11-16-2018
OSO, Wash. — An artist is creating a memorial to the people lost in the 2014 Oso mudslide, which will be put in place at a planned outdoor interpretative center near the mudslide location.
Louise McDowell is recreating in brass and steel a row of mailboxes that belonged to those that died.
McDowell tells KING 5 that the 19 mailboxes were a place where neighbors would meet and chat and tell each other about community events.
She hopes to meet with families of those who died so she can include personal remembrances and messages in each box.
Donations for the larger project are being accepted at SlideMemorial.com, or they can be mailed to:
Snohomish County Parks, Recreation and Tourism Parks Donation Fund – SR 530 Slide Memorial
6705 Puget Park Dr.
Snohomish, WA 98296.