History of Poulsbo / compiled by the Information Committee of the North End Improvement Council ; E.E. Riddell.

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History of Poulsbo / compiled by the Information Committee of the North End Improvement Council ; E.E. Riddell.

This is a very short history of the town of Poulsbo, WA. The history talks about the geological formation and a few of the first settlers of the town.

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Prescott, Harry.

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North End Improvement Council. Information Committee.

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Eley, Henry

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Riddell, E. E.

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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 ...