I have lived in the PNW all my life. I was born & raised in Coos Bay, Oregon. which appears to have been much the same economic base as Aberdeen. I have since move on, but I did make a trip to Aberdeen earlier last week to pick up my new, beloved Boxer puppy. The short trek from Olympia was nothing short of stunning. A beautiful drive and lovely. I also noted that Aberdeen was once a prosperous and bustling city. Lovely old hotels, store fronts, and city streets. Much like Coos Bay in years past. My short visit in Aberdeen at a down town motor loge was scary to say the least, but I would do it all over again. Towns like Aberdeen & Coos Bay deserve a shot. All we need is money!

Two memories of Aberdeen... in the 70's we would go through Aberdeen to the Pacific beaches to dig for razor clams. Returning cold and filthy we always stopped at the old Crystal Steam Baths for a hot steam and many tall Buds. On another trip I stopped at an old pawn shop in the early 80's and found a stunning 1979 Guild F212XL NT Jumbo 12 string guitar (mahogany B&S) that had incredible power and chime. I still have it and play it often. Sounds fantastic. Aberdeen is just a sad shell of what it once was. Sun never seems to shine when I (now rarely) drive through the area.

I love this kind of history. I subscribed. I never knew Aberdeen had such a sordid history.

Stayed a night in Aberdeen last July in a gorgeous B&B up on the hill. Weather was sunny and warm with blue skies!

I grew up and went to school in Aberdeen. It wasn’t until 1962 when I moved to Kent that I realized that not all small towns had blocks and blocks of taverns with whorehouses operating above. An Interesting story you could research would be when Nick Yantzen, of the Aberdeen Police Department (a captain I believe) teamed up with some local ministers and raided the houses. The police were getting kickbacks, of course, so they “promoted” Nick to vice patrol, took away his car and gun as set him out to patrol the streets. It was about 1957 or 58 and I was 18, working in an office in town and he used to come in and talk to my bosses.

My English teacher in High School, Father Mctyghe...was from Aberdeen, WA. I stopped there once to see the Kurt C. Memorial. Interesting town history.

Just randomly drove through Aberdeen today. Just moved to Tacoma bout 2 months ago and wanted to see the pacific ocean, this was along the way. Pretty city, easily identifiable as some place with historic roots. I didn’t know about Cobain being from there until later this same evening. Driving through i kept telling my wife i felt as if i was in an Alaskan fishing village.

Aberdeen is only place i have been to in the world that feels like the end of the world. That town just has such a negative energy to it, you can feel all of the trauma.

I grew up there and love hearing about the history of the harbor

It seems very likely that Billy Gohl, as an influential union organizer, was framed by the powers that be of his day. The 1910s and 1920s era was one of worker militancy met by heavy-handed strike-breaking tactics by law enforcement and the establishment in Grays Harbor. Read the books "Ghoul of Grays Harbor" and "The Red Coast" for more on that (both books by Aaron Goings, who was brought up in Aberdeen).

I grew up in Oakville WA and would spend part of my teens in aberdeen and the surrounding area I miss it (kinda) I moved to auburn wa

Love this video and i love how kurt cobain is now tied into the history of aberdeen.tho Wish you talked more about kurt but great video

Hi! I can’t say they’re historic yet, but I shot w lot of photos and video in Aberdeen a couple of months ago.

Its Kurt not Curt. Seen Kurt Cobain's name underneath a river bridge where he hung out. Kurt committed sucide by gun. Sam Benn Parks on top the hill behind Aberdeen & the high school. Sam Benn's son still fishes for salmon.

Stil a dirty little town