The S.S. Nisqually, a member of the Mosquito Fleet, steams along Puget Sound. The Mosquito Fleet is the name given to the dozens of small steamers that plied the waters of the Sound in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Photo early 20th century, courtesy Washington State Historical Society, catalog 2014.130.1.15
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2018