Named for Alexander Caulfield Anderson, the chief trader for the Hudson\'s Bay Company at Fort Nisqually, Anderson Island has an early history of brick making, logging, farming, and fishing.
The first permanent settlers on the Island arrived from Denmark in the early 1870s, with others of Scandinavian descent coming shortly.
Johnson\'s Landing, on the north end of the island, was the site where mosquito fleet steamships could refuel and purchase lumber for delivery as far south as San Francisco.
Named for Alexander Caulfield Anderson, the chief trader for the Hudson\'s Bay Company at Fort Nisqually, Anderson Island has an early history of brick making, logging, farming, and fishing