Presentation

Presentation

At tonight's presentation I will share with you where the field trip journey has lead me.

On page 617 Strayer writes,
"We cannot be sure what will prove of lasting significance and what will later seem of only passing importance."

As I journey from the San Jose Airport to Seattle in search of a quick getaway. I thought about the field trip assignment and where I could possibly go in search of history. Little did I know that the places I had already chosen to go to would be rich in history.

For my love of nature I had already chosen to go to Snoqualmie Falls and for my sense of fun and spooky effect, I had decided to do the Seattle underground tour.

Off we went to Snoqualmie fall. It was beautiful, the air felt so clean and I felt at peace. I knew little of the area so I went in search of information. I will be brief because of time but the area is rich in history.
I found out that;
* the Native people of the area are the Snoqualmie tribe.
* area is part of their creation story,
* outside settlers came in , saw the area and wanted it for timber and agriculture. * supposedly an agreement was reached where the Snoqualmie tribe would move to the
new land they were promised.
*they weren't given any land to relocate to but were forced out of their native
land.
* lack of land give resulted in the tribe being removed from the list of Washington Tribes till in 1999 when they finally became recognized.

My field trip experience then lead me to Pioneer Square for Bill Speidel's Underground Tour. Again I will keep it brief.
There I learned;
*that Bill Speidel was a reported and then opened his public relations business in
the Pioneer District.
*City was build from sawdust from the timber businesses
*When tides came in the city would get flooded because of the bad foundation of sawdust
* There was the Great Seattle fire on 1889 that brought forth some changes in rebuilding.
* though was to build above the old town so that they would no longer get flooded
*Some moved on with the plans of the new city but others remained in the underground part of the city ad they operated their businesses.
Some interesting things were seen during the tour like old lounge chair, some Windows, doors, what is trough to be a bath house, some skylights, several signs, mattresses, and the separation between the old wall and the new wall.

Lastly, my field trip Journey took me to Point Reyes to the Village of Kule Loklo. There I read that much information was saved about the native people of the area but that some volunteers and archaeologist had helped to gather some information. With the information gathered, they were able to rebuild a village to what they think it might of looked like.

At the village I saw:
*a cave looking structure where spiritual ceremonies take place, no inside
photography is allowed.
*I saw Granary, where staple foods were stored, it looked like a very small but tall tepee
*saw what their homes might of looked like, they looked like tree make tepees
*saw the family sweat lodge. It was a hot day and going in there was nice and cool.
* lastly, saw their garden.


I went off in search of a place that would qualify for this assignment to earn me a passing grade and that journey has sparked something with in. It's a curiosity to know of those what I don't know about yet.

My grandma has always wanted to visit the various Mission up and down the coast of California and I believe the time has come for us both to learn more about what they are about. As I continue in my search for their history I have decided to keep this blog a little longer as I learn about the Missions of California.