
- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
True Tales of the Olympic Peninsula
About this book
A magnificent landscape of rugged peaks, impenetrable rainforest and wild coastlines, Washington's Olympic Peninsula makes a perfect setting for the unexpected.Dive into the stories of pioneers who created wealth and celebrity out of threadbare beginnings and immigrants who found fleeting success in Port Townsend. Discover the unsavory methods of land-grabber Daniel Pullen, who became indirectly responsible for the creation of the Quileute Reservation, and the rumrunning escapades of Claude Alexander Conlin, magician and con man.Author Carol Turner shares tales of daring and desperation amid the remote towns and beautiful scenery of the Olympic Peninsula.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. The Cockeyed Saga of The Egg and I
- 2. The Private War of Daniel Pullen
- 3. Sanctuary at New Dungeness Lighthouse
- 4. Pompeii of the Olympic Peninsula
- 5. Valley Creek and the Destruction of Port Angeles
- 6. The Far-Flung Beecher Who Made His Mark on Port Townsend
- 7. The Copalis Ghost Forest
- 8. The Battle to Save Forks
- 9. The Lost Chinese Colony of Port Townsend
- 10. The Port Angeles Resurrection: Shangri-La, Spiritualism and Speculation
- 11. The Magic Man of Mora
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Author