Anderson Island History
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1 Introduction
  2 Formation - 15,000 BC
(2 min)
  3 Native Americans
(3 min)
  4 Discovery 1792-1840
(tap to play all 3 segments. 6 min)
  4.1 Capt. Vancouver Discovers Puget Sound 1792
(3 min)
  4.2 Fort Nisqually 1838
(1 min)
  4.3 Wilkes Expedition 1838-1842
(2 min)
  5 Early Claims 1850-1870
(tap to play all 3 segments. 5 min)
  5.1 Leander Wallace 1846
(1 min)
  5.2 The Donations Land Act and Nathaniel Orr 1854
(2 min)
  5.3 The Treaty Wars 1855-56
(1 min)
  6 First Settlers 1870-1890
(tap to play all 5 segments. 9 min)
  6.1 Christensens 1870
(2½ min)
  6.2 Ekenstams 1877
(1 min)
  6.3 Johnsons 1881, Pettersens 1882
(3 min)
  6.4 First School 1882.
(1½ min)
  6.5 Settlers Trickle In 1885-1900.
(1½ min)
  7 Settlement 1890-1920
(tap to play all 5 segments. 11 min)
  7.1 Settlement 1890-1920
(1½ min)
  7.2 Logging & Farming
(2 min)
  7.4 The Cemetary
(3 min)
  7.3 Mosquito Fleet 1870-1930
(2 min)
  7.5 McNeil Island 1884-1936
(2½ min)
  8 Community 1920-1960
(tap to play all 5 segments. 10 min)
  8.0 Community
(1 min)
  8.1 Community Club
(2 min)
  8.2 Phones
(2 min)
  8.3 Schools
(2½ min)
  8.4 Stores
(3½ min)
9 Population Boom 1960-Today
(tap to play all 5 segments. 12 min)
  9.1 I Don't Want Anything to Change
(1 min)
  9.2 Electricity 1961
(1½ min)
  9.3 The Riviera 1966
(2 min)
  9.4 Ferries 1924-Today
(4 min)
  9.5 The Historical Society 1975-Today
(3 min)
4/10/21 RFB