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Pushed Rudely To One Side

In their history of Vashon-Maury Island, Roland Cary and Van Olinda tell us:

"In 1903 C. F. Van Olinda purchased a tract of land on the Portage between Vashon and Maury and erected a small combination residence and store building and, on June 17 opened a general store. Then the Portage post office was established and opened in the same building, with C. F. Van Olinda as Postmaster, on July 15. Increasing business made these quarters too small and in 1910 he pushed the old building rudely to one side and erected a large two-story building, which is still in use."

The post office closed during last half of 1968 or the first half of 1969.

Sources: Guy Reed Ramsey, "Postmarked Washington, 1850-1960," Microfilm (Olympia: Washington State Library, February, 1966), 670-671; Roland Carey and Van Olinda, History of Vashon-Maury Island (Seattle: Alderbook Publishing Company, 1985) 46, 48; Roland Carey, Isle of the Sea Breezers (Seattle: Alderbrook Publishing Co., 1985) 122.

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