Editing Quilcene, Washington (section)

==History==
Early inhabitants of the area were the [[Twana]] people, inhabiting the length of Hood Canal, and rarely invading other tribes.<ref name="Cur30">[http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/viewPage.cgi?showp=1&size=2&id=nai.09.book.00000030&volume=9 Twana] Edward Sheriff Curtis. ''The North American Indian''. Volume 9, 1907-1930, p.30-31</ref> The name "Quilcene" comes from the [[Twana language|Twana]] word /qʷəʔlsíd/, referring to a tribal group<ref name="Bright2004">{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|author-link=William Bright|title=Native American Placenames of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA404|access-date=1 September 2019|year=2004|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3598-4|page=404}}</ref> and the name of an aboriginal Twana village and community on Quilcene Bay.<ref name="Elmendorf1993">{{cite book|last=Elmendorf|first=William|title=Twana Narratives: Native Historical Accounts of a Coast Salish Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RR1muiH0ZzUC&pg=PA279|access-date=1 September 2019|year=1993|publisher=UBC Press|isbn=978-0-7748-0475-2|page=279}}</ref> The Quilcene ("salt-water people") were a distinct band of these people.<ref name="HAC05">''Hiking Adventures with Children: Southern Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula'', Kari Jones and Sachiko Kiyooka, Heritage House, 2005</ref>

The [[Wilkes Expedition]] charted the place as "Kwil-sid" in 1841. Hampden Cottle, a logger from [[Maine]], and several other families settled there in 1860 and eventually established a town.<ref name="Hist1">[http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=7472 "Jefferson County, Thumbnail History", HistoryLink.org Essay 7472, Daryl C. McClary, September 26, 2005], T 2007.</ref> The town was originally situated on the banks of the [[Big Quilcene River|Quilcene River]], before being moved to higher ground.<ref name="ONA">''Our Native American Legacy: Northwest Towns with Indian names'', Sandy Nestor, Caxton Press, 2001, {{ISBN|0-87004-401-X}}</ref> The economy in Quilcene was based primarily on farming and logging, and by 1880 the town had a population of 53.<ref name="Hist1"/>

The Tubal Cain Mining Company in 1902 claimed that Quilcene would become the center for the smelting of iron, copper, gold, and manganese that was expected to be found in the [[Olympic Mountains]]; however, little ore was ever discovered.<ref name="Hist1"/>

Circa 1910, Green's Shingle Mill was a large part of Quilcene's history.<ref name="pt07">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110715130431/http://ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=17923&TM=65800.38 "Winona Prill writes Quilcene heritage history book"], ''The Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader'', Mari McGrady, May 2007.</ref>