Show OLDEST BUILDINGS I ION ON PUGET SOUND PLACED IN REPAIR TACOMA Wash Vash May 27 Bu Buildings Buildings at Fort Nisqually which it is believed are the oldest standing in the Puget Sound country countr have been restored to the state they were in when they were used by the Hudsons Hudson's Bay jay company as a trading trading trad trad- trading ing post more than Io five live years ago Fort Nisqually is located at Dupont near Tacoma and amI the buildings s were restored by the Dupont Powder company com corn pany which operates a plant there DuPont Dupont Dupont Du Du- Du- Du I pont is not far from Camp Lewis The company intends to maintain the oldfort old fort in m its restored state The fort was established by the Hudson's Hudsons Hudsons Hudson's Hudsons Hudson's Hud Hud- I sons son's Bay people in 1833 and the oldest building now standing on the site was constructed in 1843 according to local records Until recently the structure was used as a i storehouse its historical Importance not being realized Many marks of ot a age e are on the building build build- Ing but its hand-forged hand hinges still hold the the doors and windows securely Cedar slabs from nearby forests were used Inthe in inthe inthe the construction Vh What t pioneers say was the first building constructed by white men in the I Puget Sound country was was also at Nisqually Nis- Nis qually IY but was torn down clown some years ago was established by the old trading company as a halfway point be between between be be- I tween Fort Vancouver on the Columbia i river where Vancouver Wash now la is located and Fort Langley in In the Fraser I i river country of ot Canada I |