Smitty Parratt

The stories behind place names in the Olympic National Park collectively tell its human history. Most significat events in the recorded history of the Olympics (and a few obscure ones) resulted in the naming of a place or places. Indians lived where they found food most plentiful and travel easiest. This was usually where rivers feed into the sea. The results of their occupying such land are visible on today's maps: 12 of the 13 major rivers draining...

Mable Lane: Parents and grandparents (6:07) -- School and home (2:53) -- Buildings (1:47) -- Celebrations (1:50) -- Weather (1:45) -- Old Port Angeles (3:10) -- Nursing (5:49) -- Husband (2:41) -- Travels (2:42) -- Olympic Peninsula (2:48) -- History - War & Technology (3:26) -- Retirement, nursing bill (3:47). Elmer Kelly: Kelly tells about early-day road building and place names of the Port Angeles area.