Dear Geocachers,
This is to inform you that the Olympic Peninsula GeoTour is coming to an end.
The last day the caches will be available is January 1, 2022. As of 1/2/22 our GeoTour will be a thing of the past. Thank you to everyone who has made this so much fun over the years.
If you have started a Passport, but have not completed it, please send it to us by January 20, 2022 in its current state to:
OPVB PO Box 670 Port Angeles, WA 98362
As long as we have coins, we will honor incomplete passports. Again, thank you. Olympic Peninsula Tourism Commission
The historic business district of Port Hadlock, Washington, has seen a lot of changes since its early days. In years past, hotels, saloons, dance halls, boat shops, barbershops, and even a large and successful lumber mill made this waterfront a busy place. Today, the area includes a wooden boat building school, quaint rental cottages, a historic Café, and a 2018 Olympic Peninsula GeoTour cache.
Samuel Hadlock, the founder of Port Hadlock, moved west in 1846, eventually landing in the Port Hadlock area in 1870. He contracted with the Washington Mill Company to build a sawmill on a spit of land off the Bay, on a low bank, but deep enough waters for tall ships to moor. Lumber from Hadlock's mill was shipped to San Francisco, and as far away as Australia and Hawaii. Two of the remaining buildings of the Washington Mill Company are in use today as a boat-building company and a cafe.
In 1909 construction started on an alcohol plant which manufacturing wood alcohol from sawdust. The operational costs of this venture proved too costly and the plant suspended operation about 1913. The Alcohol Plant was renovated into a first class resort, which included an inn, restaurant, marina and art gallery. The resort has since closed.