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• Place names
• Posted: 2010-05-13 10:25:40 PDT By Dick Blumenthal
• I am researching place names in our inland waters. I have encountered several in Clallam County for which I cannot find any reference. I would appreciate if you could look over the list and provide any information, i.e., who named the place, when, why, etc. Please include cites as available. Alternatively, if you know of another source that might be helpful, I would appreciate the reference.
  
  Dick Blumenthal
  
  Clallam Jones Rk, between Cape Flattery & Tatoosh I;
  Clallam Hole in the Wall, between Cape Flattery & Tatoosh I;
  Clallam Chibadehl Rocks, 2 mil E of Cape Flattery;
  Clallam Warm House Beach, 2 ½ mi E of Cape Flattery;
  Clallam First Beach, E of Baadah Pt on the Strait of Juan de Fuca;
  Clallam Second Beach, further east;
  Clallam Third Beach, still further E;
  Clallam Agate Bay, immed W of Crescent Bay on the Str of Juan de Fuca;
  Clallam Morse Creek It flows into the Strait of Juan de Fuca, east of Port Angeles;
  Clallam Grays Marsh, 3 mi SE of Dungeness;
  Clallam Gibson Spit, W entr to Sequim Bay;
  Clallam Travis Spit, covers mouth of Sequim Bay;
  Clallam Paradise Cove, at E side Sequim Bay, small cove @ Kiapot Pt
  
  

• Re: Place names
• Posted: 2010-06-21 12:41:33 PDT By Kathy Monds
• Hi Dick:
  I apologize for the delay. I had hoped to have all the answers but this reply will only address the names found in "Gods & Goblins: A Field Guide to Place Names of Olympic National Park" by Smitty Parratt.
  
  Hole in the Wall: The source of this name is unknown. Referred to by early white settlers as "Tunnel Rock," the landmark, now called "Hole in the Wall," is a natural wave-carved arch in a large shoreline rock monolith. Local tribesmen say that many years ago the Quileute Tribe was badly defeated here in a retaliatory raid by the Nitinat tribe of Vancouver Island.
  
  First Beach: Is so named because it is just that: It is the first stretch of pacific Beach found south of the Indian Village of LaPush. It is separated from Second and Third Beaches by impassable headlands.
  
  Second Beach: Unknown but see above.
  
  Third Beach: This is the third beach south of the Indian Village of LaPush, Washington, each separated from the next by impassable headlands. In 1902, an attempt was made to drill oil at this site.
  
  Morse Creek: Originally called Chambers Creek for early settler Frank chambers, Sr., this stream which empties into the Strait of Juan de Fuca just a few miles east of downtown Port Angeles, now carries the name of the two men who homesteaded there in 1863: Eben Gay Morse and his brother, David W. Morse. The men came to Port Angeles that year from Nova Scotia, began buying property, and soon owned all of what is now the 80-acre Four Seasons Ranch, a residential area with a nine-hole, par three golf course.
  
  We will see what we can come up with for the other places you have named.
  Thank you for your patience.
  
  The Query Ladies

• Re: Place names
• Posted: 2010-06-23 08:59:27 PDT By Kathy Monds
• Hi Dick:
  
  Here is information about two other names. The information is from Tracks, Trails and Tales by Harriet U. Fish.
  
  Travis Spit: The name of the rest of the spit today is written as "Travis," about which I have a theory. In studying the title progression of this and its surrounding lands, we find the names of Robert W. and Sara Travers having held land patents in this area as early as 1882. It would have been an understandable error to change the "ers" to "is" at the end of the name. My guess is that this is the origin of "Travis."
  
  Kiapot Point: Kiapot was the early name given by white man to the tip of the natural sand-spit which protrudes from the east, reducing in size, the water's exit at the mouth of Sequim Bay. This name appears early, on an 1841 map prepared by the American exploration expedition led by Charles Wilkes, which first surveyed Clallam County. So this name has been long in use.
  No doubt the word's origen came from white man's interpretation of the spelling of an unwritten Indian word, meaning "to stop, leave off, enough" and recorded in the chinook dictionaries as "Kopet."
  
  Hope this is helpful!
  
  The Query Ladies