West Coast Gazetteer &
Directory ~ Puyallup ~ Seabeck, Washington Territory
Puyallup
P O
Pierce County is a thriving town pleasantly situated in
Puyallup Valley, 12 miles east of New Tacoma, on the
Puyallup branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The
valley is about 28 miles long and 5 miles wide. It is
exceedingly fertile, and is considered one of the best
valleys in the Territory. Hop raising is the principal
industry of this section, about seven hundred tons being
grown annually. During the picking season about two
thousand Indians are employed gathering the crop. The
town contains a large barrel factory and a sash and door
factory. The trains of the Northern Pacific afford daily
communication with New Tacoma and Carbonado.
Bellows P, proprietor Pacific Exchange Hotel
Campbell A C, blacksmith
Hollenbeck J, proprietor Central Hotel
Knox J, butcher
Mattulath Manufacturing Co., Louis Sohns manager, barrel
manufacturers
Meeker M, postmaster
Meeker, Osborne & Co, general merchandise
Pine C, carpenter and builder
Puyallup Sash and Door Manufacturing Co, Temple & Finney
proprietors
Ross Mrs., millinery
Sibley William, liquor saloon
Sohns Louis, manager Mattulath Manufacturing Co
Spinney C H, physician
Stewart J P, groceries, hay, and feed
Wagner William & Co, general merchandise
Williams F S, physician
Quillyhute
Clallam County, is a small settlement on the Quillyhute
River, near the sea-coast. The valley through which the
river flows contains a large area of excellent prairie
and bottom land, and a portion is heavily timbered.
Baxter S & Co, general merchandise and fur-seal fishing
Renton
P O
King County, is a thriving place, situated on the line
of the Columbia and Puget Sound R. R., 12 miles
south-east of Seattle. In this section are extensive
coal beds, owned by the Renton Coal Co. During the year
1881 about 20,000 tons were extracted.
Brinkley & Holbrook, butchers
Covert J, druggist and physician
Custer C S, general merchandise
Evans H, liquor saloon
Glendon _____, hotel
Johnson _____, shoemaker
Renton Coal Co, R Robinson agent
Snow H H, general merchandise
Thorn R L, varieties
Weier James, liquor saloon
Samish
P O
Whatcom County, on Bellingham Bay, about 15 miles south
of the town of Whatcom.
Dean E, postmaster, agent Western Union Telegraph Co,
and general merchandise
San
Juan
P O
San Juan County, is situated on an island of the same
name, about 25 miles north of Port Townsend. The island,
which is about 20 miles long and 3 miles in average
width, is the largest in the archipelago, and is
specially adapted to grazing. Sheep raising and farming
are the principal pursuits. Upwards of ten thousand
sheep roam over the hills, and about thirty thousand
pounds of wool is annually exported. Weekly
communication is maintained with Port Townsend.
Katz I, postmaster and general merchandise
Seabeck
P O
Kitsap Co, is situated on Hood's Canal, Puget Sound,
about 18 miles south-west of Port Townsend. The
principal pursuits carried on are the manufacture of
lumber and ship building.
Adams W J, proprietor Washington Mill, and ship builder
Clayson E. hotel
Holyoke Richard, superintendent Washington Mill, and
postmaster
Howard D K, hotel
West Coast Gazetteer

Source: Disturnell's Business
Directory and Gazetteer, of the West Coast of North
America, W. C. Disturnell, Publisher, San Francisco,
California, 1882
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