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l'Emmerdeur
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Went on a little beach walk out at Diamond Point yesterday and came across the grave of one Capt. Thompson, died 1860.
 Diamond Pt Grave 1  Diamond Pt Grave 2
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RodF
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 Tue Jun 24, 2014 3:09 pm |
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The gravesite is depicted on the USGS map, 1/4 mile east of Thompson Spit.
(Highly recommend the Discovery Bay beach south of Diamond Point - much wider & nicer. But access crosses private land, unless one bushwacks in past the State Park gate at the end of Discovery View on the old roadbed, and know where to drop down and not encounter a cliff! There is a way trail that works... makes a nice winter scramble & stroll.)
"of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt" - John Muir
"the wild is not the opposite of cultivated. It is the opposite of the captivated” - Vandana Shiva
"of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt" - John Muir
"the wild is not the opposite of cultivated. It is the opposite of the captivated” - Vandana Shiva
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trestle
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Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:12 pm |
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Diamond Point became a US Federal Quarantine Station for Puget Sound and also a leper colony.
Washington Ghost Towns
[url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-7otdLukPU0C&pg=PT34&lpg=PT34&dq=Diamond+point+federal+leper+colony&source=bl&ots=gKXXj2KbkA&sig=vYPyX4DGB3hCdbel1KX00QSmOUo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=X4GvU8nXAZfcoATzhIGYBg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Diamond%20point%20federal%20leper%20colony&f=false]Colonizing Leprosy: Imperialism and the Politics of Public Health in the United States
The station Doctor's residence is still an intact home and a bit of a local site.
Glad you enjoyed your visit to the Peninsula!
"Life favors the prepared." - Edna Mode
"Life favors the prepared." - Edna Mode
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