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71-538: To ship product Pope & Talbot acquired ships. In 1852, Pope & Talbot opened a lumberyard and at Port Gamble, Washington started construction of a lumber mill and start the firm Puget Mill Company . To feed the mill Pope & Talbot purchased timberland, by 1892 owning 186,000 acres. In 1925, the Puget Mill Company mill was sold to Charles R. McCormick Lumber Company . In 1938, the Pope & Talbot families owned

142-568: A pulp plant in Halsey, Oregon , kraft pulp mill. In 1992, Pope & Talbot purchased a sawmill in Castlegar, British Columbia . Sawmill at Port Gamble is closed in 1995, after 142 years of use. In 1999, Pope & Talbot purchased Harmac Pacific in Nanaimo, British Columbia . In 2001, Pope & Talbot purchased Norske Skog Canada 's Mackenzie Pulp mill in northern British Columbia. Pope & Talbot as both

213-487: A 35-minute ride away on the Washington State Ferries . The city has occupied the entire space of Bainbridge Island since February 28, 1991, when the 1.5-square-mile (3.9 km ) city of Winslow (incorporated on August 9, 1947), annexed the rest of the island after a narrowly passed November 1990 referendum. It officially remained the city of Winslow for several months, until November 7, 1991, at which time

284-591: A New England city. This new little town that grew up by the mill was named "Port Gamble" after its location on Gamble Bay, which had been named by the American explorer Commodore Wilkes in 1842. The founders of the mill of Port Gamble, however, were not the first to occupy Gamble Bay. The S'Klallams , or Nux Sklai Yem, had been living in the Puget Sound region since 2400 B.C. Legally, land was not available for non-Native settlement until March 8, 1859, when Congress ratified

355-410: A U.S. National Historic Landmark , covers one of the nation's best-preserved western lumber towns. The community of Port Gamble has a wide range of shops from antiques to a tea shop to an old-fashioned general store . It is a popular tourist destination, due to its location near Bremerton , Port Townsend , Bainbridge Island , and Seattle . Port Gamble is home to the grave of Gustave Englebrecht,

426-461: A brand new mill at Port Gamble. McCormick had very little success as the president and owner of the Puget Mill Company. The cost of building the new mill in Port Gamble along with the cost of modernizations and improvements being made to other mills quickly added to the company's debt. In 1938, McCormick owed over $ 7 million to the original owners of Puget Mill, but unable to make payments, McCormick

497-415: A hundred years the Puget Mill Company had been owned and operated by the descendants of the Pope and Talbot families, but this sale meant that the mill would no longer be operated by the descendants of the men that had helped establish Port Gamble. William H. Talbot was reluctant to sell the company, but the early 1900s were a trying time for the lumber industry. The troubles for the company began in 1907, when

568-449: A native chief during similar raids the year before. British authorities demurred on pursuing or attacking the northern tribes as they passed northward through British waters off Victoria , and Ebey's killers were never caught. The first school in the county went up in 1859, and the community took its present name in 1868. In 1966, the town of Port Gamble was designated a National Historic Landmark District . In 1985, Pope & Talbot ,

639-447: A new school. The new little town across Gamble Bay became known as Little Boston . As the Port Gamble mill continued to expand and increase its production of lumber, their need for suitable logging areas increased. The Puget Mill Company continued purchasing viable timberland, and by 1892 had ownership of 186,000 acres (750 km ). With the depletion of forestland in other states, more and more companies turned to Washington to supply

710-557: A nineteenth century Pacific Coast logging community." The Port Gamble Historical Museum tells the history of the town and how the Pope and Talbot mill impacted the community. The general store was the "first building [that] was constructed in 1853 on the mill site, a 'rough structure' built of lumber shipped from Maine and shingled with cedar split cut nearby. Employees picked up paychecks at the office. The store sold coffee, pickles, boots, crockery, brooms, windows, toys, gloves, tools and other goods to employees, settlers, sailors, loggers, and

781-549: A pulp / paper line and lumber - wood line. At the time the company receiver divested lumber mill operations their mills were one in South Dakota and three in British Columbia. Pope & Talbot went bankrupt in 2008 and the lumber mills were divested. A timberland investment and management company named Pope Resources was spun off. In 2020 Pope Resources was acquired by a larger East Coast based lumber company Rayonier . Rayonier

