Gettysburg, Washington

Gettysburg was a town near the mouth of the Lyre River at the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Clallam County, in the U.S. state of Washington.[1]

The community was named after Robert N. Getty, a businessperson in the lumber industry.[2] The 30-year-old Getty settled in the area in 1887 and built several structures that served a local logging boom.[3] A post office called Gettysburgh was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1926.[4] A postmaster of Gettysburg, Ida M. Simmons, was in 1912 convicted of embezzling $814 from the government and served a "unique" sentence of one hour in prison.[5] Gettysburg had a steamboat connection to Puget Sound cities.[6]

By 1976 it was reported that nothing had remained of the town except its name.[3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gettysburg, Washington
  2. ↑ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 97.
  3. 1 2 "Chapter 38: Development of the West End". The Daily News. Port Angeles, Washington. 1976-09-17. p. 17.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Woman serves sentence of one hour for theft". The Seattle Star. 1912-12-14. p. 6.
  6. ↑ "The State by Counties (Clallam county)". State of Washington: Second and Third Annual Reports of the Railroad Commission of Washington. Olympia, Washington: E. L. Boardman. 1909. p. 102.
  • Alexander, Alice (2013-12-01). "Lyre River-area logging town long gone". Peninsula Daily News. p. C5.
  • Gettysburg - Washington Ghost Town

Coordinates: 48°09′25″N 123°49′35″W / 48.15694°N 123.82639°W / 48.15694; -123.82639


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