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Maritime Olympia and South Puget sound / Les Eldridge and John W. Hough.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eldridge, Les, author.
- Hough, John W., author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navigation--Washington (State)--Olympia--History--Pictorial works.
- Navigation.
- Shipping--Washington (State)--Olympia--History--Pictorial works.
- Shipping.
- Olympia (Wash.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Olympia (Wash.).
- Genre:
- illustrated books.
- Illustrated works.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Local history.
- Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2017]
- Summary:
- This engaging pictorial history traces the evolution of South Puget Sound from the provider of rich resources for the First Nations to Olympia's role as and important international seaport.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Native master mariners: the canoe peoples of South Puget Sound
- Early encounters: Europeans and Americans arrive in the Upper Sound, 1792-1850
- Steamers and settlement: steamships, maritime commerce, and settlement, 1851-1922
- State capital seaport: developing world trade, 1922-1973
- The changing waterfront and Olympia Harbor days: 1974 to present.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781439660614
- 1439660611
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