Harstine Island, Washington

Harstine Island is an unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington, United States, located on a similarly-named island. The island is located west of Case Inlet in southern Puget Sound, 16 km (10 miles) north of Olympia. It has a land area of 48.305 km² (18.65 sq mi), and had a population of 1,002 as of the 2000 census. [cite web
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title = Harstine Island: Blocks 1000 thru 1027 and Blocks 1029 thru 1087, Census Tract 9611, Mason County, Washington
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accessdate = 2006-12-09 ] The Bridge dedication was held on June 22, 1969, starting at 2 pm. cite book
title =Bridge dedication
publisher = Shelton-Mason County Journal
date =June 26, 1969
location = newspaper clipping; as of January 11, 2008 located at the Harstine Island Community Club
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id = ] Before the bridge the island was served by the Harstine Island ferry, the cost in 1962 was 50¢ (fifty cents) for car and passengers. cite book | title =Directory of Toll Bridges, Ferries, Domestic Steamship Lines and Toll Roads | publisher =American Automobile Association | year =1962 | location =Original from the University of Michigan | pages =page 36 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=B_ZOAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Harstine+Island%22+ferry+-wikipedia&q=%22Harstine+Island%22+&pgis=1#search | doi = | id = ]

Pickering Passage, to the northwest, separates the island from mainland, while Case Inlet, to the east, separates it from Key Peninsula. Squaxin Island lies to the southwest, separated by Peale Passage. To the south, Harstine Island is separated from the mainland by Dana Passage.

Hartstene vs Harstine

Of the several possible ways to spell the name of the island, Hartstene and Harstine are the most used and most popular. Both have been used nearly interchangeably in many published references including Wikipedia, and (http://www.co.mason.wa.us/). Alternate spellings of the name include Hartstene, Harsteen, Harstein, Harstene, Hartstein and Harstine. In 1997 Washington State Legislative action resulted in the name officially becoming Harstine Island [cite web
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title = WSR 97-24-046 BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES Harstine Island
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pelling/History

