Principal towns and villages.

Port Angeles, located about 60 miles from the ocean on the Straits of Fuca, is the largest town and county seat.  It has a splendid harbor, with fine anchorage, furnishing a safe refuge for ships when the storms rage outside.

Dungeness and Sequim, three miles from port Williams, are important farming centers, both noted for their dairy products, and contribute largely to make Clallam the second county in the state in the value of its dairy products.

Quillayute, Forks, Beaver, Blyn and Gettysburg are other small settlements waiting for the railroads to open up the country and render their natural resources available for the good of the world.

CLARKE COUNTY

Clarke county lies on the north shore of the Columbia river, opposite Portland, Oregon.  It has 600 square miles of territory.  It was one of the earliest settled parts of the state, and its timber as yet uncut is large.  It is extremely well watered.  The Columbia and Lewis rivers border it on three sides with navigable waters.  It has a mild climate, very fertile soil, and splendid markets at its doors, abundant rainfall, and agriculture is successfully carried on without irrigation.

Transportation.

The Northern Pacific railway connects its various towns with both Portland and Seattle, and the North Bank and Oregon & Washington railroad, paralleling the Northern Pacific, will add greatly to the facility and cheapness of its transportation.  From Vancouver northeasterly a road is in operation nearly across the county, headed for North Yakima and the East.

[Illustration:  Plate No. 45.—­Mt.  St. Helens and Reflection in Spirit Lake, Lewis County.]

[Illustration:  Plate No. 46.—­Lewis county scenes.  Dairy Farm and Hop Field.  A Valley Ranch.]

[Page 53] industries.

Much of the southern part of the county is devoted to fruit-raising, prunes being a very prominent factor in the county’s output.  General agriculture, with dairying, are very profitable, and to these are to be added fishing, lumbering and mining.

Principal cities and towns.

Vancouver has a population of about 8,000, and is rapidly growing.  It is the county seat, and is connected with Portland, Oregon, by a trolley line.  The Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, Oregon Railroad & Navigation and North Bank railroads all compete for its traffic.  It is the central distributing point of the county, and is the United States military headquarters for Washington, Oregon and Alaska.  It is well represented in business establishments, including barrel factory, fruit cannery, ship yard, iron foundry, shoe factory, and others.