At the other end of the Nisqually river from the glacier is a delta where the river drains into the southern end of Puget Sound. In 1833 the Hudson’s Bay Company established Fort Nisqually, which wikipedia currently states is the first European trading post on Puget Sound.
The fact that it was named Fort Nisqually rather than something like Nisqually-mart is probably something that should give some pause for thought about the past.
The fact that the restored Fort Nisqually that we visited was moved to its current location in the 1930’s as “part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal program to provide jobs to the Depression stricken nation” is probably something that should give some pause for thought for the future.
Note: This post was updated on 2020-11-22 to fix broken links