The Rapid Rise of Eagle Harbor
A quiet settlement nine miles from Seattle transforms into a thriving community with a school and regular preaching.
Possibly some few of your readers are aware of the fact that there is such a place as Eagle Harbor about nine miles west of Seattle. At any rate, such a place exists, and is being rapidly settled up with a thrifty, go-ahead lot of inhabitants. They especially pride themselves upon raising fine fruits of all kinds common to this region. We had the pleasure of seeing the launch on the 22nd instant, at the boat-yard of John C. Hornbeck, of the splendid little steamer Geneva. It is the product of Mr. Hornbeck's energy and perseverance, and is a model of beauty. Five years since, Messrs. James Ryan and W. M. Hoskinsson were the only residents, while now there are 14 families, a good school, a Sabbath school, and regular preaching semi-monthly. All this, and still there is room for more.
“Five years since, Messrs. James Ryan and W. M. Hoskinsson were the only residents, while now there are 14 families, a good school, a Sabbath school, and regular preaching semi-monthly.”
Eagle Harbor is now the bustling heart of Winslow on Bainbridge Island. This account reflects the classic 19th-century boosterism that characterized Puget Sound settlement as a virtuous, inevitable march of progress.
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