If you stand at the Southern entrance to the street currently known as “Cole Loop” and Yukon Harbor Drive, you can see a pair of pilings jutting up from the bay that are remnants of the original Mosquito Fleet pier that served Colby well into the 20th Century. JB Hall took a photograph provided by the Kitsap Historical Society and added known details, documenting the layout of the town and identifying the businesses and houses.
It takes only a slight bit of imagination to understand this fascinating photograph. It was undoubtedly taken from the bridge or upper deck of a “Mosquito Fleet” steamer, facing west. The tide is obviously quite low (note the rocky beach), and the foundation for a new building is being erected in the center foreground. JB Hall currently lives in the house identified as “Jos. Squire Grant, Jr” to the upper left. Note the abandoned wheel on the beach immediately below the store below Jos S Grant and son General Merchandise Store; That wheel still can be found at low tide today. Two other of the buildings shown here still stand today, as well.
Yukon Harbor Drive and, beyond, Southworth Road currently pass behind these houses, although the frontage road no longer exists.
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