On New Year’s Day, 1850, he [Issac Ebey] arrived at its southern end, at the newly established town of Olympia.
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Colonel Isaac Ebey surveys Puget Sound in the spring or summer of 1850. (historylink.org)In the spring or summer of 1850, Colonel Isaac Ebey (1818-1857) conducts a reconnaissance of Puget Sound, including Elliott Bay, the Duwamish River, and Lake Washington. His glowing description inspires several early settlers to make their homes in the Puget Sound region.