Here are few photos and documents from the early days of the region. Most of these appear within other articles but have been electronically enhanced to be more easily view through the internet. Some have been electronically enhanced. Click on the image to view in a larger format. We will eventually collect and post additional photographs and scans of other documents about the region and the people who settled there. All photos are copyright Yukon Harbor Historical Society unless otherwise noted.
My mother, Vivian Christensen Rood Kapovich, purchased the first home mear the Harper Beach just south of the old Harper ferry dock in in 1938.
I was born to Vivian and Ivan Kapovich in 1955. Mom had a beauty shop in the basement and Dad worked at PSNS and fished in Alaska in the summer.
I have so many fond memories of rowing my 6-foot pram to Blake Island for lunch, having stocked up on potato chips and orange pop from Henry Grosso’s grocery at Harper dock.
My grandfather, Halfdan Christensen, worked for many years at the brick factory in Harper.
Also, my sister Cathy Rood Pinnard’s son, Chris Auatin, who graduated from SK went to the AF Academy and is now serving as a US Air Force Thunderbird.
I really loved walking every night with my folks along the road north of the Harper grocery, and up to Harper Hill when it was all woods!
Keep up the good work….Duane
Do you have any photo’s showing the Trimble estate, on Blake Island, both interior and exterior? We’re doing research for a film. Many thanks.
Rob
Who and when did the name “YUKON HARBOR” originate? I know that YUKON was a schooner used by the Coast Survey and later was the first headquarters for the NAVAL SHIPYARD. RW, Bremerton area historian
Great-Grandmother, Laura Pearl Jay, born in Colby 17 Oct.1886. Great grand father William H. Morgan
lived in Colby and is buried in there on the peninsula.
Areyou interested? Do you have photos?
colleen m.b. wilson
3104 Brae Burn Street
Sierra Vista, AZ 85650
I am a relatively new homeowner in the area.
I would love a copy of the picture that shows Harper Dock. I understand from the newspaper that the remains of the old mosquito fleet docking pilings will be removed soon because they are embedded with creosote.
Is there a way that I can get a larger photo of that snapshot? I’m also interested in any other history or photos of the Southworth area.
For instance, I understand during WWII that there was some kind of underground secret facility off of Olympiad. Have you heard anything about that?
Charlotte