Riddell, E. E.

Poulsbo, Washington is located in Kitsap County, WA. It is at the north end of what is known as Liberty Bay. In the early years, the bay was officially named Dogfish Bay because of the large number of dogfish that inhabited it. In 1866 Harry Prescott was the first to buy government land at the present site of Poulsbo. Harry captured the plentiful fish for their oil which he sold to logging camps and mills. By 1878, the location of Poulsbo was owned by Henry Eley, who was the first logger on the Bay. The first buildings of Poulsbo consisted of a logger's ox stable, a small house and three smaller houses. Poulsbo became a destination for Scandinavian immigrants, especially those from Norway and Finland. Until World War II, it had retained Norwegian as its primary language. Although the town has maintained its Scandinavian theme throughout the downtown area to this day, it has became the third largest city in Kitsap County and one of the main suburbs of Seattle, WA.