- Fort Steilacoom, Vol. 35, No. 1, Spring 2018 (PDF) (historicfortsteilacoom.org)
August Valentine Kautz was born in Germany on January 5, 1828. Shortly thereafter the family, including close relatives, emigrated to America and settled on land previously purchased in Ohio. When he grew up, August Kautz had a long career in the United States Army. He graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1852, serving in many places, including Fort Steilacoom, and later as a General in the Civil War. He retired from active service on January 5, 1892, in Vancouver, Washington.
- Ebey’s Landing House (hub.catalogit.app)
Photograph of the second house on the Ebey farm built at Ebey’s Landing in the late 1850s. C. 1953 or 1961. The newspaper clippings pasted on the reverse of the photo describes the Ebeys, relations with Indigenous islanders, the Engle family, and the murder of Judah Church.