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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM271S_cannabis-city-seattles-first-pot-shop_Seattle-WA.html
A historic day in Seattle
Just after ipm on July 07, 2014, Deb Green, a 65-year-old marathon running grandmother from Ballard brought her camp chair, a hat, and a book as she planted herself down to become the first person in line to legally purc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM271Q_an-evolving-playground_Ilwaco-WA.html
In the past two centuries there have been many changes at Beard's Hollow. Historically, the Chinook Indians visited the tide pools near the water's edge to collect sea life for food and shells to use as tools and decorations.
When the Lewis and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM271N_life-of-a-lighthouse-keeper_Ilwaco-WA.html
Working and Living on North Head
Lighthouse keepers maintained the North Head Lighthouse from 1898 until its automation in 1961. Keeping the light burning 365 days a year was arduous, repetitive work.
Keepers carried gallons of oil up the nar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM271I_clamshell-railroad-driving-tour_Ilwaco-WA.html
"It is estimated that with two canneries, the lumbering, cranberry and railroad interests centering at Ilwaco annually put into circulation at this town about $600,000. This is a solid town and is entitled to the attention of all visitors to Was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM270Y_a-disastrous-year_Ilwaco-WA.html
Sailing a ship into the narrow channel at the mouth of the Columbia River was always dangerous and often deadly. Sailing ships would frequently be forced to wait for days and sometimes weeks for the weather to be right to "cross the bar."
Even i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25TO_at-home-in-the-outdoors_Belfair-WA.html
Emory Finch, the son of Hoodsport pioneers, moved into Interrorem with his new bride Maybelle Peterson on their wedding day, April 22. 1908. Like her husband, she saw at home in the outdoors. The couple met when she and two friends came over from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25TL_an-abundant-backyard_Belfair-WA.html
Just as the cabin tells a story of the site's history, so does nature. The large stumps in the area tell about early logging activity. Notice in the photo how different the cabin must have been with an expansive view before the new forest grew.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25TI_loyalty-courage-common-sense_Belfair-WA.html
Early Forest Rangers were custodians of the forest, riding horseback over mountain trails and camping out, protecting the forest from fires, poachers, and trespassers.
Most were outdoorsmen, former cowboys, trappers and woodsmen. They were hire…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25TF_the-ranger-hole_Belfair-WA.html
It is not wonder that the churning fishing hole one mile down this trail is called Ranger Hole. Emery Finch, and many other early Rangers were avid fishermen, wearing a well traveled path between the cabin and their favorite fishing spot. Fishing …
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Interrorem Ranger Cabin is the oldest Forest Service dwelling on the Olympic Penninsula and one of the oldest in the Northwest.
As you gaze through the trees at Interrorem Ranger cabin, step back in time to the Spring of 1907. From this spot yo…