captain george vancouver and the lieutenant for whom the sound is named.as a very important area for the settlement, for trade, and for the establishment of the ports trading by the british and the hudson bay company. in the late 1800's and the mid-1800s, we became one of the offshoots of the gold rush in california in 1849. many of the activities that happen here and in seattle and the sound or basically spinoffs from the gold rush of 1849. a lot of the shipping and the ships that came from the atlantic coast and the pacific coast to bring the gold miners and people that are going to find their portraits eventually came north with cargo from here. then we had another gold rush in alaska in 1897 commesso another influx of people came to the area in the pacific northwest and helped washington state to grow and become the great port nation in the maritime state that it is today for the pacific rim cargo activities and other kinds of maritime. >> i think one of the most interesting things is the transition between the age of the sale to the age of steam and d

captain george vancouver and peter puget fordo puget sound is named. a very important area for settlement, for trade and for the establishment of ford's for trading by the british and the hudson bay company. in the late 1800s, and mid-1800s, we became the offshoot of a gold rush in california in 1849. many of the activities that happened here and in seattle and in tacoma and the sound were basically spent off from a gold rush of 1849. a lot of the shipping, a lot of the ships again from the atlantic coast to the pacific coast to bring gold miners and the people who are going to find their fortune eventually came north with cargoes from here. then we had another gold rush in alaska in 1897. so another influx of people came to puget sound area, pacific northwest, and help washington state to grow and become the great port, maritime state that it is today for the pacific rim cargo activities and other kinds of maritime promise. i think one of the most interesting things is the transition between the age of sail with the sailing ships, with the age of stea