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Founded in Port Orchard in 1908 by Jacob Furth, George Miller, Peter Nordby, and John Yakey, Kitsap Bank was originally known as Kitsap County Bank. [2] Frank Langer purchased the bank in 1922, serving as its president until his death in 1952. [2] After Langer's death his widow, Hannah Langer (née Norum), was solicited to sell the bank by ...
Port Orchard is a city in and the county seat of Kitsap County, Washington, United States. [6] It is located 13 miles (21 km) due west of West Seattle and is connected to Seattle and Vashon Island via the Washington State Ferries run to Southworth. It is named after Port Orchard, the strait that separates Bainbridge Island from the Kitsap ...
He also founded or co-founded several other Washington State banks, including the Kitsap County Bank in Port Orchard, Washington (1908), still active today as the Kitsap Bank. In 1884 he organized the California Land & Stock Company , owning a 14,000-acre (5,700 ha) farm in Lincoln County, Washington , one of the state's largest.
Naval Base Kitsap. / 47.72056°N 122.71306°W / 47.72056; -122.71306. Naval Base Kitsap is a U.S. Navy base located on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state, created in 2004 by merging the former Naval Station Bremerton with Naval Submarine Base Bangor. It is the home base for the Navy’s fleet throughout West Puget Sound, provides ...
Kitsap County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington.As of the 2020 census, its population was 275,611. Its county seat is Port Orchard; its largest city is Bremerton.The county, formed out of King County and Jefferson County on January 16, 1857, is named for Chief Kitsap of the Suquamish Tribe.
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, officially Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), is a United States Navy shipyard covering 179 acres (0.7 km 2) on Puget Sound at Bremerton, Washington in uninterrupted use since its establishment in 1891; it has also been known as Navy Yard Puget Sound, Bremerton Navy Yard, and the Bremerton Naval Complex.
The Western Washington Center For The Arts building in Port Orchard on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. The WWCA found a new home, not far, just west and past City Hall, in a one-story building at 626 ...
The 2018 Port Orchard tornado was a rare strong tornado that struck the city of Port Orchard, Washington on December 18, 2018. [4] The National Weather Service office in Seattle rated the tornado EF2 following an on-site survey of the storm damage the day after the event. [5] There were no fatalities or major injuries reported.