Category: Families


  • Holly Post Office & Store

    Holly Post Office & Store

    Pictured here is the Holly Post Office & Store. This photo was taken from the dock that extended out into Holly Bay where goods were received by boat. Pfundt expanded his facility to include resort cabins & a bath house. He sold the property in 1949. Photograph donated by Marcie Roscoe.

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  • Zip & the School Bus, c.1932

    Zip & the School Bus, c.1932

    Cyprian “Zip” Wyatt is pictured here at age 15 in 1932. He stands alongside the school bus that he & other upperclassmen used to transport 9-12 graders to the High School in Silverdale. Photograph donated by Frieda Wyatt.

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  • The Shingle Mill, c.1900’s

    The Shingle Mill, c.1900’s

    Just to the left of center in this photo is the water-powered Shingle Mill built in the early 1900’s during logging’s heyday in the area. The Shingle Mill owners, Franz Anderson & John Youngblood, later gathered discarded saws from logging camps & started a can opener factory powered by the same equipment. Even later, they…

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  • City of Victoria Steamship, c.1930

    City of Victoria Steamship, c.1930

    Pictured here is the City of Victoria, an ocean-going steamship, docked at the Holly pier. Her captain, Cyprian “Zip” Wyatt, made two separate trips to Holly around 1930. Each time, the passengers disembarked & enjoyed food & beverages prepared by Holly residents. Photograph donated by Frieda Wyatt.

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  • Holly Bay Pier

    Holly Bay Pier

    Pictured here are swimmers at play near the pier in Holly Bay. Photograph donated by Frieda Wyatt.

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  • Riverside Timber Co. Logging

    Riverside Timber Co. Logging

    Extensive logging in & around the Holly area operated until at least 1905. The Riverside Timber Company logged 21,000 acres in the area. The railroad (1 locomotive, 6 donkey engines, & 10 miles of track) extended from Holly to Hintzville. Logs, rolled into Anderson Cove & assembled into booms, were hauled by tugboat to the…

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  • Old Holly Hill Road

    Old Holly Hill Road

    This is an early photo of the summit of Old Holly Hill Road, originally called “Hole Hill”, after the Hole family. Source of photograph unknown.

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  • The Rambler, c.1922

    The Rambler, c.1922

    The Rambler is pictured here in dry dock on Holly Bay in 1922. The boat’s owner, Albert Pfundt, is seen here on the beach with a bucket in hand. His daughter, Florence (“Flossie”), about 14 years old is standing at the boat’s center. Pfundt fished for salmon in Hood Canal, the San Juan Islands, &…

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  • The Rambler, c.1920’s

    The Rambler, c.1920’s

    Pictured here is the Rambler, returning to Holly after a fishing trip, sometime in the early 1920s. Albert Pfundt, owner of the Rambler, fished for salmon in Hood Canal, the San Juan Islands, & Alaska & he also shrimped with this boat. Photograph donated by Leroy Bowman.

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  • Indigenous Artifacts, c.1923

    Indigenous Artifacts, c.1923

    In 1923, American Indian Artifacts were found under the charred tree stumps you see here. While clearing his Holly beachfront property, Albert Pfundt discovered beads, arrowheads, axeheads, & other items. He later donated his discoveries to the University of Washington. This photo is taken with the photographers back to the canal. Pfundt’s home, built in…

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