For years, the good citizens of Pacific County remained closed-mouthed concerning the era of Prohibition in the 1920's - the days when stills, bootlegging and rumrunning reached a fever pitch not only in Washington but close to home. Townsfolk spoke in whispers about mysterious goings-on, especially in the watery parts of the county. One of these moonshiners, Charlie Nelson, would go stand out on the shoreline at Nacotta just south of Oysterville when the wind was just right, and blow a horn and pound a big drum. He'd build a bonfire and then wait for the Indians to come over from Bay Center to load up with bottles of hootch. The place was called Smuggler's Cove, right near Whiskey Slough, where the handoffs were made.
Today, the area is a county park, originally donated by the Bush family and later taken over by Pacific County, featuring camping and picnic grounds as well as beach access at Goose Point at the north end of the park. The park is now maintained by the Chinook Indian Nation, and is usually open from April 15 to September 30.
The names referenced in the cache titles and the outlaw photos are fictional and bear no relation to actual people, but the descriptive text for each cache relates factual information.
Reference Material on cache page from Jailhouse Stories from Early Pacific County by Sydney Stevens.
In memory of Laurie Freeman aka geocache reviewer "Wizard of Ooze", aka geocacher Half-Canadian and Scooter the Wonder Dog. This geocache was originally placed by her for the enjoyment of the geocaching community.