McCleary Musings

Clam shovel

Dec. 16, 2012. The Pacific is only an hour away.

A streetlamp named Desire

Dec. 15, 2012. There is a rumor that a treasure is buried somewhere at the base, so I'll be vague about the location.

Not that it was all cracked to be

Dec. 15, 2012. This pole turned out to be not that it was all cracked to be.

The history of Dink, the locomotive

Dec. 15, 2012. If I'm not mistaken, Dink is one of the oldest locomotives in the State of Washington.

Henry McCleary had a railroad that climbed the hill going south between present 4th and 5th streets, and then turned west, following the present SR8 to Mud Bay. Some of the railroad beds are still visible. The track was built with labor imported from Japan. In the 1930s the track was dismantled and the metal sold to Japan.

Esso Gas Station

Aug. 23, 2016. When this building was first constructed ca. 1960 it opened as an Esso gas station, I think. Over the years it has served, among other things, as the original Gordon's Grocery, a real estate/tax preparation office, and a motorcycle repair shop which was the last incarnation a few years ago. The side building was added not too much later than the central structure.

Misty morning First Street

Photo taken this morning on my walk, 6:02 AM. Lots of rabbits running around the road at that time of morning. Other times I've enountered raccoons and deer on that stretch of First between Beck and Mommsen.