The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-21
PORT ANGELES, WASH.
Lake Superior School Teacher
Tells Of Its Delightful
Surroundings.


tion by the window l look out over
the beautiful blue waters of Puget
Sound. An elevation of more thar
fifteen hundred feet gives fine view
of a wide sweep of waters. The
Spit can be seen easily. This
"Spit" is a long narrow strip Of
rocky coast jutting out far into the
water, at the end OF which is light
house. The white buildings showing
plainly against the deep blue of the
water. Yesterday outside the
Spit" the water was in wild com.
motion, the white caps of the waves
at this distance like frolicsome lambs
at play. The distance is fully six
miles. Inside the bay all appeared
calm. When / first entered the bay
/ was struck with its resemblance to
L'Anse. The town is very much
larger, but its likeness is very strik-
ing. From the land looking out
over the water the buildings of the
lighthouse occupy the same relative
position as Baraga does to l. 'Anse.
The town is, however, very much
nearer the water. l went aboard
the u. S. monitor Monadnock, which
is here for the protection of the
sound. On my return in small
boat with number of boys, the
whole situation was so extremely
like L'Anse Bay, that | tasted the
water to be sure that it was salty; it
was very. Back OF the town are the
residences, some Of them perched
high upon the hills. In the distance
is the snow covered Olympic range,
above which towers the lofty Mount
Angeles. Farther off is Mount
Olympia. In the east is Mount
Baker The sun rises over its snow
white top like crown of glory. The
mountains here are very beautiful.
I've been practicing climbing in or
der that may make the ascent OF
Mount Angeles some day next week.
Just imagine! We are to ride three
miles, then ascend the mountain
three miles. 1t will take us all day
even if we do get an early start.
Five o'clock is the proposed time.
The Spit which described
shelters very fine harbor. re-
marked to the landlord of the hotel
What fine harbor; | never saw Q
finer one. :" He said that is what
every sea captain says who enter.
this harbor." Indeed there are but
few harbors in the world that equa
it. Very large sea-going vessel:
may sail right up to the back doors
of some of the little warehouses
only vessels of the greatest displace
ment being obliged to use lighter
The magnificence of the harbor, the
beauty of the situation and the
healthfulness of the locality was
fully appreciated by our martyreo
president who in the year 1862 sci
this place aside as naval reserve,
the whole town having been laid
out at that early day. So this little
Port Angeles can boast of being the
only town except Washington, ID. c.,
that was planned and laid out by
the government of the United States.
The tragic death of Abraham Lin
coin caused the place TO be aban-
doned, and the building lots never
came into market until few years
ago. 1t is strange feature of the
town that many of the very best To-
cations are not used. They are still
held by the United States as naval
reserve.
As previously stated. the Monad-
mock is in the harbor This week
other boats are to come that they
may cruise around the sound look
ing for Spanish boats. One of these
expected boats is the Philadelphia.
"A fort is located little beyond
here and another is to be built. 1t
is rumored that the Bay of Port
Townsend has been mined. A num-
Der of experts were there and for
many nights strange lights were
seen going up and down the harbor.
Tie Washington National Guards
have not been sent from the state,
but at present are located pear
Tacoma for the defense of the coast.
To show how near | am to the war,
will say that my nephew's company
was called out the day | left Cen
tralia, that being the first day they
wore their uniforms all day. He,
with few of the others, were there
to see ME off, so | had the honor of
being escorted by young soldiers in
uniform the first day they served
the U. S. The company left few
days after. Will quote from my
sister-in-aw letter: "Well, Anna, :
Herbert is in Tacoma, or at Ameri-
can Lake, just this side. There were
one hundred and three volunteers
marched to the depot Saturday af-
.ternoon. About eight hundred
men, women and children from all
over the county were there to see
them start. 1t was indeed sad and
day never to be forgotten in Cen
tralia. At the depot such cheering,
shouting, singing, laughing and
crying, such waving OF. hats, caps,
handkerchiefs. and umbrellas.
never saw such sight before and
never want to again. Herbert was
pretty brave, his eyes filled with
tears when we babe him goodbye,
but he soon controlled himself and
when the train pulled out he was at
the window waving his cap and
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