Community ClicksAuthor Terry Buchanan will sign copies of his new book, Fort Casey: The History of Fort Casey and the Defense of the Pacific Northwest, at the Musuem & Arts Center Exhibit Center, 175 W. Cedar St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 31.
The public is invited to the event to view a photography slideshow, talk to Buchanan about his research on the fort or to purchase a book.
Buchanan said his fascination with Fort Casey began at an early age.
“My family moved to the area in 1960 and shortly after the move my dad took us for a drive and ended up getting lost by Coupeville,” he said. “When we stumbled upon the fort, I think I was out the door before dad stopped the car. Three hours later he was honking for me to get out of the tunnels so we could go home.”
Buchanan, a retired history teacher from Anacortes, spent his academic career researching and writing about the fort.
He interviewed 17 soldiers, including World War I veterans, who had served at the fort.
Admiralty Inlet was considered so strategic to the defense of Puget Sound in the 1890s that three forts — Fort Casey, Fort Flagler and Fort Worden — were built at the entrance to create a “Triangle of Fire” to halt any invasion attempt by sea.
Buchanan moved to Sequim in 2006 to begin his second career as a massage therapist and began writing the book in his spare time.
The 191-page softbound book features 110 photographs, and retails for $27.
Copies of the book are available for purchase at the museum store, Pacific Mist Books, 121 W. Washington St., and The Cracked Bean Coffee Company, 10191 Old Olympic Highway.
For more information about the book, phone Buchanan at 360-477-4179.
