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A Holly Winter, c.1900’s
This is a wintertime photo of Holly in the early 1900’s. In the center of the picture is a combination Shingle Mill & Can Opener/Scissors Factory that was built between 1902 & 1905. To the right & behind this building is the Robert Wyatt Sr. home which was built in 1890. The white house with…
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High School Students, c.1932
In 1931, students attending high school commuted on school buses like this one between Holly & Silverdale. Many other students rode the bus along the route but pictured here are mostly Holly residents (See notation beside each student’s name). Photograph donated by Frieda Wyatt
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From Kitsap County Herald, Friday, 15th of October 1920
Within the scenic horse-shoe bend called Joe Hammond Bay, on Hood Canal, stands an old two-story frame building, an empty dwelling. The county road rudely pushed its way close the front door and left the entrance below the street level. The windows have proven a temptation to some youngster who played on the opposite side…
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The Holly Schoolhouse Opens 1922 – Centennial Party Display
Opened in September 1922 It is a handsome shingled symmetrical building with a bell tower, two classrooms with soaring ceilings, a dozen tall windows, a coat room, a library, running water, a furnace in the basement and a cottage for the teacher right next door. It is quite a change from the previous two buildings…
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Holly’s Founding Families – Centennial Party Display
From its earliest days, Holly attracts independent and resourceful people who make the best of what they have and look out for one another. The Homestead Act of 1862 enables Robert Wyatt, the first settler of European descent, to obtain 145 acres of land in Holly. Those founding families who follow turn to the natural…
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Acknowledging Larry Stever, Family Roots
When the Centennial Committee made a plea to the community to help us reclaim Holly history, Larry Stever responded in a big way. He shared photos, handwritten histories from his mom, and original newspaper articles regarding Holly. When we wondered out loud about early courting and marrying, he produced a family tree that showed he’s related…
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Early Holly History Timeline – Centennial Party Display
1880: William Anderson is issued a homestead patent for Happy Valley (stretch of land from Anderson Bay up the old railroad tracks into the Valley now (1977) owned by the Warren Family. 1883: “Old” Anderson marries “Indian” Mary James on December 3rd in Happy Valley. 1889: Christian Fredrick “Fritz” Pfundt, his wife Catherin and 9…
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Excerpts from History of Stever Family by Ruth Wyatt Stever 1991 on her 85th Birthday
When my husband, George Stever, was about 18 years old, he came to Holly for an outing – also took a trip into the Olympic Mountains. While here he found this property for sale and as George had fallen in love with the place, he went back home and told his folks about it –…
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A Day in the Life of a Holly School Child
Ruth Wyatt SteverTaken from her 1990 memories “As my mother was never very well and I being the oldest child, I had to help a lot with the work at home. As my Dad would be fishing or logging, I would have to come home from school at noon and feed about 500 chickens as…
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Class of 1926 | Holly School
Holly School Class of 1926 – The teacher standing behind her class, farthest back, is Miss Gantke. Her class of 19 students stands ready for photo day. Photograph donated by Hattie Madson & Ruth Hawkins.