History of Nahcotta
Named for Chief Nahcati, the small community of Nahcotta (nuh-caught-uh) was the terminus for the Clamshell Railroad. The only railroad that ran with the tides, which carried passengers and shipments of oysters from Willapa Bay to steamers headed for San Francisco during the late 1800s.
History. Nahcotta was first settled in 1890 by J.A. Morehead and named for Nahcati, the chief of a local Chinook tribe.
With its direction now defined along with its identity Nahcotta became the logging, fishing and pedestrian transportation hub of the north end of the Peninsula.
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