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'''Gettysburg''' was a town near the mouth of the Lyre River at the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Clallam County, in the U.S. state of Washington.<ref>{{GNIS|1530535}}(dead link)</ref>
The community was named after Robert N. Getty, a businessman in the lumber industry.<ref>{{cite book|last=Meany|first=Edmond S.|title=Origin of Washington geographic names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027074981;view=1up;seq=113|year=1923|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=97}}</ref> The 30-year-old Getty settled in the area in 1887 and built several structures that served a local logging boom.<ref name="daily-news">{{cite news |title=Chapter 38: Development of the West End |newspaper=The Daily News |location=Port Angeles, Washington |date=September 17, 1976 |page=17}}</ref> A post office called Gettysburgh was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1926.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=WA |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=July 31, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306120103/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=WA |archivedate=March 6, 2016 }}</ref> In 1912, Gettysburg postmaster, Ida M. Simmons, was convicted of embezzling $814 from the US government and she served a "unique" sentence of one hour in prison.<ref>{{cite news |title=Woman serves sentence of one hour for theft |newspaper=The Seattle Star |date=December 14, 1912 |page=6 |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093407/1912-12-14/ed-1/seq-6/}}</ref> Gettysburg had a steamboat connection to Puget Sound cities.<ref>{{cite book |title=State of Washington: Second and Third Annual Reports of the Railroad Commission of Washington |chapter=The State by Counties (Clallam county) |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PytKAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA102 |page=102 |year=1909 |publisher=E. L. Boardman |location=Olympia, Washington}}</ref>
By 1976 it was reported that nothing remained of the town of Gettysburg except its name.<ref name="daily-news" />
==See also== * List of ghost towns in Washington
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{cite news |newspaper=Peninsula Daily News |title=Lyre River-area logging town long gone |page=C5 |date=December 1, 2013 |first=Alice |last=Alexander |url=https://issuu.com/peninsuladailynews/docs/dcfghjklvbpdn20131201j}} * [http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/wa/gettysburg.html Gettysburg – Washington Ghost Town]
{{Clallam County, Washington}}
Category:Ghost towns in Clallam County, Washington Category:Ghost towns in Washington (state) Category:Geography of Clallam County, Washington
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