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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E8W_how-did-the-station-get-supplies_Sequim-WA.html
How Did the Station Get Supplies?. . Lighthouse tender boats supplied the Station by traversing Dungeness Bay from the mainland. At least four docks were built over the years. They were often destroyed by storms. . . The original dock was constr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E44_timber-transportation_Forks-WA.html
Timber Transportation. From Oxen to Locomotives. . In the last 150 years, the West Olympic Peninsula has seen many changes in timber transport. . . photo 1: . This picture shows a team of oxen hauling logs off a hillside in the 1890s. In the ea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E43_the-shay-locomotive_Forks-WA.html
The Shay locomotive is named for inventor Ephraim Shay of Cadillac, Michigan. The vertical cylinder conveyed power to all the wheels by universal joints and expansion couplings forming a flexible shaft which was rigid in revolution but flexible in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XE1_new-dungeness-light-station-history-historical_Sequim-WA.html
Approximately 10,000 years ago Dungeness Spit began to form. The Spit is formed from sand and gravel from the Olympic Mountains carried by the Dungeness River into Dungeness Bay. Debris is also sloughed off the bluffs to the west, and redis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KQM_shipwreck-point_Sekiu-WA.html
The landscape of the Strait of Juan de Fuca was carved out by ice-age glaciers 13,000 years ago. The retreat of the glaciers created deep fjords which provide abundant food and habitat for many species of marine mammals. By the mid-1900's, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KQC_snow-creek_Sekiu-WA.html
Sail and Seal Rocks rise from the seascape in front of you, where Snow Creek enters the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This rich and productive marine habitat attracts fishermen, divers, kayakers—and whales! Snow Creek overlook is one of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KPJ_spanish-explorers_Port-Angeles-WA.html
The Spanish Captain Juan Perez sailed north from San Blas in 1774 with orders from Spain to claim the Coast against the Russians. Perez discovered Nootka Sound on the West shore of Vancouver Island and traded with the natives of the Queen Charlott…
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