Grays Harbor

Book 2 of the Grays Harbor Series. Finally hidden from the dangers surrounding them, the Lockwood family and their two guests have settled into their new life, isolated from the violence and madness in Westport - until an unwelcome visitor threatens to tear the two families apart, sending part of them on a dangerous trip to the nearby town of Grayland. The small farming community appears to be entirely deserted when they first arrive - but the truth of what happened to the residents, and the secrets that are still lurking behind the shadows, are about to be revealed.

Curtis Lockwood was hoping that the quiet, picturesque town of Cohasset Beach would shield his family from the chaos and misery in the world around them - but even in a secluded cabin, hidden by the coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest, his family begins to notice strange things happening around them. They soon discover that the nightmare they've been hiding from, isn't nearly as terrifying as what awaits them in the abandoned town to the north.

These are the stories of the twentieth century on Grays Harbor. Based on two decades of research by the staff of The Daily World, "On the Harbor" is a unique narrative of local history, with separate chapters on the fourteen top stories of the past hundred years and biographies of Citizens of the Century. Also included are a first-hand account by a veteran Wobbly on the free-speech fight of 1911, Ed Van Syckle on sailing with legendary Capt. Ralph E. Peasley, and Murray Morgan on working for the Grays Harbor Washingtonian in Hoquiam during the Depression. With more than a hundred photographs from the archives of the Daily World and the Jones Historical Collection and nearly 200 sidebars on what to read, how to speak like a native and who's who in Harbor history, this book is a suitable for everyone from the casual reader to the ardent scholar, for the coffee table or the school library. Come along and read a century's worth of stories about life on gritty old Grays Harbor.

History of Grays Harbor, its coastal towns and river valleys in Grays Harbor County, Washington from 1775-1948. Narrative insights into the lives of the native Indians, early explorers and the pioneers who settled the valleys and established towns such as Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Cosmopolis and Grays Harbor City.