Aberdeen, Washington

born

Kurt Donald Cobain was born at Grays Harbor Hospital in Aberdeen, Washington, on February 20, 1967, the son of waitress Wendy Elizabeth (née Fradenburg; 1947-2021) and car mechanic Donald Leland Cobain (born 1946).

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fossils

Washington State Fossil Sites and Collecting Localities (fossilspot.com)

history

Aberdeen — Thumbnail History (historylink.org) Aberdeen is located at the confluence of the Chehalis and Wishkah rivers at the head of Grays Harbor, at the southern end of the Olympic Peninsula. The region’s rich fisheries and abundant timber supported a number of Native American communities and served to attract white American settlement in the mid-nineteenth century. During the latter half of the nineteenth century a number of small communities were established on Grays Harbor, but Aberdeen quickly grew to dominate as the commercial and cultural hub. Lumber, fisheries, and shipbuilding have fueled the local economy for much of the region’s history. More recently extractive industries have declined and tourism and commercial retail have increased.
By 1900, Aberdeen had become home to many saloons, brothels, and gambling establishments. It was nicknamed “The Hellhole of the Pacific”, as well as “The Port of Missing Men” due to its high murder rate.

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nicknames

Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula
The Hellhole of the Pacific
The Port of Missing Men

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https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/238017

random

Qaf: Alluvial fan deposits (Holocene to latest Pleistocene)—Debris-flow diamicton, sand, alluvial gravel, and boulder gravel; loose; massive to moderately stratified; poorly to moderately sorted.

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Nirvana (band)

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Olympic Mountains

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Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q233808

Wikipedia

Aberdeen, Washington (Wikipedia) Aberdeen (/ˈæbərdiːn/) is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 17,013 at the 2020 census. The city is the most populous in Grays Harbor County and the region’s economic center, bordering the cities of Hoquiam and Cosmopolis. Aberdeen is occasionally referred to as the “Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula”.