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BACKSTORY:
When Fort Nisqually was established in 1833, the land was jointly occupied by Americans and British of the Hudson's Bay Company. Thirteen years later, in 1846, a treaty left Fort Nisqually on American soil.
With fur trade profits declining, increasing competition from American settlers, and mounting harassment from American revenue agents and tax collectors, Fort Nisqually was finally closed in 1869.
In 1933, major efforts were undertaken to preserve the fort's few remaining structures and relocate them at Tacoma's Point Defiance Park. Thanks in part to a Heritage Capital Projects grant from the Washington State Historical Society, the Fort Nisqually Living History Museum continues to give visitors a glimpse of the Pacific Northwest’s past.