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Seen from the north (Termination Point) Hood Canal Bridge from Buena Vista Cemetery, Port Gamble, Washington. Aerial view of the bridge's southeast half, with drawspan section at far left. The design and planning process for the Hood Canal Bridge took nearly a decade amid criticism from some engineers throughout that time.
Port Gamble, 1900. Gamble Bay was named by the Wilkes Expedition in 1841. The source of the name is unclear. Wilkes often named places after historical figures, and speculation centers on Lt. Col. John M. Gamble, an illustrious figure in the War of 1812; or U.S. Navy Lt. Robert Gamble, an officer aboard the frigate USS President wounded in an exchange with HMS Belvidera.
The Battle of Port Gamble was an isolated engagement between the United States and the Tlingit. It occurred during, but was not a part of, the Yakima War . Though a minor incident, it is historically notable for the first U.S. Navy battle death in the Pacific Ocean .
On June 16, 1938, [3] the S'Klallam tribe receives a 1,234-acre (4.99 km 2) reservation on Port Gamble Bay, which is their historic home. At the time that the United States organized Oregon Territory in 1848, the S'Klallams lived in villages on the west side of Port Gamble Bay.
Logging in the area was increased in the 1920s by the arrival of Puget Mill Company in 1922, which first logged along Hansville Road, hauling logs by train to Gamble Bay, south of Little Boston, where they were then floated to the Port Gamble mill. In 1926, Puget Mill began logging closer to Eglon Beach, where they were floated from a logging ...
Port Gamble Tribal Community is a census-designated place (CDP) corresponding to the Port Gamble S'Klallam Reservation in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 916 at the 2010 census .
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The Civil War Trust's Civil War Discovery Trail is a heritage tourism program that links more than 600 U.S. Civil War sites in more than 30 states. The program is one of the White House Millennium Council's sixteen flagship National Millennium Trails.