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Nahcotta, Washington
Nahcotta is an unincorporated community in Pacific County, in the American state of Washington. It is located on Willapa Bay, on the eastern coast of the Long Beach Peninsula.
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History
Nahcotta, WA 1893Nahcotta was first settled in 1890 by J.A. Morehead and named for a local Indian chief.[1] Nahcotta was once the northern terminal of the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company, a narrow gauge railroad which ran from Ilwaco, and later from Megler, in southwestern Pacific County, up the Long Beach Peninsula to Nahcotta and back, once a day. The railroad was in operation from 1889 to 1930.
Photographs
- Passenger train departing from Nahcotta dock, 1910
- Razor clam cannery, 1916
- Oyster beds in Willapa Bay, circa 1900
- Oystering in Willapa Bay circa 1940
See also
References
- ^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 115. ISBN 9780918664006. http://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ.
Further reading
- Greene, Trecia R.; Portrait of Peninsula Woman; Lincoln, Nebraska: iUniverse, Inc., 2006. Portraits of Nahcotta women published in the Long Beach Peninsula's Chinook Observer between September 2001 and June 2005.
Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company Stations and stops McGowan · Fort Columbia · Chinook · Ilwaco · Holman · Tioga · Seaview · Long Beach · Loomis · Klipsan Beach · Ocean Park · NahcottaSteamboats Alaskan (sidewheeler) • General Miles · T.J. PotterOwners and personnel Coordinates: 46°29′54″N 124°2′0″W / 46.49833°N 124.033333°W
Categories:- Washington (state) geography stubs
- Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
- Populated places in Pacific County, Washington
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