True Tales of the Olympic Peninsula

Download or read book True Tales of the Olympic Peninsula written by Carol Turner and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-22 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.