Port Gamble, Washington it access to ocean commerce, was founded as a company town by Josiah Keller, William Talbot, and Andrew Pope's Puget Mill Company in 1853. In 1856, the was sent from Seattle to Port Gamble, Washington Territory on Puget Sound, where indigenous raiding parties from British and Russian territories had been raiding and enslaving local Native Americans. When the warriors refused to hand over those among them who had attacked the Puget Sound Native American communities, "Massachusetts" landed a shore party and a battle ensued in which 26 natives and 1 sailor were killed. In the aftermath of this, Colonel Isaac
Puget Sound salmon recovery Puget Sound salmon recovery Puget Sound salmon recovery is a collective effort of federal, state and local authorities and non-profit coalitions of universities, scientists, business and industry aimed at restoring Pacific salmon and anadromous forms of Pacific trout ("Oncorhynchus") within the Puget Sound region. The Puget Sound lies within the native range of the Pacific Salmon ("Oncorhynchus") and two sea-run forms of Pacific trout, the coastal rainbow trout ("O. mykiss irideus") or steelhead and coastal cutthroat trout ("O. clarki clarki"). Populations of "Oncorhynchus" have seen significant declines since the middle of the 19th century due to over fishing, habitat loss,