PORT ANGELES — Carol Evanoff and other residents of Sappho will talk about the town’s history at the Clallam County Historical Society’s History Tales presentation at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
The program will be at the First United Methodist Church, 110 E. Seventh St., in the social hall. Parking and entry are on Laurel Street.
History Tales is free and open to the public.
The original town site of Sapho was homesteaded in 1895. At that time, the name of the town was spelled with only one “p.” Evanoff and her friends will share the rich history of this pioneer town on the west end of the county with both stories and a PowerPoint presentation.
Evanoff urges attendees to share their pioneer stories of this area.
According to an article in the Democrat Leader in 1895, “There has been a feeling among the ranchers of the Quillayute valley for some time past that a town should be established somewhere in the interior so as to afford better accommodations to the settlers … This will be the object of the promoters of the new town to be established two miles northeast of Beaver, and which will be christened ‘Sapho.’ Those interested in the undertaking are not labouring under the impression that Sapho will be a second Chicago, but expect to make it the trading point for the settlements of the upper Quillayute valley …”
For further information, call the Clallam County Historical Society’s office at 360-452-2662 or email artifact@olypen.com.
