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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E1V_duplex_Poulsbo-WA.html
Duplex. Originally built as a dormitory for girls working at the Puget Hotel; it later housed Chinese workers who worked at the Puget Hotel from 1925 until 1936, when they left Port Gamble. . . Earliest record of Chinese in Port Gamble was 1870…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24U1_wm-walker-e-g-ames-house_Poulsbo-WA.html
William Walker, master mechanic, lived here with his wife Emma, daughter Maude, and son-in-law Edwin Ames. The house was close to the mill so Walker was nearby in case of emergencies. Ames was the resident manager from 1883-194 and then general ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24U0_camperdown-elm_Poulsbo-WA.html
It was in 1640 that the "Earl of Camperdown" in Dundee Scotland noticed a branch growing on the floor of his elm forest. He grafted it to a Scotch Elm tree and it took hold producing the first Camperdown Elm. The Scotch Elm is the only root mass t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24TZ_st-pauls-church_Poulsbo-WA.html
Modeled after the Congregational Church of East Machias, Maine. The steeple bell was a gift from the San Francisco Pope & Talbot's officers' wives. It arrived by sailing vessel in 1879. The church's steeple and original Congregational affiliation …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24ST_morrill-s-pope-house_Poulsbo-WA.html
This house was barged over from Port Ludlow after 1929. At Port Ludlow, this was Morrill Pope's house, who was supervisor of the mill. This house replaces the earlier John Seavey house that had stood here since 1870.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24SS_leo-goldie-hammersmith-house_Poulsbo-WA.html
Leo came to Pope & Talbot from the Hammersmith Mill in Yelm, WA. Leo married Goldie on July 4th, 1915, which was also Goldie's 18th birthday. Leo and Goldie had no children. Leo retired as mill manager in 1958, moved to Portland and passed away in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24SR_daniel-b-jackson-house_Poulsbo-WA.html
D.B. Jackson was Port Gamble's third postmaster. His son Daniel Leslie Jackson was the telegraph operator and followed him as postmaster and owner of this house. Daniel Leslie was postmaster under nine U.S. Presidents. His sister May married Georg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24SP_clarence-r-lulu-hovey-cranmer-house_Poulsbo-WA.html
Clarence was a past Master of the Franklin Lodge in 1896. Lulu died at the age of 32 on June 15, 1904 and is buried in the Port Gamble Cemetery.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24SO_new-york-house_Poulsbo-WA.html
The house was built by the company in order to attract and retain the resident physicians who lived there over a long period of time. It likely served both as hospital and home to the town's resident physician until sometime prior to 1929, when th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24SM_eugene-ann-deford-house_Poulsbo-WA.html
Raised in Port Gamble, Eugene returned from World War II and began his career in 1947 on "Green Chain". He held every job in the mill and retired in 1985 as plant manager.