Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886
Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886
Members of the Peste family harvest rye in 1921 on their Shelton property, land later purchased by the federal government under eminent domain in 1941 for use by the U.S. Navy; it later became Sanderson Field. From the left are Dorothy Peste, Elmer Moore, A.G. Peste on the thresher, Freddie Peste, Wallace Johnson and Leslie Muller.
The name of Peste, a storied family in the history of Shelton, will once again adorn the land where the family once homesteaded and farmed.
The Port of Shelton Commission on Feb. 21 voted to change the name of Business Park North at its business park on U.S. Highway 101 to Peste Business Park. The name change came at the request of family members, who also asked the commission to rename the road leading to the business park as Peste Way, and retain the Peste name on major roads to the business park if new development occurs.
Commissioners are considering those suggestions, said Wendy Smith, th...
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