| Summary: | Dedication of New Dungeness historical marker, May 8, 1965. Trudy (Cravens) Wellman (4/2/1951-), Mr. T. Jones, Mrs. Laura Irene (Evans) Cline (7/29/1880-7/6/1978); Mrs. Mary (Howard) Harper (12/16/1909-1/13/1990), Mrs. Helen "Jane" (Fisher) Farnham (7/20/1897-2/3/1995), Mr. Frank Platt (11/6/1926-5/6/2009), Mrs. Margaret Irene (Cline) Bigelow (11/28/1900-12/23/2001), Mr. Robert J. Clark (11/18/1930-), Miss Muriel Glasson (12/16/1900-12/30/1992), and Shirley Stolz (2/10/1951-). Commemorating 75th anniversary of National Society DAR. Marker reads "New Dungeness Washington Territory. Discovered by Ensign Manuel Quimper, July 4, 1790. Named by Captain George Vancouver, April 30, 1792. Elliot Cline, pioneer, arrived October, 1852. Platted New Dungeness Townsite in 1865. Donated land for first courthouse, jail. Lighthouse lit December 14, 1857. Reference Mark, United State-Canadian Boundary Treaty of 1908. Tsimshian Indian Massacre, Graveyard Spit September 21, 1868. Site donated by Mrs. Margaret Cline Bigelow. Erected by Michael Trebert Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Port Angeles, Washington, May 8, 1965." Note: names read left to right.
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