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Steam from a lumber mill rises behind the Sherman House in this original photograph.

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Time&Again: Vashon’s Sherman House has a history a century long

Francis M. Sherman, who was the son of early Vashon settlers Salmon and Eliza Sherman, built the Sherman…

The Portage Store in 1916

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Time&Again: Portage Store has gone through several incarnations

Portage has long been an important and interesting part of Vashon-Maury Island, providing the link between what was…

This photograph of the K2 building was taken from across the highway in the 1950s.

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Time&Again: K2 Skis began an illustrious career here on Vashon Island

K2 Skis, founded 45 years ago on Vashon and once its biggest employer, relocated off-Island and off-shore in…

This photo of the approach to Vashon’s north-end ferry was taken in the 1930s

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Time&Again: Vashon ferries have followed a circuitous path

Vashon Heights was platted in 1909 as a development, and that’s when the Island’s first dock was built,…