King County Natural Areas
clockwise around Vashon-Maury Island
- Vashon-Maury Island — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
Vashon-Maury Island is located in the middle of southern Puget Sound, midway between Seattle and Tacoma, within the boundaries of King County. Its history parallels that of the rest of the county, but its growth and development have occurred at a much slower rate, owing in main part to its inaccessibility to the mainland.
- Time & Again: Vashon - Maury Island Beachcomber (vashonhistory.com)
Time&Again is a series of occasional articles in the Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber newspaper that explores changes in the Islands by comparing heritage and contemporary photographs. This series is written by Bruce Haulman and photographed by Terry Donnelly.
- Pierce County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
Pierce County, located in southwestern Washington abutting Puget Sound, encompasses an extremely wide range of elevations: from sea level on Puget Sound to 14,410 at the summit of Mount Rainier. The entire footprint of Mount Rainier, an active Cascade volcano encased in more than 35 square miles of snow and glacial ice, lies within the county’s boundaries. Pierce County comprises 1,675 square miles, placing it 23rd in size among Washington’s 39 counties…
