Fort Duwamish
Fort Duwamish (1855-1856) - Established in 1856 at the Seattle settlement as a blockhouse during the 1855-1856 Yakima Indian War.
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Fort Duwamish History
Established after the siege of Seattle on 26 Jan 1856. A single blockhouse known as Fort Decatur protected the Seattle settlement during the siege. The siege was unsuccessful but the threat of a larger force of hostile Indians caused the settlers to build a second blockhouse on the south side and connect these two blockhouse with a series of breastworks and stockades. This second blockhouse was known as Fort Duwamish. No further attacks occurred.
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, King County, Washington.
Lat: 47.557864 Long: -122.318162 |
Sources:
- Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 184
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