Searching for John Morris

Dungeness Valley, WA

October 11 & 12, 2005

Capt. Morris House

Sequim, WA.

Capt. Morris House and privy.

Rear of house

Close up of siding (looks like a brand on bottom row).

Two-holer (no waiting).

Interior of house from front door.

Front windows viewed from just inside front door.

These windows faced out on the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Looking to the right as you enter.

The window would have faced West.

Looking towards back room from West wall.

Looking back towards front door from West wall.

Randy Sturgis, Museum Director, in doorway.

The back room.

Ceiling of back room.

Intersection of Clark and Marine Drive.

The Morris house was probably where the big, ugly two-story house is now.

View north to Cline Spit from Morris homesite.

Wide-angle shot of view from Morris homesite looking North. Cline Spit in foreground. Victoria in the distance. across Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Victoria in the distance from Morris homesite.

View from Morris homesite looking NNE. New Dungeness Lighthouse in the distance.

View North up Clark Rd, towards the center of New Dungeness.

DAR plaque at the corner of Clark and Marine Drive.

The Neighbors

View East along Marine Drive towards former New Dungeness.

View toward New Dungeness townsite from Dungeness Spit.

View toward New Dungeness townsite from Dungeness Spit.

Dungeness Spit

View of Morris homesite from Cline Spit.

"Big, Ugly house" marking location of Morris homesite. The wharf was along the shore to the right.

Present (storage) location of New Dungeness School and Capt. Morris House.

Exhibit at Sequim-Dungeness Museum.

Old photograph of New Dungeness showing Morris house in Museum exhibit.

Margaret De Witt, Chief Researcher, Sequim-Dungeness Museum

Model of planned Museum expansion showing future site of "Captain Morris House".

Gravestone of John Morris.

Laurel Wood Cemetery, Port Townsend, WA

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