Port Townsend – Page 4 – John Eissinger, GRI RE/MAX First, Inc.

Flowers and Gardens Await…..

We hope that while you are staying at the Blue Gull Inn B&B, you will take time to smell the flowers. Enjoy our back yard with the deer and all the plants and flowers. Pull up as chair, sit and read or just relax. We have many flowers and trees. From summer lilac, dahlias, roses, sunflowers, geraniums, holly hocks, rose campion, tree of heaven, clematis, montery cypress, sweet cicely, violets, lilac, daffodils, bluebells and more.

Watch the hummingbirds at the feeders and taking a bath in the bird bath. We have had 2 rufus hummingbirds winter over with us for the past 2 winters. This variety of hummingbird has the ability to lower their body temperature at night to make it through the cold nights during winter.

Watch the deer in the yard and around Port Townsend. This herd of deer lives and thrives in town all year long. The record for us is 11 in the back yard at one time. In the spring the does bring the new fawns into our yard and they are so sweet to watch.

While in Port Townsend, stay in one of our 6 guest rooms at the Blue Gull Inn B&B www.bluegullinn.com. We are located in the Uptown Historic District, just 5 blocks from downtown, and the water.

If you decide you want to move to Port Townsend. John Eissinger can show you around and find you the real estate that works for you. He is a managing broker with Remax. Visit his website or give him a call. www.johneissinger.com

Do not miss Fort Worden State Park. Just one and a half miles from the Blue Gull Inn B&B. Take a stroll past the Marine Science Center on the curved sandy beach to the Point Wilson lighthouse.

Enjoy our Beautiful Flowers and Gardens

Feeding in Port Townsend, WA at the Blue Gull Inn B&B

Visit Port Townsend, WA

Enjoy our Beautiful Flowers and GardensWA

Lady Washington is part of the Early History of Port Townsend, WA

Early History of Port Townsend, WA

The City of Dreams, Port Townsend, WA is one of the finest examples of a Victorian Seaport in the United States. It is one of 3 Registered Victorian Seaports in the US. The other 2 are Cape May, NJ and Galveston, TX.

Like many small towns in the Northwest. Port Townsend described itself as the “Key City” and the “New York of the West” It quickly became a bustling seaport and customs gateway of the Pacific Northwest. Located right on the water at the entrance of Puget Sound, it was very visible from the water. Many boaters even today find Port Townsend

by boat. It had an impressive downtown, many of the commercial building were built of brick and stone and many elegant Victorian homes on the hillside above. It must have been very inviting town as you passed by, especially after months at sea.

Port Townsend was a very wild town in the day. Much of downtown was brothels and bars. Tunnels run under the downtown area. Many of the bars had trap doors in them. When a ship needed a crew they would get the sailor drunk and he would then find himself serving as a crew member out at sea.

In the early 1880, because of Port Townsend’s waterfront location, the business men of the day decided to bring the railroad to town. It only made sense to off load and load ships here and then ship the goods by rail. That dream lasted until 1892. At that time the railroad said it was too expensive to travel all the way to Port Townsend. Back then, the largest port was Seattle, so the railroad went there instead. Port Townsend then went into a huge depression because of the railroad.

For more information about Port Townsend visit www.ptguide.com

Port Townsend events www.enjoypt.com

While visiting Port Townsend, stay at our Historic Bed & Breakfast in Uptown www.bluegullinn.com

When you decided you want to live in Port Townsend or Jefferson County, contact John Eissinger at Remax for real estate information, check-out, www.johneissinger.com