Arriving in Seattle, some of the party settled on Lake Union, but Lamoreux, thinking that land worthless, set out for the Olympic Peninsula.

Traveling by steamer from Seattle, they landed at an Indian settlement called Pysht on the Strait of Juan de Fuca and hiked inland 20 miles through the rainforest to their claim.

Lamoreux was the postmaster and was called "Judge" because he had read law in his youth, and was appointed Justice of the Peace for that district.

Lamoreux's homestead in 1895 was originally called Sapho and was located 0.6 miles (0.97 km) from US 101 on Main Street (now State Route 113).

[1] Sappho has a very wet oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) typical of the west coast of North America from Aberdeen northwards.