EAT YOUR WAY THROUGH KITSAP HISTORY
This popular program allows us to share some of the rich history of Kitsap County that we cannot share within the confines of the museum. Meet up at places of historical significance throughout the county, hear the stories and learn its history and then follow it up with a meal at a nearby establishment. Each year features different places and different culinary experiences, see below for this year’s events.
Menu
1st Course
Bainbridge Historic Houses
Saturday, June 24th
10:30 AM
$40 PER PERSON ($35 KHM MEMBERS)
*Price includes meal
We will visit two historic early 1900s homes situated close together on Crystal Springs Drive. The Furuya House was the summer retreat of Masijiro Furuya a successful Seattle businessman. The home is the best-preserved early Asian-American residence in the Pacific Northwest. Because Mr. Furuya was Japanese. he was not allowed to own property, so he leased this property from his neighbor, Colonel Warren Gazzam. The Colonel, a colorful entrepreneur whose business ventures included a Mosquito Fleet line and a Bremerton hotel. At one time he owned over 500 acres on Bainbridge Island, including Gazzam Lake, and intended to develop the southwest shoreline as the “gold coast” of the island. His 6000 square foot house, build with river rock from the shore, has been lovingly researched and cared for by its current owners, artist Kathe Fraga and her husband Jeff. You won’t want to miss this fascinating destination and hear the stories it tells. We’ll follow up with lunch at the nearby Treehouse Cafe.
2nd Course
HISTORIC Poulsbo
Thursday, July 20th
3 PM
$40 PER PERSON ($35 KHM MEMBERS)
*Price includes meal
Ever wondered how Poulsbo became a “Norwegian” town? You may have strolled down Front Street before with its dozens of quaint and colorful shops offering Scandinavian gifts, fine art, fashions, antiques, but this is your chance to discover the rich history of this fascinating little town in Kitsap County. Join us for a historic walking tour through downtown Poulsbo where we’ll hear the stories of its origins, the people who settled here, the people who helped shape it. Along the way we’ll be stopping at the Poulsbo Maritime Museum which showcases the rich maritime history of Poulsbo and North Kitsap as well as the Heritage Museum which captures the cultural heritage and the daily lives of early Poulsbo families. Afterward, we’ll finish our tour with a delicious meal in downtown Poulsbo.
3rd Course
Indianola Garden Tour & History
Sunday, August 27
11:00 AM (See below for optional addition starting at 9:45)
$40 per person ($35 KHM Members)
*Price incluDes Meal
For all you plant lovers out there, don’t miss this opportunity to tour this incredible private garden in Indianola. This waterfront, 3-acre property, is perched on a high bank with spectacular views of Seattle. The garden has been meticulously designed by renowned landscape designer Shayne Chandler and features rare and unusual plant varieties as well as a variety of garden styles – Mediterranean, French county, Woodland, Tropical, kitchen and cutting gardens. You will be overwhelmed by the spectacular beauty of this garden. After the garden tour, we’ll have lunch in the historic Indianola Clubhouse while we hear from a legacy family member the interesting story of how this summer vacation spot that was only accessed by steam ship and later Black Ball fleet grew to be a vibrant little community it is today. Afterward, you’re welcome to take a walk down the beautiful Indianola Dock which juts 900-ft into the Puget Sound or get an ice cream at the Indianola County Store that has been serving the community since the 1920’s.
IMPORTANT UPDATE! We are excited to add an optional additional garden to the tour, the next door garden of Wincliff! Windcliff is the home of Dan Hinkley and Robert Jones. It’s a spectacular cliff-top garden that showcases plants reflecting Dan’s decades of exploration and collection. Many will be familiar with Dan’s work as he was the original founder of Heronswood Gardens.
For those wishing to tour Windcliff, we will meet at Windcliff at 9:45. If not, regularly scheduled tour will begin at 11:00 as planned.
*Sponsored by: Bill & Chris Slach
4th Course
Old town Silverdale
Saturday, September 23rd
12:00 pm
$40 per person ($35 KHM Members)
*Price includes meal
Before there was the Silverdale Mall, and before there was Costco, or Target or Ross, Silverdale was a bustling community along the shores of Dyes Inlet. The town was plotted in 1888 and was originally called Goldendale, but turns out that name was already in use, so they went with the next metal down and renamed it Silverdale. Loggers & farmers founded Old Town Silverdale in 1854 & was the center of commercial trade in the 1900s. Silverdale boasted a top notch hotel, the areas first jitney as well as some of the first Co-ops in the Northwest for farmers, the egg and poultry association and cheese. The school was so crowded in 1911 they had to jack it up in the air and build another floor underneath it. The Kitsap History Museum was located in the old Silverdale bank building from 1976 until 1995 when we moved to our current location in Bremerton. We’ll begin with lunch at the Hub and since so much of Silverdale’s vast history is no longer visible, we’ll also have a presentation before our embarking on our historic walking tour through Old Town Silverdale.
*Sponsorded by: Kitsap Law Group
5th Course
Manette’s Early Days
Saturday, October 21
11:00 AM
$40 Per Person ($35 KHM Members)
*Price Includes Meal
Join us for an afternoon walking a short loop full of colorful history in Manette. William Renton moved his sawmill from Alki across Puget Sound to Enetai (Chinook for “on the other side”) on the Kitsap Peninsula in 1854. A thriving town with the first school in Kitsap and other “firsts” grew up around the mill site. The name was later changed briefly to “Decatur” and then to “Manette”, after one of the many boats that delivered goods and passengers before the bridge across to Bremerton was built in 1930. Following our tour, we’ll have a light meal in downtown Manette.
*Sponsored by Rice, Fergus, Miller
