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On Walker Street, on the right when traveling west.
It was in 1640 that the "Earl of Camperdown" in Dundee Scotland noticed a branch growing on the floor of his elm forest. He grafted it to a Scotch Elm tree and it took hold producing the first Camperdown Elm. The Scotch Elm is the only root mass the . . . — — Map (db m112959) HM
On North Rainier Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Clarence was a past Master of the Franklin Lodge in 1896. Lulu died at the age of 32 on June 15, 1904 and is buried in the Port Gamble Cemetery. — — Map (db m112948) HM
On Walker St at N Rainier Ave, on the left when traveling west on Walker St.
The first mail deliveries arrived by sailing bark. The company payroll of silver dollars were hauled up in a "trusty" wheelbarrow, and counted and deposited in a safe by D.L. Jackson. A barber, doctor, dentist, and telegraph/telephone operator . . . — — Map (db m112954) HM
On North Rainier Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
D.B. Jackson was Port Gamble's third postmaster. His son Daniel Leslie Jackson was the telegraph operator and followed him as postmaster and owner of this house. Daniel Leslie was postmaster under nine U.S. Presidents. His sister May married George . . . — — Map (db m112945) HM
On N Rainier Ave, on the left when traveling north.
Lived in this house, 1950-1989. David Olson retired from Pope and Talbot in 1994 after 39-1/2 years of service. He lived in Port Gamble all his life. — — Map (db m112950) HM
On Walker Street east of Puget Way, on the right when traveling east.
Originally built as a dormitory for girls working at the Puget Hotel; it later housed Chinese workers who worked at the Puget Hotel from 1925 until 1936, when they left Port Gamble.
Earliest record of Chinese in Port Gamble was 1870, with 12 men . . . — — Map (db m129349) HM
On N Rainier Ave, on the left when traveling north.
Raised in Port Gamble, Eugene returned from World War II and began his career in 1947 on "Green Chain". He held every job in the mill and retired in 1985 as plant manager. — — Map (db m112951) HM
On North Rainier Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
The fire hall building, its origin uncertain, was apparently installed or moved between the Masonic Lodge and the Community Hall between 1929 and 1956. The mill workers acted as a volunteer fire department for the mill and town. The building was . . . — — Map (db m112952) HM
On North Rainier Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Franklin Lodge is the oldest active Masonic lodge in Washington. It was chartered September 6, 1859 when its eight original members carried a petition by canoe to Steilacoom. The hall originally stood where the store is today. It wasn't turned . . . — — Map (db m112946) HM
On Northeast State Highway 104, on the left when traveling north.
This is the oldest continuously occupied house in the state of Washington. James Thompson came to Port Gamble on the schooner Towana and his descendants lived in the home for more than 99 years. The Thompsons owned the house as private property and . . . — — Map (db m112957) HM
On North Rainier Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Leo came to Pope & Talbot from the Hammersmith Mill in Yelm, WA. Leo married Goldie on July 4th, 1915, which was also Goldie's 18th birthday. Leo and Goldie had no children. Leo retired as mill manager in 1958, moved to Portland and passed away in . . . — — Map (db m112944) HM
On North Rainier Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
As timber agent for Puget Mill Company, Mike Drew bought so much land the company became the largest owner of timberland in Washington. By 1880 he and his wife Susan lived here with their five children. — — Map (db m112953) HM
This house was barged over from Port Ludlow after 1929. At Port Ludlow, this was Morrill Pope's house, who was supervisor of the mill. This house replaces the earlier John Seavey house that had stood here since 1870. — — Map (db m112941) HM
On North Rainier Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
The house was built by the company in order to attract and retain the resident physicians who lived there over a long period of time. It likely served both as hospital and home to the town's resident physician until sometime prior to 1929, when the . . . — — Map (db m112949) HM
On North Rainier Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Port Gamble's first store opened for business before the mill was up and running. It sold merchandise to employees, Indians, settlers, ships, and logging camps. This is the town's fifth store building and the first to be located on the bluff. . . . — — Map (db m112955) HM
On North Rainier Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Here the company sold meat and vegetables raised by local farmers. The building was remodeled into a garage after the market moved into the store building in 1916 — — Map (db m112956) HM
On State Highway 104 west of Olympian Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
One of the last structures erected in Port Gamble, this building symbolizes the rise of the automobile which reduced the need for company towns after WWI. Pope and Talbot leased the property to a private operator, ensuring much-needed service . . . — — Map (db m129352) HM
On N Rainier Ave, on the left when traveling north.
Modeled after the Congregational Church of East Machias, Maine. The steeple bell was a gift from the San Francisco Pope & Talbot's officers' wives. It arrived by sailing vessel in 1879. The church's steeple and original Congregational affiliation . . . — — Map (db m112960) HM
On North Rainier Avenue north of Washington Highway 104, on the right when traveling north.
The first tower was built in 1880 and a second tower was built by 1885. The tanks were built so that water could be piped to hydrants located near the mills, docks, and primary community buildings.
In 1892 a San Francisco contractor installed a . . . — — Map (db m129353) HM
On North Rainier Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
William Walker, master mechanic, lived here with his wife Emma, daughter Maude, and son-in-law Edwin Ames. The house was close to the mill so Walker was nearby in case of emergencies. Ames was the resident manager from 1883-194 and then general . . . — — Map (db m112958) HM
