Before Edmonds became a town; it was a forest of cedar trees and evergreens. The Puget Sounds various Indian tribes used the land for camping; the sea for fishing and clamming for meals; and the marshes for harvesting tules that they used to weave into items such as mats and baskets. Later; the area became known as Bracketts Landing; named after the man who began logging the forest and founded the town of Edmonds in 1890 and opened its first mills and schools. The Great Northern Railway arrived in 1891; bringing with it great prospects for commercial and residential prosperity. As the young town grew into a city; it thrived because of its location on the water. Private ferry boats called the "Mosquito Fleet" came from Seattle; and to this day; commercial and passenger ferries cross the Puget Sound to the Port of Edmonds; Kingston; and the rest of the Olympic peninsula.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. poor at bestBy Margaret Macfarlandsorry l love cincy lived all my 60 years almost but this doesnt do much for it bla postcards not much history at all just bought at sales and thrown in a book cheap for them expensive to buy it; would not again. think before you do like l did.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Cards along the river from 1900s onBy Gary SprandelThis book should be a fun and instructive read for anyone living in Louisville; Cincinnati; or river towns in between (like Rabbit Hatch; Kentucky). Old postcards going back to the early 1900s are used to show; for example the Roebling bridge; when the Ohio was low enough to show the foundations. In Cincinnati; I was also fascinated with the inclines. As a Louisville resident; the cards showing the unloading of boats with horse drawn wagons; and excursion vessels unloading passengers were most interesting. Perhaps the highlights are the steamship pictures; with info on side-wheelers; steam stacks; that band under bridges; and races and disasters. I wish color plates would have included the hand colored Kraemer post cards; and I would have enjoying reading more of the messages on the cards.
