Sunshine, Pacific County, Washington

ballast

Nothing is left of the town of Sunshine except for a pile of ballast brought to the site by the many schooners.

cottages

Much of the community lived in small cottages built on fill made of waste from the mill and logging.

disambiguation of

Sunshine, Washington

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History Tidbit: The small town of Sunshine was located on the Northside of the Naselle River (facebook.com) The small town of Sunshine was located on the Northside of the Naselle River near where it empties into Willapa Bay. The town grew up around the Shoalwater Bay Mill, which was built in 1884. The area was thickly forested, and loggers would cut the trees and deliver them to the mill by using teams of oxen to drag the timber into the water and floating the logs to the mill.

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not to be confused with

Sunshine, Whitman County, Washington

possible location

Sunshine Point

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August Kautz (Wikipedia) August Valentine Kautz (January 5, 1828 – September 4, 1895) was a German-American officer. He served in the Rogue River Wars and Puget Sound War. He served as a general in the Union cavalry during the American Civil War. He was the author of several army manuals on duties and customs eventually adopted by the U.S. military.

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ghost town
disambiguation
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tourism map (1915)

whistle

According to Charles Nelson, “the mill’s whistle could be heard in Oysterville when the wind was right.”