GC416WY MAC #7: Bugge Cannery (Traditional Cache) in Washington, United States created by tolmaus

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Geocaching HQ: Archived at request of Battelle Memorial Institute. Cache owner - please remove container as soon as possible.

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A cache by tolmaus Message this owner

Hidden : 11/12/2012

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Presents this geocache highlighting a bit of the history of our beautiful city and the surrounding valley.

This geocache is part of the Sequim Centennial History Challenge series.

BUGGE CANNERY

Bugge Cannery sits where Battelle NW operates today. From the Marian Taylor Collection, MAC

"For many years a small industry at Washington Harbor was important to the community.
Hans J. Bugge started a clam cannery there in 1905.
In 1922 his son, the late Anton Bigge, took over the cannery and operated it until 1966 when the property was sold to Battelle Northwest for an oceanographic research facility." ("Dungeness: The Lure of a River" written by the Sequim Bicentennial History Book Committee, Pg. 138-9)
The Bugge Cannery Company sold clams and nectar under the Moon Kist brand.