This book explores the history and stories of Port Gamble, Kitsap County, State of Washington through photographs, vintage news articles and historical archives. Although there are local reports of paranormal activities, Port Gamble is far from a ghost town. The area is home to a variety of birds, including great blue herons, ospreys and cormorants. Within the town site there is a community store, a post office, a performance theater, a historical museum, and numerous retail establishments. Port Gamble has a very vibrant and intriguing past, beginning with the S’Klallam, Twana (Skokomish), Chemakum and Suquamish tribes, and continuing through the following centuries with East Coast entrepreneurs and today’s inhabitants and retailers. The Port Gamble Historic District was the site of the longest operating lumber mill in the United States until it closed in 1995. Founded in 1853 by Andrew Pope and Captain William Talbot from East Machias, Maine, the approximately 300-acre property is currently managed by the Olympic Property Group on behalf of Pope Resources. Looking forward in time, extensive development plans have been proposed and are under consideration by the Kitsap County Department of Community Development.

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