Seabeck Kitsap County, Washington
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- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Seabeck
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| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Seabeck | Official |
A Selected Bibliography of Seabeck, Kitsap County, Washington
A compilation of essential readings detailing the history, geography, and culture of the region.
Seabeck tide's out, table's set by Fredi Perry, Michael Jay Mjelde, Larry Hill, Victoria Rowe
History of Seabeck, Washington (state) covers the early Native American history, exploration by British and American navigators, and continues on to the development of the harbor as the site of a lumber mill and shipbuilding center. Topics include water transportation, hotels, saloons, store, post office, schools, cemetery, Seabeck Christian Conference Center, and surrounding communities. Included are census and cemetery records, maps, legends, and an extensive index. This is the second printing.--
242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Non-circulating [ 1 ]
Town where time stood still the story of Seabeck by Gordon R. Newell, Don Sherwood
Gordon R. Newell and Don Sherwood’s Town Where Time Stood Still chronicles the rapid rise and sudden industrial collapse of Seabeck, an isolated pioneer mill town carved directly out of the dense temperate rainforests bordering Washington's Hood Canal. The narrative maps how the impenetrable overland topography of the Kitsap Peninsula forced early timber barons to rely exclusively on this sheltered, deep-water aquatic highway to export massive lumber harvests to global maritime markets. By detailing the settlement’s complete economic dependence on its centralized waterfront sawmill, the text illustrates how a singular reliance on highly localized resource extraction and vulnerable marine infrastructure dictated both its booming pioneer prosperity and its ultimate vulnerability. Ultimately, the account demonstrates how the inescapable geographic isolation that initially birthed this thriving lumber empire eventually ensured its demise following a catastrophic mill fire, freezing the bypassed coastal enclave in time as overland rail networks fundamentally reshaped the broader Pacific seaboard.
32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 14 x 21 cm
Non-circulating [ 1 ]
Kitsap County
- Agate Point
- Bainbridge
- Bainbridge Grange
- City of Bainbridge Island
- Bangor
- Banner
- Battle Point
- Bethel
- Breidablick
- City of Bremerton
- Bremerton Junction
- Brownsville
- Burley
- Central Valley
- Charleston
- Chico
- Colby
- Colchester
- Conifer Park
- Country Lane
- Creosote
- Crosby
- Crystal Springs
- Eagledale
- East Bremerton
- East Port Orchard
- Eastwood
- Eglon
- Eldorado Hills
- Enetai
- Erlands Point
- Fairview
- Ferncliff
- Fernwood
- Fletcher Bay
- Fort Ward
- Four Corners
- Fragaria
- Gilberton
- Glenwood
- Gorst
- Hansville
- Harper
- Hawley
- Hintzville
- Hite Center
- Holly
- Huckle Ridge
- Illahee
- Indianola
- Jackson Park
- Johansons Corner
- Kariotis
- Keyport
- Kingston
- Kitsap Lake
- Lawters Beach
- Lemolo
- Lincoln
- Little Boston
- Lofall
- Lynwood Center
- Madrona Heights
- Madrona Point
- Manchester
- Manette
- Manitou Beach
- Manzanita
- Meadowdale
- Naval Depot Junction
- Navy Yard City
- Nellita
- Olalla
- Olympic View
- Orchard Heights
- Parkwood
- Parkwood East
- Pearson
- Point White
- Port Blakely
- Port Gamble
- Port Madison
- City of Port Orchard
- City of Poulsbo
- Retsil
- Rocky Point
- Rollingbay
- Rose Point
- Scandia
- Seabeck
- Seabold
- Sheridan
- Sherman Heights
- Silverdale
- South Beach
- South Colby
- Southworth
- Striebels Corner
- Sunnyslope
- Sunset Farm
- Suquamish
- Tolo
- Tracyton
- Treemont
- Trikkala
- Twin Spits
- Venice
- Vinland
- Virginia
- Warrenville
- Waterman
- Waterman Point
- Wautauga Beach
- West Blakely
- West Port Madison
- Westwood
- Wildcat Lake
- Wildwood
- Yeomalt
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2011-01-29