Author: William D. WelshPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Port Townsend (Wash.)
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A Brief Historical Sketch of Port Townsend, Washington
Author: William D. WelshPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Port Townsend (Wash.)
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A Brief Historical Sketch of Port Townsend, Washington
Author: Anne Nigl DaneggerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aberdeen (S.D.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Brief Historical Sketch of Port Townsend, Washington
Author: William D. WelshPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Port Townsend (Wash.)
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Port Townsend
Author: Jefferson County Historical SocietyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439635994
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
On Washingtons Olympic Peninsula, at the entrance to Puget Sound, the Port Townsend of the 1850s was perfectly situated for sailing vessels. By 1880, thousands of ships from all over the world were passing through. Optimistic investors sought fortunes in shipping, logging, lumber mills, and land speculation. While commerce flourished at sea level, citizens built fine homes, churches, schools, clubs, a respectable shopping district, and parks uptown on the bluff. The settlers of this lovely seaport enjoyed rich cultural and social lives. Port Townsend went bust after the anticipated railroad failed to arrive. It remained largely frozen in time without economic motivation to tear down and replace its fine Victorian architecture. It wasnt until the 1970s that the beautiful setting and buildings were discovered by artists, hippies, preservationists, and, later, tourists and retirees. The town is now a thriving arts and cultural community, still beautiful, still small and remote.
National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings
Author: United States. National Park ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The Historical Geography of Port Townsend, Washington
Author: Herbert Lee CombsPort Townsend
Author: Jefferson County Historical SocietyPublisher: Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN: 9781531635831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
On Washington's Olympic Peninsula, at the entrance to Puget Sound, the Port Townsend of the 1850s was perfectly situated for sailing vessels. By 1880, thousands of ships from all over the world were passing through. Optimistic investors sought fortunes in shipping, logging, lumber mills, and land speculation. While commerce flourished at sea level, citizens built fine homes, churches, schools, clubs, a respectable shopping district, and parks uptown on the bluff. The settlers of this lovely seaport enjoyed rich cultural and social lives. Port Townsend went bust after the anticipated railroad failed to arrive. It remained largely frozen in time without economic motivation to tear down and replace its fine Victorian architecture. It wasn't until the 1970s that the beautiful setting and buildings were discovered by artists, hippies, preservationists, and, later, tourists and retirees. The town is now a thriving arts and cultural community, still beautiful, still small and remote.
Dictionary Catalogue of the Library of the Provincial Archives of British Columbia, Victoria
Author: Provincial Archives of British Columbia. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Columbia
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
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