Editing Long Beach, Washington (section)

==History==
Long Beach began when Henry Harrison Tinker bought a land claim from Charles E. Reed in 1880.  He platted the town and called it "Tinkerville."<ref>Hobbs, Nancy L., and Lucero, Donella J., ''The Long Beach Peninsula'', at page 15, Arcadia Publishing 2005 {{ISBN|0-7385-2995-8}}</ref>  Long Beach was officially incorporated on January 18, 1922. From 1889 to 1930, a [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow-gauge railroad]] called the [[Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company]] ran up the whole peninsula.

The Long Beach depot was built between First and Second Streets on the east side of the track, which ran north along "B" Street.<ref>Feagans, at 37</ref> Two hotels were constructed near the depot by Tinker and later the Hanniman family; the latter was destroyed in a fire on December 6, 1914.<ref name="ReferenceA">Hobbs and Lucero, ''Long Beach Peninsula'', at 24</ref>  The Driftwood Hotel was another common Long Beach destination.

[[File:Longbeach WA coast.jpg|thumb|The [[Pacific Ocean]] and Long Beach]]
The boardwalk area near the station was known as "Rubberneck Row."<ref>Feagans, at 23, publishing post card showing area with caption "Long Beach, Wash. Rubberneck Row," from the Pacific County Historical Society</ref>  Businesses existing in August 1911 that can be identified along Rubberneck Row from photographs (see images in this article) include, on the west side of the tracks, an establishment advertising "Baths" (possibly the Crystal Baths, an indoor swimming pool), Milton York Candies, a "Postal Shop," and a soda fountain just across from the station advertising "Milk Shake."  A somewhat earlier photograph shows a sign for a livery stable immediately to the west across the tracks from Tinker's Hotel, followed (proceeding southwards) by a barber shop, "Vincent's Souvenirs," and "The Candy Man".  A banner stretching above the tracks advertises a restaurant.  The photo published by Feagans shows it was produced by H.A. Vincent, [[Ilwaco, Washington|Ilwaco]] and Long Beach, who was probably the owner of Vincent's Souvenirs.<ref>Feagans, at 23, reprinting postcard from Pacific County Historical Society</ref>