TOLD by the PIONEERS - Washington Secretary of State

Told by the Pioneers
It has lasted almost until today. The children's clothes were made
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from the wedding finery. There are scraps of it left in m)' upholstered
ottoman.
SAMUEL H. COTTLE
Early Days in Quilcene
Jefferson County •
I found my first work in getting out"knees" for vessels then being
constructed at Seabeck, supplying knees for the old tug "Holyoke",
and the schooners "Sailor Boy", "Olympus", and "Cassandria
Adams", an built at Seabeck between 1870 and 1880. These knees
were an important part of ship construction at that time, and consisted
of pieces of naturally crooked timber of such shape that they could
be used in strengthening joints ~nd fastening together different parts
of the hull and structures at angles such as those formed by deck
beams with the ribs.
In 1876 I went to :Maine on a visit and returned to Quilcene ill the
spring of 1877. Two years later I bought the Edward Lill place at
the head of Quilcene Bay. It contained 275V2 acres, only a few of
which were cleared. During the years I owned this place I cleared
much more of it and improved it continually until 1920, when I sold
it to Frank Beck.
In 1870, with a number of other settlers, we started to build a road
to Chimacum. We cut windfalls and cleared about two miles of road,
expecting that similar work would be done from the Chimacum end.
'When our Chimacum neighbors failed to do their part, the road was
abandoned.
CHARLES HENRY PETIT
Pacific County
It was in the year of 1876, when I was 15 years old, that there was
a centennial exposition, when I saw a sight that stands out as vividly
in my mind as a recent happening. The beef was roasted in a large
pit 'standing up'. I have never heard of a beef roasted in that position
before nor since.
Mr. Meyers, a buteher, superintended the roasting of the beef. A
large pit was dug and and fire was maintained in it until there was
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