Point No Point

The US Lighthouse Board established Point No Point Light Station in 1879 to aid ships navigating to and from Puget Sound and the emerging port cities of Seattle and Tacoma. But the point was long an important place: a landmark for Coast Salish peoples traveling by water to fishing sites and for trade; a thriving community led by Suquamish leader čaləqəm (pronounced Challacum); the site of the 1855 treaty signing that made a large swath of western Washington available for nonnative settle...