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⚙️ Industry and Agriculture

Mills, mines, dams, and farms that built the region.

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Bainbridge Island Historic Strawberry Fields

Known as the "strawberry capital of the Pacific Northwest," Bainbridge Island Japanese American farmers cultivated over 620 acres of strawberries before…

⚙️ Industry and Agriculture 1908-1942

Boeing Red Barn Historic Site (Former Location)

Historic marker commemorating the original site of Boeing's first manufacturing facility, the famous Red Barn where William Boeing built his first aircraft…

⚙️ Industry and Agriculture 20th Century 🎧 Audio

Bonneville Dam

Completed in 1938, this massive hydroelectric dam was one of the first major projects of the New Deal era.

⚙️ Industry and Agriculture Built 1933-1938

Deception Pass Bridge

This iconic 1935 bridge connects Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands, built by the Puget Construction Company with funding from the federal Public Works…

⚙️ Industry and Agriculture 1935-Present (New Deal Era)

Fort Nisqually Living History Museum

The first permanent European settlement on Puget Sound, this reconstructed Hudson's Bay Company fur-trading and farming post, founded in 1833, offers…

⚙️ Industry and Agriculture 1833-Present (Hudson's Bay Era)

Historic Strawberry Fields

Once the heart of the Eastside's agricultural economy, these fields tell the story of immigrant farmers who helped build Bellevue's prosperity.

⚙️ Industry and Agriculture 1900s-1940s

Port Blakely Mill Site

Once the world's largest lumber mill, this site was the economic engine of early Bainbridge Island.

⚙️ Industry and Agriculture 1864-1922

Shasta Dam

Massive concrete dam on the Sacramento River that transformed California water policy and created the largest reservoir in the state

⚙️ Industry and Agriculture 1938-1945

Skagit Valley Tulip Fields

Beginning in the 1940s, Dutch immigrants transformed the fertile Skagit Valley into one of North America's premier tulip growing regions.

⚙️ Industry and Agriculture 1940s - Present

Walla Walla Valley Wine Country

Historic agricultural region transformed into world-renowned wine country, representing the evolution of Pacific Northwest agriculture

⚙️ Industry and Agriculture Modern