Download or read book The Willits Brothers and Their Canoes written by Patrick F. Chapman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-05-25 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For half a century Earl and Floyd Willits built some of the world's finest canoes, first near Artondale, Washington, then on Day Island, right off of Puget Sound in Tacoma. Turning out approximately twenty canoes a year, carefully logging and numbering each one, the brothers emphasized quality and design rather than volume. Willits Brothers Canoe Company earned a reputation that enabled the tiny company to compete successfully with businesses much larger, leaving a name and legacy which is still admired by canoe aficionados today. Carefully researched and documented, this combination biography and company history tells the story of Earl and Floyd Willits and their unique canoe company. Beginning with their family's westward migration from Illinois, it follows the brothers as they set about starting the business that would become their lifelong work. Close attention is given to the Willitses' business management and construction techniques as well as their personal lives. Interviews with surviving contemporaries and family members add a personal dimension to the Willitses' story. Appendices include a detailed company logbook, instructions from the Willits brothers on various areas of canoe use and maintenance, a price list of canoes from 1928 to 1964 and a list of serial numbers and dates of manufacture. In addition, a price comparison with the Old Town Canoe Company, a listing of museums exhibiting a Willits Brothers canoe, two Willits Brothers Canoe company catalogs and various plans of Willits canoes are provided. Contemporary photographs from the Willits family collection are also included.
Download or read book Perseverance written by John R. Richardson and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2020 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 2006, four old men began an adventure that took them from the suburbs of Washington State through British Columbia and Alberta to Great Slave Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories. In two canoes, they began a 900-mile (1,500 km) journey down the Mackenzie River. One month later, they reached the town of Inuvik near the Arctic Ocean. Perseverance: One Month Canoeing on the Mackenzie River is a memoir of that journey told by one of the four paddlers, John Richardson. In this book, he captures the excitement and challenges of this exhausting voyage: battling the elements, missing and worrying about family, and navigating the second-largest river in North America. He tells stories of the First Nations and Inuit people who live in the wilderness and in villages along the river while also providing anecdotes of history, geography, topography, wildlife, natural resources, and much more. This book provides readers with an opportunity to explore a wild and remote river vicariously. For those interested in actually paddling the Mackenzie, the book also includes a mile guide with extensive information about the river, including the locations of various hazards as well as communities, memorable sights, and prime camping spots.
Download or read book The Woodenboat written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book University Place written by Arne Handeland and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A community located just south and east of Tacoma, University Place has always been noted for its excellent school system--but where is the "university". From the days of sheep herding, logging, gravel and sand mining, tomato farming, apple and peach orchard planting, and rhododendron farming, University Place has become a proud city with a population exceeding 31,000 residents.
Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Fox Island written by Don Edgers and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fox Island has had as wide a variety of names as inhabitants over its long and diverse history. The island was named for American lieutenant John L. Fox, who was with the 1841 Wilkes Expedition. However, it was first known as Bu Teu by the Native Americans who used the island for burials and potlatches, and it was later named Rosario by the Spanish in the 1770s. It served as a temporary Native American reservation after the Indian War of 1856, and later supported a large dogfish processing business and, from 1884 to 1910, a brick-manufacturing company. The islands 1890s community of Sylvan contained a school, a store, a dock, a vacation lodge, and a waterfront church. In 1954, a bridge replaced the ferry to Fox Island. Today the U.S. Navy has an acoustic laboratory on the island, and two large church buildings have been built. Perhaps the most famous resident of the island was Washingtons first female governor, Dixy Lee Ray.
Download or read book Canoe Kayak written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pierce County written by Donald R. Tjossem and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located in western Washington, Pierce County includes much of the southern Puget Sound shoreline, the entirety of Mount Rainier National Park, and Fort Lewis Base McChord, along with small towns such as Gig Harbor, Fife, Eatonville, Steilacoom, and Puyallup. With unlimited fishing and timber available, the area was first settled in the early 1800s. On December 22, 1852, the county was incorporated and subsequently named after Franklin Pierce, the recently elected president of the United States. Pierce County's development advanced in the following decades with the formation of Frederick Weyerhaeuser's Weyerhaeuser Company in 1900, the making of pleasure craft and fishing vessels for the county's seaport industry, and the creation of naval watercraft for World War II. Today, Pierce County is home to almost 900,000 individuals.
Download or read book Herald Bros Builders of the Celebrated Rice Lake Canoes written by Herald Brothers and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Canoe written by and published by Groundwood Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Carib Indians are warned by their sky god to build canoes in order to escape a world-wide flood, but few believe him.
Download or read book From the two canoes written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bark Canoes And Skin Boats Of North America written by Edwin Tappan Adney and published by Lector House. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bark Canoes And Skin Boats Of North America This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!
Download or read book The Legends and Myths of Hawaii written by David Kalakaua (King of Hawaii) and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Can You Canoe written by Okee Dokee Brothers and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Can you canoe? invites you to journey cross-country with The Okee Dokee Brothers through twelve of their irresistible, boot-stompin' tunes ... As you listen to the songs and follow along with the illustrated lyrics in this collection, you might even be inspired to head out on some outdoor adventures of your own!"--Back cover.
Download or read book The Canoe written by Jim Poling and published by . This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of the canoe and its role in the culture of North America.
Download or read book Day Island a Glimpse of the Past written by Marcia Tucker and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcia Tucker's charming study of Day Island, the humpbacked sandspit just off-shore from Tacoma in the Puget Sound Narrows, shows how good such local histories can be. Rigorously researched, written with affection but clear eyes, a respect for fact and a sense of humor, it show why residents regard their community as "almost paradise." - Murray Morgan
