Lime: Quarrying and Limemaking in the San Juan Islands (Friday Harbor, WA: Mulno Cove Publishing 2016) 

by Boyd Pratt

Formed through eons of geologic time and sculpted by glaciers, the limestone deposits along the islands’ shore provided the essential ingredient for the block and mortar that built and rebuilt the West Coast’s major cities.  Read all about the islands’ economic booms and busts, dramatic changes to the landscape, bloody murder, contentious lawsuits, and deadly shipwrecks.

Although only sold locally, you can get your copy for $10 (tax included) by contacting the author at the address below.

Boyd C Pratt

Mulno Cove Creations, LLC

2551 Cattle Point Road

Friday Harbor, WA 98250

(360) 378-7172