Maritime Olympia and South Puget Sound: Images of America

Les Eldridge is coauthor of The Wilkes Expedition: Puget Sound and the Oregon Country, A History and has lectured widely on regional maritime history. He has also written five historical novels of the Civil War at sea. Eldridge is president of the South Sound Maritime Heritage Association. John W. Hough is a retired attorney and native of the Puget Sound region. He is the author of several articles on Pacific Northwest maritime history and is past president of the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society. Hough is an adjunct professor at a local university. This unique collection of images was carefully selected from the Washington State Archives, Port of Olympia, Olympia Tumwater Foundation, and from several private collections.