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Evade the Tourist Herds and Enter Into An Insider's Bainbridge Island and Olympic Peninsula. Renowned and unknown history, hidden delights and fascinating stories pervade the history of the Peninsula. This kaleidoscope of discovery, architecture, personalities, egos, scandals, conflict, are surrounded by sheer natural beauty creating a vivid tapestry defining over nearly two centuries. This guide transports you geographically and photographically to the precise famous and infamous locations where history occurred. The scenes may sometimes appear ordinary, weird, but often illuminate the physical background and descriptions behind events. Many of the narratives defy believability, yet they are true. This Twisted Tour Guide is your alternative to conventional travel. It accommodates the restless visitor, tourist and resident seeking a unique and different perspective to traditional tourism. Olympic Peninsula remains one of the most naturally stunning, beguiling, historic and fascinating regions within the United States. Welcome to one on the most useful, eclectic and enlightening introductions. BAINBRIDGE ISLAND: Port Blakely Harbor Park, Dead Man's Island Hanging, Kane Pioneer Cemetery, Steamship Eagle Explosion, Fort Ward Park, Fay Bainbridge Park, Agate Pass Bridge, Bloedel Reserve, Haunting Drug Deal Murder, Znetix Stock Fraud, Hawley Cove Park, Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, Sacred Stone Labyrinth & Hobbit House PORT TOWNSEND: Captain Vancouver's Naming Designation, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Custom House Rivalry, Controversial Customs House Director Victor Smith, Union Wharf, Joseph Nuana's Execution, Point Wilson Lighthouse, Clapp Building, Waterman & Katz Building, Frontier Lynching Over A Steer, Eisenbeis Cracker Factory, Historic Red-Light District, Mount Baker Block Building, Miller and Burkett Building, Ann Starrett House, Fowler & Caines Building, George Sterming Building, Pioneer Building, James & Hastings Building, Nathaniel Davis Hill Building, Palace of Sweets Hotel, Historic Bell Tower Park, Hastings Building, Bishop Hotel, Max Levy: King of the Crimpers, Terry Building, Manresa Castle, Port Townsend's Godfather, Kuhn Building, Tree of Heaven Mural, Jefferson County Courthouse, Odd Fellows Hall, Fort Worden, Uptown Port Townsend, Haller Fountain, Rose Theatre, Old Consulate Inn, Swan Hotel, Carnegie Library, First American National Bank Building, Kelly Art Deco Light Museum, Filming An Officer and A Gentleman, Dimick Lighthouse, Trinity United Methodist, & Welcome Totem Pole SEQUIM: Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, Discovery of Mastodon Skeleton, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Community Center, Patrick Drum's Killing Crusade & Teri Ward's Murder PORT ANGELES: Tse-Whit-Zen Village Excavation Project, Second Nation's Capital, Utopia Cooperative Colony, Charles Wood House, George Venable Smith House, Zig Zag Trail, Laurel Street Stairs, Family Shoe Store, Underground Passageways, Clallam County Courthouse, Lincoln Theatre, Masonic Temple, Carnegie Library, Fire Hall Building, Elwha Theatre, Rayonier Steam Locomotive #4, Waterfront Promenade, Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Norman Boullion's Remains Discovery, Bella Italia Restaurant, Dr. Bruce Rowan, Sister City Friendship Bridge, Master Woodcarver George Cecil David's Murder, Oil Spill Along Ediz Hook and Neighborhood Bulldozer Rampage MISCELLANEOUS OLYMPIC PENINSULA: Cape Flattery, Rialto Beach, Chimacum Tribe Eradication, Point No Point Park and Lighthouse, Battle of Port Gamble, Chief Seattle Burial, Defunct Puget Sound Iron Company, Chief Jacob Wahalchu, Camp Hayden, City of Port Gamble, Hood Canal Floating Bridge, Shi Shi Beach and Twilight Series

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Visual Artist, Writer and Photographer Marques Vickers is a California native presently living in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, Washington regions. He was born in 1957 and raised in Vallejo, California. He is a 1979 Business Administration graduate from Azusa Pacific University in the Los Angeles area. Following graduation, he became the Public Relations and ultimately Executive Director of the Burbank Chamber of Commerce between 1979-84. He subsequently became the Vice President of Sales for AsTRA Tours and Travel in Westwood between 1984-86. Following a one-year residence in Dijon, France where he studied at the University of Bourgogne, he began Marquis Enterprises in 1987. His company operations have included sports apparel exporting, travel and tour operations, wine brokering, publishing, rare book and collectibles reselling. He has established numerous e-commerce, barter exchange and art websites including MarquesV.com, ArtsInAmerica.com, InsiderSeriesBooks.com, DiscountVintages.com and WineScalper.com. Between 2005-2009, he relocated to the Languedoc region of southern France. He concentrated on his painting and sculptural work while restoring two 19th century stone village residences. His figurative painting, photography and sculptural works have been sold and exhibited internationally since 1986. He re-established his Pacific Coast residence in 2009 and has focused his creative productivity on writing and photography. His published works span a diverse variety of subjects including true crime, international travel, California wines, architecture, history, Southern France, Pacific Coast attractions, fiction, auctions, fine art marketing, poetry, fiction and photojournalism. He has two daughters, Charline and Caroline who presently reside in Europe.

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