The beloved and historic Clamshell Railroad transported people, oysters, cranberries and more up and down the Long Beach Peninsula before there were paved roads! Known as the train that ran by the tide table, not by the time table, retrace the whistle stops and learn about the early days of transportation out here at the "end of the road".
Holman and nearby Seaview were primarily populated with rustic cabins as well as larger homes -- summer cottages and majestic homes owned by wealthy families from Portland, Olympia and Seattle. Many mothers and children spent their entire summers here, all eagerly awaiting the arrival of the "Daddy Train" on Friday evenings as fathers made the long trek from the big cities to enjoy weekends with their families.They all relied on the same form of transportation, the Clamshell Railroad, to transport them to the Megler stop and on to the ferry that crossed the river to Astoria.
Holman was also the location of a water tower that was erected to provide water to the locomotive, which would eventually be converted to steam to propel the train to Nahcotta or Megler on its north-south journeys.
This cache was placed with the approval of the business establishment here. Please don't bother them with questions about the cache! Please park at the posted parking coordinates and be respectful of anyone you might see during your visit. Spoiler logs or social media posts will cause your log to be deleted.
Photo courtesy of Stony Point Pictures
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.