Port Gamble Mill Blog: A Journey through Barrett’s Stuff
This is a blog of stuff I’ve picked up at garage sales and flea markets over the years…
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Blackbeard’s Lost Head and Ely Samuel Parker
Brigadier General Ely Parker retired after serving in Union Army in the American Civil War When researching Blackbeard’s…
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Bottles and Bi Valves Beneath the Surface Of Puget Sound
As an east coast transplant to Puget Sound (1987), I was gob smacked by the size of the…
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Blackbeard’s Lost Head versus Ebey’s Lost Head
When I first arrived at the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, I was intrigued by several cannonballs on display…
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Institute for MentalPhysics
In the 1950s and 1960s, the California desert was a hotbed of pseudo-cults and counterculture communities preaching a…
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Fort Monroe in Blackbeard’s Lost Head
Fort Monroe, the town of Phoebus and Hampton University are all places in Blackbeard’s Lost Head. All three…
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Fort Monroe Pet Cemetery Blackbeard’s Lost Head
Joining the Army often means temporary housing on a faraway base for years on end. Which then means…
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The Little England Chapel
My first real job was delivering newspapers in Merrimac Shores in Hampton. The Herbert House and Blackbeard’s Point…
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Puget Sound Ferry Run Edmonds to Kingston
I’m not a numbers guy. I was terrible at math in high school. Even worse in college. I…
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Blackbeard’s Lost Head – Hampton University
Hampton University comes up big in Blackbeard’s Lost Head. I grew up within sight of Hampton University but…
