An 1889 map showing Charles E. Pack (misspelled as Peck) as the owner of a portion of Herron Island. From Plummer's Complete Atlas of the County of Pierce, Wash. … more

It is perhaps the most fitting legacy of the 19th century utopian, … more

KPHS board members Bart Wolfe, Judy Mills and Paul Michaels have been leading the restoration of the historic Vaughn Library Hall. Photo: Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP … more

Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News United States Penitentiary, McNeil Island, photographic print, cyanotype. Buildings of the U.S. Penitentiary on McNeil Island, WA, circa 1890-91. Looking … more

Herron Island at sunrise. Photo: Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP NewsThe early 1950s were an uncharacteristically busy time on Herron Island. Until then an out-of-the-way, rarely visited private island, … more

A little over a mile long and a half mile wide, Herron Island lies in Case Inlet across a narrow channel about 3 miles west of Lakebay. more