreign trade on Pugent Sound and it grew from a remote outpost to a major international trading establishment.
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| Fort Nisqually never had a military purpose, but the palisade does resemble some frontier army stockades. It was only occasionally visited by American and British military personnel during its active years. The 1846 treaty between the United States and Great Britain established the boundary between the two country's claims at the 49th parallel. This treaty left Fort Nisqually on American soil. Twenty three years later on 10 Sep 1869 the United States government agreed to pay the HBC $650,000 for the Puget Sound Agriculture Company lands, including Fort Nisqually. This date is used as the official end of Fort Nisqually.
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| '''Location:''' The original site was on the beach but was moved to the plains above the Nisqually River delta near the present town of DuPont, Washington. In 1934 the ruins were moved to Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington and restoration was begun. The site is owned and operated by the City of Tacoma.
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://www.fortnisqually.org/ Fort Site]
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| '''Publications:'''
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| * Carpenter, Cecelia Svinth; ''"Fort Nisqually: A Documented History of Indian and British Interaction"''; 1986, Tahoma Research Service, Tacoma, Washington; ISBN 0-9616969-0-7
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