The Port Gamble S'Klallam Reservation consists of 1,340 acres (5 km2) of land held in trust by the federal government.

At the time that the United States organized Oregon Territory in 1848, the S'Klallams lived in villages on the west side of Port Gamble Bay.

Eventually, the Puget Mill Co. and other lumber companies acquired title to all the land around Port Gamble Bay.

Little Boston (named by a Yankee sea captain) consisted of frame homes built on the sand spit.

The homes stood on stilts because of tides and sanitary facilities consisted of privies over the mudflats connected with wooden walkways.

The Department of the Interior bought up land from Puget Mill Co. and established the S'Klallam (spelled Clallam) Reservation in 1938.