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852-536: A significant diversity of other coastal land forms, including spits , bluffs , dunes , lagoons , cuspate forelands , tombolos , tide flats , streams and tidal deltas, islands, and rocky outcrops. The high point is 425-foot (130 m) Toe Jam Hill . On the Kitsap Peninsula, Bremerton and Poulsbo lie across the Port Orchard channel to the west, and the city of Port Orchard lies across Rich Passage to

923-523: A source of lumber all around the world from Shanghai to Cape Town , South Africa. Trees coming straight from the Olympic Peninsula were shipped to 37 other ports around the world. By 1862, the Puget Mill Company owned a fleet of ten vessels and was shipping almost 19 million board feet of lumber to foreign outlets. During the turn of the century, the Puget Mill Company and the Pope and Talbot Lumber Company shipped their lumber from Port Gamble across

994-497: Is about 5 miles (8 km) wide and 10 miles (16 km) long, encompassing nearly 17,778 acres (27.778 sq mi; 71.95 km ), and is one of Puget Sound's larger islands. Bainbridge Island shorelines border the main body of Puget Sound, as well as Port Orchard Bay, a large protected embayment , and two high-current tidal passages, Rich Passage and Agate Pass . The island has an irregular coastline of approximately 53 miles (85 km), with numerous bays and inlets and

1065-552: Is an unincorporated community on the northwestern shore of the Kitsap Peninsula in Kitsap County, Washington , United States. It is also a small, eponymous bay , along which the community lies, near the entrance to Hood Canal . The unincorporated communities of Port Gamble and Little Boston , part of Kitsap County , lie on the west and the east side, respectively, of the mouth of this bay. The Port Gamble Historic District ,

1136-507: Is an old church that has been restored to its original condition. The St. Paul's Episcopal Church "on Rainier Avenue dates from 1870. Built from the same plans used for the construction of the village church in East Machias, Maine, in 1836." Many of the remnants of the colonial architecture are left behind from the settlers who had come from Maine such as Pope and Talbot. The National Park Service has cited Port Gamble as "the finest example of

1207-600: Is based on Bainbridge Island. The novel's author, David Guterson , lives on the island and worked for ten years as a teacher at Bainbridge High School . Bainbridge Island is the main setting of the 2021 novel You Love Me , the third installment in the You series by novelist Caroline Kepnes . Kepnes visited Bainbridge while writing the story and used the names of several local businesses. In Michael Crichton 's 1994 novel Disclosure , protagonist Tom Sanders lives with his wife and two children on Bainbridge Island. Some scenes from

1278-681: Is connected to the Kitsap Peninsula by the Agate Pass Bridge , carrying SR 305 over Agate Passage at the island's northwest corner. The only other way off the island is by the Seattle–Bainbridge Island ferry , the Washington State Ferries service from the dock at Winslow in Eagle Harbor to Colman Dock (Pier 52) in Seattle. Numerous public right of way access points to water around the island also exist, officially called Road Ends. When

1349-608: Is represented by Democrat Derek Kilmer . In the 2008 Democratic primary (which in Washington state was not used for delegate appointment), Barack Obama defeated Hillary Clinton by a margin of 67.8% to 29.7%. This was Obama's second-best performance in an incorporated municipality in the state, behind Yarrow Point . In the earlier caucus , Obama received 79.3% of delegates, Clinton received 19.8%, and 0.1% were uncommitted. The Bainbridge Island Museum of Art opened in June 2013 near

1420-752: Is served by the Bainbridge Island School District , which houses the following public schools: BISD also offers home-based and student-directed educational programming under the umbrella of the Commodore Options School: The Puget Sound Naval Academy , formerly the Moran School, operated on the island from 1914 to 1933, and then again from 1937 to 1951. In 2001, Bainbridge Island Little League were represented in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania at

1491-496: Is the downtown core and has most of the shopping and dining. Lynwood Center on the south end of the island has several restaurants and a small hotel. Fletcher Bay (also referred to as Island Center) has a small grocery store and one restaurant. Rolling Bay is located on the east side of the island. The local newspapers are the weekly Bainbridge Island Review , Kitsap Sun , and the Bainbridge Islander . Bainbridge Island

