Oregon Trail
1844
Marked by the
Daughters and Sons of
the American Revolution
in the State of Washington
1916
I have probably passed by this marker thousands of times in my life, but this month was the first time I ever really noticed it! It sits nears the Falls Terrace Restaurant, and in 1916 it would've been right in the center of action in downtown Tumwater, Washington.
See that concrete wall in the background? Interstate 5 is on the other side. When it plowed through this area in the 1950s the freeway destroyed the heart of the first American settlement in the Puget Sound region. The town has been more or less of a crazy quilt ever since.
