Talk:Harstine Island, Washington

message: Hartstene vs Harstine which is the correct spelling? Before I converted everything in Wikipedia to Hartstene they were both used about 50 / 50, If you search the Mason County Web site you also find both spellings used.
Having once been a local to the area I would say that (IMO) Harstine is probably the more popular. The local county phone number is (360) 427-9670 I will try to call when they are open. Jeepday 13:45, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hartstene vs Harstine what is the name?

message: * Per the web page Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife it was was named for Lieutenant Henry J. Harstine, a member of the Wilkes Expedition. and is often misspelled as Hartstene, Harstene, and Hartstine. Jeepday 14:54, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Spelling/History

message: This web page  pretty much sums the naming argument up "Hartstene Pointe Maintenance Association - A gated community on the north end of Harstine Island". The island is named Harstine, but a lot of things related to the island are spelled Hartstene. I will give this a few days to draw feed back or comments then move the page to become Harstine Island, Washington and do all the renames in pages and links, etc.(PS I am still researching but the arguments for Hartstene so far are not worth talking about) Jeepday 04:09, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Harstine

message: What an argument I am making, As soon as I think I have it all figured out and post something I learn more. Now I am using http://books.google.com to search and have added another log or two to the fire. Jeepday 05:12, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hartstien

message: I have completed the move to Harstine Island, Washington and fixed all the redirects and updated all the spelling to the correct version Jeepday 04:33, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rename and move complete

message: I thought when I was researching the name of the island that I had seen that the bridge was built in the 1950's now I can't find that reference and the best I can find is this
Per http://homes.point2.com/Neighborhood/US/Washington/Mason-County/Harstine-Island-Real-Estate-Agent.aspx
Until 1970, scattered communities like Ballow, Point Wilson and Jarrell Cove were connected only by boat. Now, despite a bridge that replaced the Pickering Passage ferry to the mainland, there's still a distinct island feel to the place.
Per http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=SY3438
A geodetic survey in 1967 found the bench mark “Details for Benchmark: SY3438”, “N 47° 15.711 W 122° 55.104 ” one mile north of the ferry landing on the west side of hartstene island
I also checked the huge PDF file for Washington Department of Transportation, 2002 bridge list. but the bridge is not there, it looks like the county owns the bridge maybe and the state does not list it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jeepday (talk • contribs) 17:23, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bridge

message: I was present at the opening of the Harstine Island bridge in 1969. In the Community Hall, on the right wall amongst the Grange display are clippings from the Shelton-Mason County Journal covering the opening.
Also as a boy, I frequently rode the ferry & 2 of my uncles worked as crewmen on the ferry. It was always called the Harstine Island ferry and was named the Harstine II. A life ring from the ferry is displayed in the Community Hall with the vessel's name painted on the ring.
Oliver Chapman —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oysterengineer (talk • contribs) 17:51, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Oysterengineer for finding that great reference on the bridge dedication :) Jeepday (talk) 03:10, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Opening of the bridge

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===May 21, 2008===
# Harstine Island, Washington
#*Well written? - Yes, although lists could be put in paragraph form to flesh it out.
#*Factually accurate? - Well-referenced and cited.
#*Broad in its coverage? - Yes.
#*NPOV - Yes.
#*Is it stable? - Yes.
#*Images - FAILED. Geographical article needs at least a location graphic map.
- Davodd (talk) 18:13, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Random Evaluation 

message: # Harstine Island, Washington
#*Well written? - Yes, although lists could be put in paragraph form to flesh it out.
#*Factually accurate? - Well-referenced and cited.
#*Broad in its coverage? - Yes.
#*NPOV - Yes.
#*Is it stable? - Yes.
#*Images - FAILED. Geographical article needs at least a location graphic map.
- Davodd (talk) 18:13, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[May 21]], 2008

message: Seems like this article could benefit a lot from a much shorter name discussion.Mtsmallwood (talk) 02:07, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Name discussion is too long

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