Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . th of the ColumbiaRiver. In the year 1846 the power from thefalls was harnessed to do mans bidding inturning the wheels of a grist mill, and in1847 a saw mill was started with the samepower. This was the first notable mechani-cal move towards the great lumber industrynow the most important among the manyfollowed in Western Washington. Here thefirst white male child was born in the ter-ritory now the State of Washington. Thestatement of these facts of early history indicates something of the historical wealthwoven about these first se
Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . th of the ColumbiaRiver. In the year 1846 the power from thefalls was harnessed to do mans bidding inturning the wheels of a grist mill, and in1847 a saw mill was started with the samepower. This was the first notable mechani-cal move towards the great lumber industrynow the most important among the manyfollowed in Western Washington. Here thefirst white male child was born in the ter-ritory now the State of Washington. Thestatement of these facts of early history indicates something of the historical wealthwoven about these first settlements. Thename Tumwater is that by which the fallswere known to the Indians. TENINO Tenino, a town of 1,500 population, nearthe southern boundary of the county, isnoted for its sandstone quarries, the exten-sive working of which has brought prosper-ity to the town. Many of the firest build-ings in the Northwest recently built havebeen constructed from the stone from Ten-ino quarries, and recognition of the superior 32 Puget Sound and Western Washington. THE NEW STEAMER NISQUALLY The beautiful new steamer Nisqually makes two trips daily over the picturesque route between Olympia andTacoma, making landing at the latter city at the Municipal Dock, meeting steamers from Seattle and other Soundports. The citizens of Olympia. the Nisquallys home port, are very proud of the new staunch steamer.
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