Submitted by BKlounge93 t3_y2nzj0 in Washington
Perenially_behind t1_is94po0 wrote
Reply to comment by BKlounge93 in Port Townsend this evening by BKlounge93
Yeah, Port Townsend and Port Angeles were duking it out to be the major city. Then Teddy Roosevelt created Olympic National Park and Port Townsend entered a state of arrested decay for decades.
We're sure not in that state now though.
pala4833 t1_isb1h9r wrote
The arrested decay really resulted from the Alaska Gold Rush. Seattle became the outfitting center and the railroads gave up on reaching the peninsula.
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