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1562-591: The Issei , came in 1883. During World War II, Japanese-American residents of Bainbridge Island were the first to be sent to internment camps , an event commemorated by the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial , which opened in 2011. They were held by the US government through the duration of the war for fear of espionage . A High-frequency direction finding (HFDF) station

1633-629: The Little League World Series . The island's high school lacrosse team has won state titles, the most recent coming on May 19, 2007. In 2009, the Bainbridge High School Fastpitch team won the Washington 3A State Title. The team also played in the championship game in 2010. In 2011, 2012 and 2018, the Bainbridge High School Girls Lacrosse team won the state championship. Pickleball was invented by

1704-584: The Suquamish people and their ancestors lived on the land now called Bainbridge Island. There were nine villages on the island; these included winter villages at Port Madison , Battle Point , Point White, Lynwood Center, Port Blakely , and Eagle Harbor, as well as summer villages at Manzanita, Fletcher Bay, and Rolling Bay . In 1792, English explorer Captain George Vancouver spent several days with his ship HMS Discovery anchored off Restoration Point at

1775-642: The Treaty of Point No Point , which was signed January 26, 1855, by representatives of the United States and the Chemakum , S'Klallam and Skokomish nations. But by that time, the Port Gamble Band of S'Klallam Indians had moved across the bay to Point Julia. As part of an agreement between them and the mill company, the S'Klallams were given jobs at the mill and lumber to build their new homes, community facilities, and

1846-403: The film adaptation later that year were filmed on the island, including at Bainbridge Ferry Terminal and Capt. Johnston Blakely Elementary School. The epilogue of the 1996 film That Thing You Do! reveals that main characters Guy Patterson and Faye Dolan moved with their four children to Bainbridge Island, where they founded the fictional Puget Sound Conservatory of Music. Bainbridge Island

1917-522: The 23rd governor of Washington , is a local resident, and represented it in Congress from 1999 to 2012. Bainbridge Island is in Washington State's 23rd District and as of September 2023 is represented by Democratic state senator Drew Hansen and Democratic state representatives Tarra Simmons and Greg Nance . In the U.S. Congress Bainbridge is part of Washington's 6th congressional district and

1988-701: The Atlantic Ocean to be used in the British, French and Russian navies for their sparring around the world. Captain Keller took hold of the shipment plans for the Pope and Talbot Lumber Company and created routes along the Pacific Coast to help supply the large demands of the California Gold Rush. This transportation of lumber opened the door for shipments to China and Southeast Asia. Because Talbot and Pope hailed from

2059-610: The Hood Canal Tree Farm in 1946 and having 75,000 acres (30,000 ha) in it by 1953. During the mid-1800s, California experienced an expansive economic boom and an increase in population from the California Gold Rush . The gold rush opened the door to a vast unknown of resources and fortune. The constant flow of settlers into the frontier and expanding economic influence demanded a high level of resources to maintain stability and growth. California then looked to tap into

2130-488: The Puget Mill Company to harvest the much-needed lumber for the expanding West. In the summer of 1853, Talbot, after searching the Puget Sound area for the best possible site for a mill, spotted a sand spit at the mouth of Gamble Bay as an excellent location, for it provided a location near the abundant trees of the Oregon Territory and a port for shipping the cut lumber to California. Soon after arriving, Keller sailed up

2201-508: The S'kallam tribe." A general store still stands in the town, renovated to its 1916 form and now a tourist attraction. The town has an Old Mills Days festival that keeps alive the spirit of the mill. Port Gamble gives out pamphlets for a walking tour to the historic buildings. The preservation of the town of Port Gamble began in the mid-1960s, when Pope & Talbot rebuilt and restored thirty houses and buildings, located utilities underground, and installed gas street lamps. In 1966, Port Gamble

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2272-400: The U.S. into World War II brought plenty of business to Pope & Talbot Mills. During the entire war the mills operated at full capacity. The company's vessels were involved in transporting supplies necessary for battle to areas of conflict such as Guadalcanal and Okinawa . Many of the buildings are well maintained historical sites. Most of the town is still owned today by the mill. There

2343-483: The Winslow ferry terminal. It was developed by Cynthia Sears, who began collecting works of art made by island residents in 1989. The museum cost $ 15.6 million to construct and includes a 99-seat auditorium, a classroom, and other spaces. The building has 20,000 square feet (1,900 m ) of space and was designed to resemble the bow of a ship. The fictional San Piedro Island in the 1994 novel Snow Falling on Cedars

