Porthole into the Past:

(Articles about the history of the Puget Sound region)

Victoria's Victorian Architecture
(Mar 9th, 2008)--Where else would you expect to find classic victorian architecture in none other other than Vancouver Island's city of Victoria? Transitioned from a Hudson Bay trading post the city of Victoria was incorporated in 1862..

The Secrets of Antique Hunting Around Puget Sound
(Feb 27th, 2008)--Antiques are the left over artifacts of stories lost to time as people and relationships died. Reduced to a mere transactions, these objects of antiquity live on to gather new spirits...

New Life for Oldest Surviving Seattle Halibut Schooner
(Jan 26th 2008) --It was 100 years ago when motorized fishing vessels from the Pacific Northwest began to ply the rich waters off Alaska for Halibut, Cod, and Salmon. In the days before ice was readily available, fish were either salted or canned...

Fate of the Lumber Schooner Wawona
(Dec 18th 2007) --The once proud three-masted schooner Wawona quietly lies de-masted and severely weathered as she awaits her final fate at South Lake Union in Seattle. For the small percentage of people who are third generation or more in the Northwest...