On August 18, 1838 a group of ships lead by commanding officer, U.S. Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes (1798–1877) and referred to as the Wilkes Expedition or the United States Exploring Expedition left from Hampton Roads in Virginia on the east coast of United States for a round the world expedition. In 1841 the expedition explored much of the west coast including Puget Sound. [cite web
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The island was named by Lt. Wilkes for Lt. Henry J. Hartstein, ~1801-March 31, 1868. [cite book
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authorlink = William A. Ellis, Grenville M. Dodge
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title = Norwich University, 1819-1911; Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor, Vol. 2
publisher = The Capital City Press
year = 1911
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pages = Page 130
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id = ] Although he wasn't still a member of the expedition during the Puget Sound survey, his name, as well as that of Samuel Stretch, were given to islands probably because they impressed Lt. Wilkes when they led a successful mission to get supplies to stranded shipmates earlier in the voyage while Wilkes had temporary command of Hartstein's ship, the "Porpoise". [cite book
last = Wilkes
first = Charles
authorlink = Charles Wilkes
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title = Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, Volume 1
publisher = Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard
year = 1845
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pages = Page 144
url = http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/NarrativePages/USExEx19_01b.cfm?start=229
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id = ] [cite book
last = Wilkes
first = Charles
authorlink = Charles Wilkes
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title = Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, Volume 1
publisher = Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard
year = 1845
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pages = Page 441
url = http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/NarrativePages/USExEx19_01b.cfm?start=542
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Some of the confusion with spellings were caused by the man himself. Almost every time his name was published before 1855, the 'Hartstein' spelling was used, including the account he wrote himself of the Arctic expedition he led in 1855. [cite book
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authorlink = Naval History Society Barnes Memorial Library
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title = Catalogue of the Barnes Library
publisher = Naval History Society
year = 1915
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pages = Page 144
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id = ] Most maps from the 1840's to the 1890's spelled the island 'Hartstein'. In the 1850's, he started using the 'Hartstene' spelling. His biography was listed in a book published in 1994 called "The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography". The authors admit they included some of the 24,000 people in the book just because they had Jewish-sounding names. Whether he was Jewish or not, or if he and his wife just got tired of people mispronouncing the 2nd syllable of their name with a long "i" sound, they definitely made an effort to use the spelling 'Hartstene' from then on. And after he gained a little fame in the 1850's with his Arctic expedition, [cite book
last = Hunt
first = Freeman
authorlink = Freeman Hunt
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title = Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review
publisher = Freeman Hunt
year = 1855
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pages = Page 666
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=W5EEAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA666,M1
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id = ] and then sailing HMS "Resolute" to the United Kingdom and presenting it personally to Queen Victoria in 1856, [cite book
last = Simmonds
first = Peter
authorlink = Peter Lund Simmonds
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title = The Arctic Regions
publisher = Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
year = 1860
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pages = Page 287
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=7FcBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA287,M1
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id = ] [cite book
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authorlink = John A. Stevens, Benjamin F. DeCosta, Henry P. Johnston, Martha J. Lamb, Nathan G. Pond, William Abbatt
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title = The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Vol. 18, Jul-Dec 1887
publisher = A.S. Barnes
year = 1887
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pages = Page 96
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=OuIDUBmxXLUC&printsec=titlepage#PRA2-PA96,M1
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id = ] he used it almost exclusively. There's a photo of him autographed 'H.J. Hartstene'. [cite book
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authorlink = John A. Stevens, Benjamin F. DeCosta, Henry P. Johnston, Martha J. Lamb, Nathan G. Pond, William Abbatt
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title = The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Vol. 18, Jul-Dec 1887
publisher = A.S. Barnes
year = 1887
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pages = Page 109
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id = ] But there's a Civil War photo of him labeled "Capt. Hartstein". He, his wife, and daughter were each listed as Hartstein on the passenger list of the steamer "Fulton", the ship that took them to Le Havre, France in 1867, the year before he died. This was probably because their legal names were required. But his obituary in 1868, his daughter's in 1880, and his wife's in 1903, all used Hartstene. Since map makers knew the island was named after him, they followed suit. The U.S. General Land Office's official map changed from Hartstein to Hartstene between 1883 and 1887. Many maps from the 1860's and throughout the 20th century used Hartstene. The Hartstine spelling appeared on a few maps in the 1890's, followed by Harstine in the early 1900's. [cite web
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title = Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection
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id = ] The post office on the north side of the island that operated from 1892-1926 was probably always called 'Harstine Island', but who first used that spelling is unknown.
The Captain's family lived in Newark, NJ most of his life, and his ships often sailed out of New York Harbor. The New York Times has digitized all of their newspaper articles since 1851. They're photos of the actual newsprint, and they're well indexed. In searching for every spelling of Harstine, this is how many instances of each spelling that come up pertaining to Henry or his family:
Hartstein-39, Hartstene-7, Harstein-2, Harstene-1, Harstien-1, Hartstine-1, Harstine-0
Five of the instances of Hartstene come after his death.
* Charles Wilkes lists in his 1845 book, "Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition", Lieutenant H.J. Hartstein was a member of the crew of the of the United States Brig Porpoise, then joined the crew of the ship Relief at Callao. [cite book
last = Wilkes
first = Charles
authorlink = Charles Wilkes
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title = Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, Volume 1
publisher = Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard
year = 1845
location =
pages = Page xxxvii
url = http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/NarrativePages/usexex19_01b.cfm?start=38
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id = ] The Relief, deemed too slow to stay with the expedition, was ordered on July 12, 1839, to bring supplies to Hawaii and Sydney, Australia before returning to the east coast.
* "Edmond Stephen Meany" reported in his 1910 book "History of the State of Washington" that Hartstene Island was named for Lieutenant H.J. Hartstein. [cite book
last = Meany
first = Edmond Stephen
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = History of the State of Washington Edmond Stephen
publisher = Macmillan
year = 1910
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pages = Page 75
url = http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC18547262&id=TUcOAAAAIAAJ&vq=Hartstene&dq=Hartstene++Harstine
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* "Edmond S. Meany" reported in his 1923 book "Origin of Washington Geographic Names" that Hartstene Island was named for Lieutenant Henry J. Hartstene [cite book
last = Meany
first = Edmond S
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Origin of Washington Geographic Names
publisher = University of Washington press
year = 1923
location =
pages = Page 110
url = http://books.google.com/books?vid=LCCN24027114&id=Ct4BAAAAMAAJ&q=Hartstene++Harstine&dq=Hartstene++Harstine&pgis=1
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* According to the book "The Washington Historical Quarterly By Washington University State Historical Society" [cite book
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title = The Washington Historical Quarterly
publisher = University of Washington Washington
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pages = Page 186
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id = ] it is Harstine Island, named after an officer whose family name was undoubtedly Hartstene.

* Dr. Harry W. Deegan reports in his 1971 (revised) book "History of Mason County Washington" That Harstine Island is named for Lieutenant H. J. Harstine of the 1838-1841 Wilkes Expedition. This is mentioned in connection with an exploration of the Mason County area in 1845 by Michael T. Simmons and 8 others that was guided by Peter Borcier who had earlier guided for the Wilkes Expedition [cite book
last = Deegan
first = Dr. Harry W.
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title = History of Mason County Washington
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date = 1971 (revised)
location = Timberland Regional Library
pages = Page 3
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* The web page [http://hartstenepointe.org/body.html Hartstenepointe.org] 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.

National Historical Places

Harstine Island Community Hall [cite web
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authorlink = National Park Service
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title = National Register of Historic Places, Washington - Mason County
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publisher = National Park Service
date = Added 1989
url = http://www.nationalhistoricalregister.com/WA/mason/state.html
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accessdate = 2006-12-01 ]
* Added 1989 - Building - #89000212
* Location - North Island Dr. and Hartstene Island Dr., Hartstene Island
* Historic Significance: Event
* Area of Significance: Social History
* Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
* Owner: Private
* Historic Function: Social
* Historic Sub-function: Meeting Hall
* Current Function: Social
* Current Sub-function: Meeting Hall

References

External links

* [http://www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?pageno=1&selectedpark=Jarrell+Cove Jarrell Cove State Park]