2414-514: The average family size was 2.98. In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 33.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males. Bainbridge Island has four centers of commerce: Winslow , Lynwood Center , Fletcher Bay (also referred to as Island Center), and Rolling Bay . Winslow

2485-484: The board of directors met over a year later it took only a few minutes for them to decide that selling the company was the only option. After the meeting had concluded, Talbot met with Charles McCormick of the Charles McCormick Lumber Company, who agreed to purchase the Puget Mill Company for $ 15 million. This was a significant period in the history of Port Gamble and the Puget Mill Company. For almost

2556-484: The census block group in which Winslow is located had a median household income of $ 42,000, less than half of the island's median household income and one-third of several of the island's wealthiest block groups, and also $ 10,000 less than national and statewide averages. More than half of Winslow households live in rental units, compared to 20% of households across the island. As of the 2010 census , there were 23,025 people, 9,470 households, and 6,611 families residing in

2627-405: The city of Winslow annexed the entirety of Bainbridge Island in 1991, it absorbed numerous named unincorporated communities . Most of these are still referred to by name. According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $ 88,243, and the median income for a family was $ 108,605. Males had a median income of $ 65,853 versus $ 42,051 for females. The per capita income for

2698-527: The city of Winslow was renamed the city of Bainbridge Island. Bainbridge Island was formed during the last ice age—13,000 to 15,000 years ago—when the 3,000-foot-thick (910 m) Vashon Glacier scraped out the Puget Sound and Hood Canal basins. Bainbridge Island is in the Puget Sound Basin, east of the Kitsap Peninsula , directly east of the Manette Peninsula and west of Seattle . The island

2769-405: The city was $ 37,482. About 3.0% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line , including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over. The socioeconomic profile varies significantly between the rural parts of the island and Winslow, its urban center. In contrast to Bainbridge Island as a whole, Winslow is home to households with a wide range of incomes. In 2010,

2840-415: The city. The population density was 735.6 inhabitants per square mile (284.0/km ). There were 8,517 housing units at an average density of 308.5 per square mile (119.1/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 92.88% White, 0.28% African American, 0.62% Native American, 2.40% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 0.75% from other races, and 2.96% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos, of any race, were 2.17% of

2911-406: The city. The population density was 833.9 inhabitants per square mile (322.0/km ). There were 10,584 housing units at an average density of 383.3 per square mile (148.0/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 91.0% White, 0.4% African American, 0.5% Native American, 3.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 0.7% from other races, and 3.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.9% of

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2982-513: The coast to join him with the boiler, engine, and muley saw for the mill. By September, the new mill was cutting logs into lumber. Although they had a ready and working mill, Pope, Keller, and Talbot had difficulty finding enough workers to run the mill. During the 1850s, the Pacific Northwest was frontier territory with little population. With the help of their partner in Maine , Charles Foster,

3053-518: The company. A little over a year earlier in May 1924, William Talbot had already reached his own decision regarding the future of the Port Gamble mill. In a letter to Northwest Operations Manager, E.G. Ames, Talbot mentioned that it was "suicidal to continue operating the Port Gamble Mill." He also informed Ames that production of lumber at the mill must cease once all remaining orders had been filled. When

3124-462: The family of congressman Joel Pritchard at their summer home on Bainbridge Island in 1965. It is similar to badminton and tennis, but played with paddles and a lightweight plastic ball. Bainbridge Island has a seven-member city council. The members are elected to staggered four-year terms and appoint a city manager. Bainbridge Island is a stronghold of the Democratic Party . Jay Inslee ,

3195-591: The first U.S. Navy sailor to die in the Pacific. Gamble Bay was named by the Wilkes Expedition in 1841. The source of the name is unclear. Wilkes often named places after historical figures, and speculation centers on Lt. Col. John M. Gamble , an illustrious figure in the War of 1812 ; or U.S. Navy Lt. Robert Gamble, an officer aboard the frigate USS  President wounded in an exchange with HMS  Belvidera . But

