NO PLACE LIKE HOME
What Dorothy said about this place used to be true. There was no place like it. Home, a 240-acre community southwest of Gig Harbor, has a history unlike any other. For more than 20 years, it was known nationally as a Utopia.
EVERYONE IS FAMILY
Everybody should be lucky enough to die in a place like Darrington. When death passes through this town, people don't just send condolences. They whip up a meatloaf or a fruit salad. They alert the setup and cleanup crews. They set tables for 150 or 300 or 500.
TROUBLE IN AN ISLAND PARADISE; REPERCUSSIONS FROM THE DAY OF THE BIG POT RAID STILL BEING FELT ON TINY WALDRON IN THE SAN JUANS
Tourists don't belong here. Occasionally they show up anyway, out of curiosity, but there's no reason to stay. No bicycle rentals, no phones, no ferry service, no electricity. Not even a cold drink. The only store closed in 1942.