Port Gamble

I was going to blog about the wonders of rainy days, but instead I'm going to blog about Port Gamble. The old company town on the Kitsap Peninsula, since on this day in 1925 the Puget Mill Co. sold Port Gamble to the McCormick Lumber Co. The mill at Port Gamble continuously operated from 1853-1995, making it at the time the longest continuously operated mill in the country. But times change and due to changes in the market place and reduced timber harvests on federal land, the mill was no longer profitable, so it closed in November of 1995. However since Port Gamble is just about the cutest place in Western Washington, the town survived as a tourist destination. So tonight a couple photographs taken of Port Gamble, circa 2002.

Dan