Friday will mark five years since the then deadliest landslide in U.S. history tore down a hillside in the small town of Oso, just north of Arlington, devastating a community and the state. RELATED: Oso memorial planned at site of tragic landslide Forty-three lives, between the ages of 4 months and 91-years old, were lost on March 22, 2014. Most of them were people enjoying that beautiful Saturday morning in their Steelhead Haven neighborhood. The slide swallowed the neighborhood, leaving mounds of debris and a broken hillside that, to this day, looks like a moonscape in its wake. When the nearly 50 homes that used to make up the neighborhood were still standing, and those living in the close knit community were still enjoying what survivors describe as paradise, there was one piece of the neighborhood they all shared: A cluster of mailboxes just off SR 530 that, on top of doing its job receiving mail, served as a marker. It was the point of reference locals would use when giving someone directions on where to turn for a visit, like the many barbecues that were hosted every summer. It was what where balloons would be tied by loved ones hosting special events, such as a child’s birthday. It was home. That is what Seattle sculptor Louise McDowell was tasked with capturing when she was selected to re-create a mailbox sculpture that will be unveiled at the five year remembrance ceremony of the Oso Slide on Friday. “That was suc
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