3266-582: The growing need for timber. By 1906 there were over 900 lumber mills of various sizes in Washington alone. As Washington's old-growth forests were dwindling, the need for new sources of lumber became readily apparent. On June 12, 1941, the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company designated the first certified tree farm , the Clemons Tree Farm in Washington state. The Puget Mill Company, now known as Pope & Talbot, Inc., soon followed suit, forming

3337-585: The high abundance of timber and mining in the Oregon Territory. This called for three explorers to set sail up along the Pacific Coast to explore the unknown territory. When William Talbot, Andrew Pope, and Josiah Keller washed up on the sandy shores of the Hood Canal they discovered the fortune of timber along the Olympic Peninsula . Talbot, a lumber merchant from the San Francisco area, partnered with Pope who

3408-504: The island while surveying the Pacific Northwest . Lt. Wilkes named the island after Commodore William Bainbridge , commander of the frigate USS Constitution in the War of 1812 . Settlers originally used Bainbridge Island as a center for the logging and shipbuilding industries with the island being clearcut at least two times in its history. The island was known for huge and accessible cedars, which were especially in demand for ships' masts. The original county seat of Kitsap County

3479-518: The mill again after McCormick was unable to make payments. In 1940, the Puget Mill Company was renamed Pope & Talbot, Inc. Pope & Talbot, Inc. was active in supporting the World War II effort with lumber and ship. The mill ran 24/7 for the war. In 1963, Pope & Talbot exited the shipping trade and sold off the remaining four ships in the Pope & Talbot fleet. In 1972 Pope & Talbot went public, selling stocks. In 1978 Pope & Talbot open

3550-463: The mill was able to recruit experienced mill workers from East Machias to come west to Gamble Bay. In their new and labor-intensive environment, workers quickly became homesick for the lifestyle they had left behind in Maine. As houses were constructed for workers' and company executives' families, the design reflected their desire to feel at home, as the architecture looked like that which could be found in

3621-401: The name may have had a more prosaic origin. Wilkes's published account of the expedition omits mention of either Gamble but does say that a lieutenant's survey party "[o]n entering [Hood's] canal [at what would become Gamble Bay] camped near some Suquamish Indians who had received as visitors a party of fifty Clalams , by appointment to gamble for blankets: they continued their games throughout

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3692-527: The night." The community, originally known as "Teekalet" and later renamed "Port Gamble" for the bay which gave it access to ocean commerce, was founded as a company town by Josiah Keller, William Talbot, and Andrew Pope's Puget Mill Company in 1853. In 1856, USS  Massachusetts was sent from Seattle to Port Gamble on the Puget Sound , where indigenous raiding parties from British and Russian territories had been enslaving local Native Americans . When

3763-405: The population. There were 7,979 households, out of which 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.1% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families. 22.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and

3834-441: The population. There were 9,470 households, of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.2% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.2% were non-families. 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

3905-512: The shipping of lumber to the rapidly growing Western United States was becoming a very lucrative business. Pope and Talbot quickly realized that the lumber shipments from New England were not enough to meet the growing demand for building materials in the West. After hearing about the dense forests in the Oregon Territory , Talbot and Pope, along with partners Josiah Keller and Charles Foster, formed

3976-568: The south. Despite the short distance over water and significant commuting population between Bremerton and Bainbridge Island, proposals to construct a bridge have been resisted on the Bainbridge side for various reasons. The island is quite hilly and hosts the Chilly Hilly bicycle ride every February. Bainbridge Island can be accessed by motor vehicle, bicycle, or foot through two access points, both on Washington State Route 305 . Bainbridge Island

4047-510: The southern end of Bainbridge Island while boat parties surveyed other parts of Puget Sound. Vancouver spent a day exploring Rich Passage , Port Orchard , and Sinclair Inlet . He failed to find Agate Passage , and so his maps show Bainbridge Island as a peninsula. Vancouver named Restoration Point on May 29, the anniversary of the English Restoration , in honor of King Charles II . In 1841, US Navy Lieutenant Charles Wilkes visited

4118-507: The state of Maine, their connections to the East Coast and constant travels back to their hometown, many of the ports along South America and the West Indies experienced contact from the Port Gamble shipments. In July 1925, the board of directors for the Puget Mill Company, including William H. Talbot, George A. Pope Sr., Talbot C. Walker, John Deahl and A.G. Harms, met to discuss the sale of

