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Vaughn

Bordering the road are old orchards, the trees gnarled and blighted, and a few berry fields. In the tidewater flats are rows of stakes which mark extensive oyster beds. Sea fowl circle downward over the calm surface of the water, dip for an instant to seize some bit of floating debris, and then, white wings flashing, soar again. Occasionally, a crane stands motionless on the sands, awaiting some unwary fish.

Vaughn, is a cluster of houses around a miniature business district on the tree-lined shore of Vaughn Bay.

It was named for William D. Vaughn, the first recorded settler. Mr. Vaughn was also the gunsmith of Steilacoom, and had the contract for part of the Military Road in Pierce County and was involved in the lynching of J.M. Bates for the murder of Andrew Byrd of Byrd’s Mill.

The Key Peninsula Historical Society operates a museum in Vaughn at the Key Peninsula Civic Center.

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