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36-622: Squaxin Island is separated from Harstine Island , to the east, by Peale Passage . The island's name comes from the Lushootseed place–name sqʷax̌səd. 47°11′51″N 122°54′43″W  /  47.1974°N 122.9119°W  / 47.1974; -122.9119 This article relating to the Indigenous peoples of North America is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Mason County, Washington state location article

72-539: A Civil War photo of him labeled "Capt. Hartstein". He, his wife, and daughter were each listed as Hartstein on the passenger list of the steamer Fulton , the ship that took them to Le Havre , France in 1867, the year before he died. However, his obituary in 1868, his daughter's in 1880, and his wife's in 1903, all used Hartstene. Since map makers knew the island was named after him, they followed suit. The United States General Land Office 's official map changed from Hartstein to Hartstene between 1883 and 1887. Many maps from

108-653: A New York merchant and shipowner in New Bedford, in addition to the assistance offered by the United States Government. Senator James Mason of Virginia presented Congress with the bill to restore Resolute and return her to England as a gesture of "national courtesy". Grinnell wrote in support of this bill. The United States Congress purchased the Resolute for $ 40,000. Once refitted, Commander Henry J. Hartstene sailed Resolute to England to present

144-571: A bridge was constructed, the island was served by the Harstine Island ferry . The cost in 1962 was 50¢ (fifty cents) for car and passengers. The Bridge dedication was held on June 22, 1969, starting at 2 pm. The Harstine Island Community Hall , built in the early 20th century, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . HMS Resolute (1850) HMS Resolute was a mid-19th-century barque -rigged ship of

180-513: A candle; it was lit and before the astonished gaze of these men exposed a scene that appeared to be rather one of enchantment than reality. Upon a massive table was a metal teapot, glistening as if new, also a large volume of Scott's family Bible, together with glasses and decanters filled with choice liquors. Near by was Captain Kellett's chair, a piece of massive furniture, over which had been thrown, as if to protect this seat from vulgar occupation,

216-486: A land area of 48.305 km (18.651 sq mi), and had a population of 1,412 as of the 2010 census . Pickering Passage , to the northwest, separates the island from the mainland, while Case Inlet, to the east, separates it from the Key Peninsula . Squaxin Island lies to the southwest, separated by Peale Passage . To the south, Harstine Island is separated from the mainland by Dana Passage . The island

252-495: A private expedition under Francis Leopold McClintock , who, in 1859, located the only written account of the fate of Franklin. Resolute served in the Royal Navy from 1856, but never left home waters. Retired in 1879, Resolute was later salvaged for timber. The Canadian settlement of Resolute, Nunavut , is named after the ship. In March 2009, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown presented US President Barack Obama with

288-470: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Harstine Island, Washington Harstine Island (also known simply as Harstine or Hartstene ) is an island in Mason County, Washington , United States . The US Census recognizes it as an unincorporated community . The island is located west of Case Inlet in southern Puget Sound , 16 km (9.9 mi) north of Olympia . It has

324-629: Is home to Jarrell Cove State Park and Harstine Island State Park . On August 18, 1838 a group of ships led by commanding officer, U.S. Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes (1798–1877) and referred to as the Wilkes Expedition or the United States Exploring Expedition left from Hampton Roads in Virginia on the east coast of United States for a round the world expedition. In 1841 the expedition explored much of

360-687: The Grinnell Desk or, the Queen Victoria Desk, was also made from the timbers of HMS Resolute . This smaller lady's desk was presented to the widow of Henry Grinnell in 1880 in recognition of her husband's generous contributions to the search for Franklin . In 1983, it was given to the New Bedford Whaling Museum and is in their collection in New Bedford, Massachusetts . A third desk, or more accurately

396-532: The New York Times digitized all of their newspaper articles since 1851, there are indexed photos of various spellings of the Harstine name, most as "Harstein" and none as "Harstine". Five of the instances of Hartstene came after his death : Harstine Island is not served by any railways or highways, but only by local county roads. The nearest state highway to the island is State Route 3 . Before

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432-662: The Resolute to her home port in England, the manuscript paper was printed in London in 1852. Atwood (1997) references extant copies of the papers at both the British Museum and the Scott Polar Research Institute , Cambridge. After returning to England, the squadron assigned to Austin received provisions and placed under the command of Sir Edward Belcher . The Belcher Expedition was augmented by

468-732: The White House Oval Office . In the face of rising concerns regarding the fate of the Arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin , having left Britain in 1845 in search of the North West Passage , the British Government sent expeditions in 1848 in search of the expedition. With few existing warships deemed suitable, six merchant ships were purchased between 1848 and 1850 and soon converted to exploration ships: two steamships, HMS Pioneer and HMS Intrepid ,

504-462: The 1852–53 winter camp was dissolved and Resolute and Intrepid sailed eastward. In August 1853, a cold front caused the open passage to freeze, encasing Resolute in ice. Since the flow direction of the water, and therefore the ice, was from the west to the east, Resolute moved east at about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) per day. The crew prepared the ship for the winter by stowing her sails and upper rigging below deck. Resolute

540-497: The 1860s and throughout the 20th century used Hartstene. The Hartstine spelling appeared on a few maps in the 1890s, followed by Harstine in the early 1900s. The post office on the north side of the island that operated from 1892-1926 was probably always called 'Harstine Island', but who first used that spelling is unknown. The Captain's family lived in Newark, NJ most of his life, and his ships often sailed out of New York Harbor . As

