| Documents
|
 | Obituary: Robert C McCabe 1981
"...died Sunday at the Port Orchard Convalescent Center. With his son, Everett, Mc- Cabe supplied fire wood to much of Kitsap County until 1943. Later, he was a fireman for Puget Sound Naval Ship yard for 21 years until his retirement in 1965. In his spare time, McCabe enjoyed working in his flower garden...with his brother and father, was one of the first settlers in the Oklahoma Territory. Later, he moved to Kansas where he married his wife, Ida, in 1905. In addition to his wife and son, both of Bremerton, McCabe is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Audrey Seward of Florida, one grandson, two great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews." |
 | Historic Bainbridge Island Water Tower
"...The tower was built by the son of one of Bainbridge's earliest settlers, Riley Hoskinson, who had come to the island from Illinois in 1878 after serving in the Civil War. Hoskinson was one of a handful of homesteaders who cleared the Winslow area of trees and established farms and orchards. Water towers were an integral part of farming in the late 19th century, with numerous historic photographs depicting them in settlements around the island. Falling out of use with the improvements in utilities and plumbing, the tower is one of about four left of its kind in the county, according to Warren. Hoskinson's 113-year-old home, which sat a few feet from the tower, was demolished in 2005 to make way for a new commercial and residential development that is now undergoing city review. The property's previous owner got no takers on an offer to hand over the home for free to anyone willing to haul it away. The house was the most recent of many historic structures pummeled, paved over or pushed aside to make way for the island's growing population, Warren said. The tower likely would have met the same fate if the commission and other historical preservationists hadn't come to its rescue...." |
 | Remember when: Hoskinson homestead
"Riley Hoskinson operated this weather station and windmill at his home just north of Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island from 1878 to 1889. He gathered weather observations every day and sent regular reports to Washington, D.C. Hoskinson's station is flanked in the distance by the Eagle Harbor Congregational Church's parsonage and church center. Madrone's second school is on the upper right." |
Fisher Family Genealogy