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A tale of two ‘Vashonas’: boats have long local history
One ferried passengers on the Quartermaster run in the 1920s. The other is active in island life.
Bruce Haulman
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A tale of two ferry captains
Islander Marsha Morse follows the footsteps of the first woman steamship pilot on Puget Sound.
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Raab’s Lagoon: 16,000 years young
Raab’s Lagoon, on Maury Island, has had various names, various uses and various openings over the 16,000 years…
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On the waterfront: Cove’s rich history on Vashon
The old Cove Store, now a residential apartment building, is a part of island history.
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The Burton Store: a longtime cornerstone of the community
Sandy Mattara has been the longest-serving proprietor of the Burton Store.
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Vashon’s main crossroads hold considerable island history
This is Terry Donnelly and Bruce Haulman’s 50th Time&Again article for The Beachcomber. As such, they felt it…
Opinion
This weeks marks a tragic day in history
President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared Dec. 7, 1941, when Pearl Harbor was attacked, “a date which will live…
Opinion
Islanders instrumental in shutting Tacoma smelter down
Reading the article in last week’s Beachcomber about the state of Washington’s effort to test and clean up…
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An Islander remembers: The Rhody’s journey has been long | Time & Again
As a boy growing up in Washington D.C., I used to love my summertime trips to visit my…