Puyallup Historical Marker
Posted by: LandRover
N 47° 12.217 W 122° 17.683
10T E 553415 N 5228032
Just north of downtown Puyallup
Waymark Code: WMA1R
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2006
Views: 72
In February 1856 soldiers erected Fort Maloney here to protect the John Carson Ferry. In the summer of 1861 Mrs. E.L. Carson taught school in Fort Maloney
Military Road from Steilacoom to Bellingham crossed
Information from Marker:
Puyallup here. 1864 First telegraph wire strung over this road. This memorial erected by Washington State Historical Society. 1925
One night in October 1856 Abraham Salatat an Indian rode through the Puyallup Valley warning settlers that a war party on Indians was coming.
In 1858 under territorial charter John Carson built a toll bridge here it was carried away by floods during the winter of 1862-63.