sound was captured for the first time in 1857.
when was sound captured for the first time?
1857
the first american steamboat on puget sound was the sidewheeler "fairy" built in san francisco in 1852. captain warren gove, born in edgecomb, maine, in 1816 (one of three gove brothers involved in early maritime affairs) brought "fairy" to puget sound on the deck of the bark "sarah warren" and lowered her into the sound on october 31, 1853. "fairy" was the first steamboat on puget sound to have a formal schedule, published for the first time on november 12, 1853, in the "columbian" newspaper of olympia. the "splendid steamer" "fairy", as she was advertised, was supposed to make two trips a week between olympia and steilacoom, and one trip a week from olympia to seattle. fares were high, $5 for olympia-steilacoom, and $10 for olympia-seattle. "fairy", however, proved unseaworthy in the rougher winter weather in the lower sound, and after a few runs from olympia to the then small village of seattle was eventually replaced by a sailing schooner, which ran irregularly and, more predictably, by mail and passenger canoes. these were owned and crewed by the first nations. in those days, at least two days and often three were needed to make the trip from seattle to olympia, and travellers camped on the beach at night. (following her failure on the upper sound, "fairy" was placed on the much shorter olympia-fort steilacoom run, until 1857, when her boiler exploded. no one was killed, but that was the end of her.)
puget sound mosquito fleet
the winery produces 5 various wines :





















































bullet::::- château d'agassac : "grand vin" of the vineyard, cru bourgeois since 1932.





















































bullet::::- château pomiès-agassac : second wine of the estate.





















































bullet::::- château pomiès-agassac : the other second wine of the property. it is a selection of the finest batches used to produce the château pomiès-agassac "classic"





















































bullet::::- l'agassant d'agassac : the second label of château d'agassac since 2006 made with 90% merlot grapes.





















































bullet::::- précision d'agassac : a vintage cuvée produced only for great years since 2009.





















































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