THE MARITIME HISTORY OF PUGET SOUND
& THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA

Selected Historical Web Links:

Anderson Island Historical Society
Bellingham Yacht Club (History) [http://www.byc.org/Byc_about/mission_history.html] In 1931, BYC hosted the PIYA regatta. Boats from Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, and Bremerton attended.
Blake Island: Washington.HistoryLink.org [Detailed historical account of Blake Island and the Trimble family]
Bremerton Centennial 1901-2001 The Sun continues its monthly historical retrospective of Bremerton, which officially became a city Oct. 1, 1901. City residents will celebrate the centennial Oct. 16 of this year. The eight-part series, which was launched March 18, studies the people, the vital role of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and growth issues such as transportation, business and infrastructure.
Bremerton's History [http://www.bremertonchamber.org/CommHistory.php] 1938 (March 18) - Bremerton Chamber of Commerce is incorporated. William Gates, Sr., grandfather of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, is Treasurer of the Chamber and signs incorporation papers.
Bremerton Historic Ships Association "The Bremerton Historic Ships Association is a not-for-profit organization that owns and operates the USS Turner Joy, an historic destroyer from the Vietnam War era."
Bremerton Heritage William Bremer, a foward-looking German immigrant, realized the economic potential of founding a town so close to the naval station and platted the town of Bremerton in 1891. It was later incorporated in 1901....
Bremerton Yacht Club History
Daffodil Marine Regatta, Tacoma 1999 Parade Photos: The "Isis" from the Bremerton Yacht Club "1st Admiral Class Award" [http://www.daffodilfestival.net/Marine_Parade/marineparade.htm]
Erland's Point murders are committed on March 28, 1934
Everett Yacht Club History
The 'Galloping Gertie' or 'The History of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge' [Special UW Libraries Collection]
- Short History
- Gig Harbor Museum | And More Bridge Links
Hood Canal Bridge History | or here
History Link: Seattle, King County & Washington Sate History
King County Historical Snapshots King County Snapshots presents King County, Washington, through 12,000 historical images carefully chosen from twelve organizations' collections. These cataloged 19th and 20th century images portray people, places, and events in the county's urban, suburban, and rural communities.
Kitsap County Historical Society The philosophy of the KITSAP MUSEUM STORE is to complement, through the sale of appropriate gift items, the mission statement of the KITSAP COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM: to collect, preserve, interpret and exhibit the history, culture and heritage of Kitsap County.
Community Histories of Coastal Counties in Washington
Kitsap (Tribal) History [http://www.visitkitsap.com/default.asp?ID=14]
Lake Union: The evolution of a dream by Walt Crowley, Seattle Times, 8 June 2003. Back in 1854, Lake Union was the backwater of a backwater town. A natural dam at Montlake sealed it off from the higher Lake Washington, while only a tiny stream through Fremont drained it into Salmon Bay.
The U.S.S. Missouri (BB-63) returns to Bremerton for deactivation and storage on April 12, 1992.
The historic "Mosquito Fleet" consisted of thousands of steamships that steamed from port to port around Puget Sound between the 1850s and the 1930s. The fleet was once an integral part of Washington state’s transportation system.
The Maritime Event Center (Seattle) The Maritime Event Center is formerly the Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center, located at the Bell Street Pier (Pier 66) on Seattle's Central Waterfront.
Olympia YC: History
Olympic College: A Brief History
Opening Day History (SYC)
Oro Bay & Anderson Island
PORT LUDLOW
- Timeline
- Port Ludlow History
- Port Ludlow History [PLVC Site]
- Historical Photos of Port Ludlow [originate with UW Library Archives]
- More Photos from the UW Archives
- PL's "Social History"
Place Names: The history of West Sound place names [The Sun, December 1999]
Port Orchard Yacht Club: History "Russ Sweany, a local real estate broker, couldn't see a yacht club happening in Port Orchard anytime soon. He cruised his boat ... to Bremerton Yacht Club and asked if he and his wife could become members there. They wanted to belong to a club that had some moorage and the Bremerton club seemed to have everything a boater could want. They had just recently been established as a yacht club ..."
"They were denied! They went back home licking their wounds when a short time later they got word from the Bremerton club with the reason they were rejected: The BYC members had already decided to help the Port Orchard yachtsmen form their own club. That’s about how it happened in 1956..."
The Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society ... is here to help you learn about the maritime heritage of the Pacific Northwest. Membership in the Society is open to anyone interested in our Maritime History. The Society's purpose is to collect, preserve and display maritime historical objects, relics and data with particular emphasis on the Pacific Northwest.
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard: Historical Photos
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard [historylink.org]
Queen City YC History
Rainier Yacht Club (History) The year 1954 is also remembered by this young club as the year it swept the major races, with RYC skippers winning the Bremerton Heavy Weather Race, Tyee Ladies Day Race, Over-all in the IPBA International Race, ...
Recycling an Old (Hood Canal) Bridge! [Sun 12 July 03]
Tall Ships on Puget Sound
- Tall Ships on the Way to and from Tacoma (Victoria & Blake Island) [Other Links]
- Historical Seaport: Lady Washington & Hawaiian Chieftain Where away the Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain? The Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) public development authority based in Aberdeen, Wash. that owns and operates the tall ships Lady Washington, the Official Ship of the State of Washington, and the Hawaiian Chieftain.
- Tall Ships in Tacoma [www.tallshipstacoma.com] "Majestic Tall Ships from around the world soon will be sailing into Tacoma's Thea Foss Waterway. Tacoma has set its course and is preparing for one of the most memorable events in a city rich with maritime history. For the first time in one hundred years, Commencement Bay will be filled with tall sail masterpieces of the sea that honor the heritage that helped build Tacoma."
- Tall Ships International (Schedule)
- Parade of tall ships sail in today: Events include tours, gunbattles -- a chance to experience a modern-day blast from past Thursday, August 15, 2002 SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
- Tall Ships Parade Thursday, August 15, 2002 [Photos] SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER Under clear skies and warm temperatures, hundreds of onlookers lined the shores of Elliott Bay to watch the largest gathering of tall ships in recent times in Seattle. Read about it. Click on any thumbnail to view a full size version of the photograph.
Seattle YC History
Tacoma Yacht Club (History)
Vic-Maui Race Winners since 1968 1976: Race Passage, P. McCullough, Bremerton YC, Swan 44, 10d:19h:37m:14s [Vic-Maui Website (2004)]
Washington State
- History Museums & Historical Societies in Washington State
- Historical Nautical Charts for Washington State [since 1841 (NOAA)]
  - Amiralty Inlet / Puget Sound (Oregon Territory) (1841) [incl. "Hoods Canal" (sic!), Sinclair Inlet, Phinney & Oro Bay, etc.]
  - Chart of Port Madison (1879)
- University of Washington Digital Archives (Search)

Literature:
Murray and Rosa Morgan, South on the Sound: An Illustrated History of Tacoma and Pierce County (Woodland Hills, CA: Windsor Publications, Inc., 1984),
Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Fredi Perry, Port Madison, Washington Territory 1854-1889 (Bremerton, WA: Perry Publishing, 1989

THE MARITIME HISTORY OF PUGET SOUND & THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA

Last updated: May 2010 (gk)

THE MARITIME HISTORY OF PUGET SOUND
& THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA