| Anderson Island Contributor(s): Galentine, Elizabeth (Author), Anderson Island Historical Society (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738548545 ISBN-13: 9780738548548 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: Named for Alexander Caulfield Anderson, the chief trader for the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Nisqually, Anderson Island has an early history of brick making, logging, farming, and fishing. Johnson's Landing, on the north end of the island, was the site where mosquito fleet steamships could refuel and purchase lumber for delivery as far south as San Francisco. The first permanent settlers on the island arrived from Denmark in the early 1870s, with others of Scandinavian descent coming shortly thereafter. The southernmost island in Washington State's Puget Sound, accessible only by boat or ferry from Steilacoom, Anderson Island boasts two freshwater lakes, two marinas, and a golf course. Bucolic Anderson Island received national press coverage in 2005 when the flower fairy anonymously left floral bouquets on doorsteps, a practice that continues to this day. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979.7 |
| LCCN: 2006926073 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.38" W x 9.42" (0.71 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Washington - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
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Contributor Bio(s): Galentine, Elizabeth: - Working closely with the Anderson Island Historical Society and numerous longtime island residents, author Elizabeth Galentine has compiled a pictorial history of this unique place with images in the society's archives and several private collections. More than 200 carefully selected photographs, accompanied by informative captions, compose this entertaining and enlightening visual chronicle of Anderson Island and the men and women who have called it home. |