“The mission house was erected near the trading post. The main building was eighteen feet wide and thirty-two feet long, with walls nine feet high. An addition eighteen by twenty feet was added on the west side. A stockade was erected around the building leaving sufficient grounds in the enclosure for the work of the mission. Religious services were held regularly within the stockade, and a school for the benefit of the Indians was maintained, the average attendance was about fifty.’
Excerpt page 29 from 1841 Fourth of July 1906 written by the Pierce County pioneer Association

“I also visited Dr. Richmond, who had settled here for some months and occupied a nice loghouse built on the borders of one of the beautiful prairies. The location of the mission home on this beautiful prairie can scarcely be surpassed.”
Quote by Capt Charles Wilkes of the US Exploring Expedition from the book 1841 Fourth of July 1906