DUNGENESS: The Lure of a River

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DUNGENESS: The Lure of a River

FROM THE FOREWORD: "THE VALLEY OF THE DUNGENESS LIES IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, (WASHINGTON STATE), SIC, IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST OF THE UNITED STATES. IT SPREADS IN AN ALLUVIAL FAN FROM THE DUNGENESS GORGE TO THE SCALLOPED BEACHES OF THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA. NEWCOMESERS TO THE VALLEY OF THE DUNGENESS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE RIVER AS DID THE PIONEERS, AS THEY JOIN IN THE IRRIGATION FESTIVAL EACH SPRING, THE OLDEST COMMUNITY CELEBRATION IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. INCLUDES: TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. THEY CAME TO THE DUNGENESS: NEW DUNGENESS IS SETTLE & BECOMES OLD TOWN AS THE SETTLERS MOVE TO THE LONG DOCK 2. AND TO THE SEQUIM PRAIRIE: THE FOUR CORNERS OF ADJOINING CLAMS BECOME THE TOWN'S MAIN INTERSECTION 3. ALONG THE SHORE AND INTO THE FOOTHILLS: JOHNSON CREEK-PORT WILLIAMS-WASHINGTON HARBOR-BLYN AND MICHIGAN TOWN-DIAMOND POINT-PALO ALTO 4. INTO HAPPY VALLEY: SO NAMED BECAUSE AT FIRST THERE WERE NO WOMEN 5. WEST OF THE RIVER: LOST MOUNTAIN-CARLSBORG-AGNEW 6. LAND OF THE CLALLAM: JAMESTOWN AND THE STORY OF CHIEF WHITE FEATHER 7. SHIPS, ROADS AND RAILS: THE MOSQUITO FLEET AND END OF THE LONG DOCK AS ROAD OPENED AND THE RAILROAD ARRIVES 8. FOUNDATIONS OF A FRONTIER: CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS WERE RAMPARTS OF A NEW COMMUNITY 9. IRRIGATION AND CELEBRATION: WATER IS BROUGHT TO THE SEQUIM PRAIRIE AND A PIONEER PICNIC STARTS THE OLDEST COMMUNITY CELEBRATION IN THE STATE 10. LOGGING, COWS AND CROPS: INDUSTRY-TIMBER--DAIRYING--FARMING--AND RETIREES 11. OF COMMUNITY LIFE: MAIL, MEDICS, MEDIA, MINORITIES AND CEMETERIES. ALSO FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY INSTALLATIONS 12. THE SOCIAL SIDE: CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS 13. FACT AND FANCY: TALES TOLD BY THE PIONEERS APPENDIX REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
Country USA
Manufacturer Sequim Bicentennial History Book Committee
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Sequim Bicentennial History Book Committee
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

DUNGENESS: The Lure of a River

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