4189-437: The state of Washington instituted a tax increase on timber acreage held by mill companies. This, combined with inefficient operations, outdated equipment, and increasingly dilapidated facilities, became too much of a burden for William Talbot. Despite the sale of the company, Talbot devised a way to ensure that the Port Gamble Mill would remain operational. In the agreement with McCormick, Talbot specified that McCormick must build

4260-417: The successor company to Puget Mill, split into Pope & Talbot and Pope Resources, the latter of which took over the site and the sawmill . In 1995, the mill shut down after 142 years, ending the longest span of operation of any sawmill in the country. In 1849, William Talbot and Andrew Pope arrived in San Francisco from East Machias, Maine , in hope of taking part in its shipping and lumber industry, for

4331-477: The warriors refused to hand over those among them who had attacked the Puget Sound Native American communities, Massachusetts landed a shore party and a battle ensued in which 26 natives and 1 sailor were killed. In the aftermath of this, Colonel Isaac Ebey , the first white settler on Whidbey Island , was shot and beheaded on August 11, 1857, by a Haida raiding party in revenge for the killing of

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4402-434: Was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.88. The median age in the city was 47.7 years. 23.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 17.5% were from 25 to 44; 38% were from 45 to 64; and 16.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 20,308 people, 7,979 households, and 5,784 families residing in

4473-586: Was 24,825 at the 2020 census , making Bainbridge Island the second largest city in Kitsap County. The island is separated from the Kitsap Peninsula by Port Orchard , with Bremerton lying to the southwest. Bainbridge Island is a suburb of Seattle, connected via the Washington State Ferries system and to Poulsbo and the Suquamish Indian Reservation by State Route 305 , which uses the Agate Pass Bridge . For thousands of years, members of

4544-572: Was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration . Pope & Talbot operated Liberty ships and Victory ships for the merchant navy . The ship was run by its Pope & Talbot crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio. See also, similar role:- Empire ship , Fort ship , Park ship , Ocean ship . Port Gamble, Washington Port Gamble

4615-501: Was an experienced sea captain. The characteristics of the two men drove them through the ups and downs of global economic woes and stiff competition, especially their eventual counterparts in the Oregon Territory. After the founding of Port Gamble, these three men established the longest-working lumber mill on the North American continent. Port Gamble established itself as an industrial power house globally. The Puget Mill Company became

4686-520: Was at Port Madison on the island's north end. In 1855, the Suquamish tribe relinquished their claim to Bainbridge Island by signing the Point Elliott Treaty . The Suquamish agreed to cede all of their territory (which included Bainbridge Island) to the United States in exchange for a reservation at Port Madison and fishing rights to Puget Sound . The first generation of Japanese immigrants,

4757-491: Was declared a National Historic Landmark. One of the oldest houses in Port Gamble that is still standing is the Thompson house, built in 1859 and owned by James A. Thompson. The annual Old Mill Days festival takes place over the course of three days during early July and encompasses the entire downtown area. The event includes craft and food stands, a logging show, fireworks, and various other forms of entertainment. Port Gamble

4828-642: Was established here by the Navy during the war. These radio intercept sites along the West Coast were used to track Japanese warships and merchant marine vessels as far away as the Western Pacific. The other West Coast stations were in California at Point Arguello , Point Saint George, Farallon Islands and San Diego. Since the 1960s, Bainbridge Island has become an increasingly affluent bedroom community of Seattle ,

4899-408: Was forced to return all of the company holdings to the principals of the foreclosure suit filed against him. The principals were all descendants of the original founders of the Puget Mill Company. By 1940 the company was running under the guidance of another descendant of the Pope family, George Pope Sr., when it was decided that the business should be renamed Pope & Talbot Mills . The entrance of

4970-539: Was originally also founded on the Olympic Peninsula. Joseph Rassulo directed a western television movie starring Richard Glover as Andrew Pope and Nick Young as Fred Talbot . Pope & Talbot fleet of ships that were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II Pope & Talbot operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board . During World War II Pope & Talbot

5041-402: Was the setting of and filming location for the 2010 film ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction . Author Gregg Olsen made Port Gamble the setting for his "Empty Coffin" series of books, which include Betrayal and Envy . Bainbridge Island, Washington Bainbridge Island is a city and island in Kitsap County, Washington , United States. It is located in Puget Sound . The population

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