Van Olinda's History of Vashon-Maury Island
Author : Roland N. Carey
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Page : 84 pages
File Size : 16,4 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Maury Island (Wash.)
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Author : Roland N. Carey
Publisher :
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 16,4 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Maury Island (Wash.)
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Author : Bruce Haulman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 27,38 MB
Release : 2016-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1439657890
Reachable only by ferry, Vashon Island is a breathtaking rural retreat from the bustling activity of nearby Seattle and Tacoma. The island's first inhabitants, the sx???bab", took advantage of its evergreen forests and rich marine resources. In 1792, George Vancouver was the first Anglo to discover the island and named it after Captain James Vashon. By the late 1800s, the first white settlers had established farms and greenhouses that supplied nearby cities with berries, tomatoes and cucumbers. Ferries drove development in the later half of the century, introducing new industries and tourism to the area. While both influenced by and isolated from the mainland, the island developed its own unique character treasured by locals. Merging human and natural history, author Bruce Haulman presents the rich heritage of this thriving community.
Author : Oliver Scott Van Olinda
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Page : 106 pages
File Size : 36,73 MB
Release : 1935
Category : Maury Island (Wash.)
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Publisher :
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 10,17 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Maury Island (Wash.)
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Author : Bruce Haulman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 35,19 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738574998
Vashon-Maury Island lies between Seattle and Tacoma and is connected to the mainland by the Washington State Ferries. The bridge proposed in the 1950s and 1960s did not materialize, which helped retain the island's isolation and rural lifestyle. Like other Puget Sound islands, its original economy was based on logging, fishing, brick-making, and agriculture, especially its strawberries. Island industries included the largest dry dock on the West Coast, shipbuilding, and ski manufacturing. Distinct from the other islands, Vashon-Maury is the only one whose major town is not on the water. Originally inhabited for thousands of years by the S'Homamish people, the island's first white settler arrived in 1865. Today, 145 years later, the population is more than 11,000.
Author : Ella Elizabeth Clark
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 39,34 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780520239265
50th anniversary edition of a perennial best seller. Tales from the oral tradition of the Indians in the Pacific Northwest.
Author : Ella E. Clark
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 34,99 MB
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520350960
This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Each group of stories is prefaced by a brief factual account of Indian beliefs and of storytelling customs. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest is a treasure, still in print after fifty years.
Author : James G. Swan
Publisher : Shorey's Bookstore
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 34,99 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Social Science
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Author : Julian Haynes Steward
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,71 MB
Release : 1937
Category : Art
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Author : Marius Barbeau
Publisher : Shorey's Bookstore
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 15,78 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Religion
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