NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, April 3.
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Historical Society First Friday Lecture will feature author Joann Roe presenting her book, Ghost Camps & Boom Towns, tonight.
The program will begin at 7 p.m. in Port Townsend’s historic City Council chambers, 540 Water St.
Admission is by donation. Proceeds support historical society programs.
Roe’s book explores the early boom-and-bust towns and camps in the northwest corner of Washington — mill towns, would-be seaports, lumber and fish centers and mining camps.
Port Discovery will be one focus of her talk, but her book also features the Jefferson County communities of Irondale, Port Hadlock, Port Ludlow and the Tubal Cain Mine.
Roe, a winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, lives in Bellingham and has authored many books, magazine stories and newspaper articles about the Northwest.
Among her other books are The Columbia River, Blakely: Island in Time and Stevens Pass: Gateway to Seattle (published by the Mountaineers).