576-494: The 24,000 people in the book because they had Jewish-sounding names. The family began effort to use the spelling 'Hartstene' from then on in conjunction with his notoriety gained in the 1850s due to his Arctic expedition, and then sailing HMS Resolute to the United Kingdom and presenting it personally to Queen Victoria in 1856, he used it almost exclusively. There's a photo of him autographed 'H.J. Hartstene' and

612-585: The Arctic from the west. Resolute , formerly known as the barque Ptarmigan , was purchased on 21 February 1850 and renamed a month later. Fitted for Arctic service by the Blackwall Civilian Shipyard Blackwall Yard , the refitting included installation of strong timbers, an internal heating system, and a polar bear as a figurehead. During 1850–51, Resolute ( flagship ), Assistance , Pioneer and Intrepid , sailed

648-651: The British Royal Navy , specially outfitted for Arctic exploration. Resolute became trapped in the ice searching for Franklin's lost expedition and was abandoned in 1854. Recovered by an American whaler , she was returned to Queen Victoria in 1856. Timbers from the ship were later used to construct the Resolute desk which was presented to the President of the United States and is located in

684-518: The Puget Sound survey, his name, as well as that of Samuel Stretch, were given to the islands probably because they impressed Lt. Wilkes when they led a successful mission to get supplies to stranded shipmates earlier in the voyage while Wilkes had temporary command of Hartstein's ship, the Porpoise . Some of the confusion with spellings were caused by the man himself. When Lt. Hartstene's name

720-763: The addition of a fifth ship, North Star that remained at Beechey Island as a depot ship . Belcher's orders contained the following objectives: to find Franklin, or evidence regarding his fate by broadening the search to the Eastern Canadian Arctic; and to split the expedition at Beechey Island and send Resolute and Intrepid west in search of Franklin, as well as secure provisions for Investigator and Enterprise . The expedition left England in April 1852, and later crossed Baffin Bay westward in August 1852. After

756-512: The eastern Arctic under the command of Horatio Thomas Austin . The expedition found traces of Franklin's first winter camp on Beechey Island . During the winter months, from October 1850 to March 1851, Second Master George F. McDougall, from Resolute and Lieutenant Sherard Osborn of Intrepid published five accounts in The Illustrated Arctic News , in what the editors identified as the "Barrow Strait". Upon returning

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792-606: The form of a small quantity of timber on the eastern coast of Victoria Island . The crew of Resolute set up winter camp and a temporary dock on the stationary land ice of Dealy Island near the north shore of Viscount Melville Sound . During the spring and summer of 1853, the crews of Resolute and Intrepid sledged aboard in search of clues to Franklin's whereabouts in hope to locate Investigator and Enterprise . They found neither Franklin nor Enterprise , but did succeed in finding and rescuing Captain McClure and his crew upon

828-470: The framed commission of Resolute , and a pen holder made from the wood of another Royal Navy ship, HMS  Gannet . The British government ordered at least three desks to be made from the timbers of the ship, and they were constructed by cabinetmakers at the Joiner's Shop of Chatham Dockyard . A large partner's desk was presented to U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880 as a gesture of thanks for

864-407: The ice-bound ship, HMS Investigator in April 1853. Captain Kellett ordered McClure to abandon Investigator due to the ship being frozen in ice since 1850. The lack of a proper spring and summer thaw kept the ship at bay. The conditions caused severe hardship for the crew, forcing the crew to reduce their rations for over a year. Before winter set in, and while passage remained open at Dealy Island,

900-475: The officers and crew of Investigator , rescued by Kellett in the spring of 1853, and the men from Intrepid and Resolute . Two of the other main vessels of Belcher's fleet were abandoned, the flagship Assistance and her steam tender, Pioneer . Belcher arrived at Beechey Island between May–August 1854. The men were divided into roles as crew to North Star and two relief ships: HMS  Phoenix and HMS  Talbot , which arrived at Beechey Island just as

936-655: The other four ( Resolute , Assistance , Enterprise and Investigator ) seagoing sailing ships. The first ship to set sail in search of Franklin was HMS Herald , and at the helm, Captain Henry Kellett . Herald went through the Bering Strait to search the western reaches of the Canadian Arctic. In 1850, HMS Investigator , Captain McClure, and HMS Enterprise , Captain Collinson were sent to

972-842: The overcrowded North Star was about to sail. The men left Beechey Island on 29 August 1854. The British Government announced in The London Gazette that the ships, including Resolute , were still Her Majesty's property, but no salvage was attempted. On 10 September 1855, the abandoned Resolute was found adrift by the American whaler George Henry , captained by James Buddington of Groton, Connecticut in an ice floe off Cape Walsingham of Baffin Island , 1,200 miles (1,900 km) from where she had been abandoned. An October 1856, New York Journal article relates Captain Budington and crew's encounter: Finally, stealing over

1008-438: The rendezvous of the five ships at Beechey Island, splitting the squadron was necessary. The flagship Assistance and her steam tender, Pioneer , headed north up Wellington Channel . Resolute , then under Captain Kellett, and her steam tender, Intrepid , headed west and North Star remained at Beechey Island. In 1852, of the seven Royal Navy ships searching the Arctic, only Enterprise found traces of Franklin's expedition in

1044-545: The rescue and return of Resolute . Since then, this desk—known as the Resolute desk —has been used by every American President in some capacity except Lyndon Johnson , Richard Nixon , and Gerald Ford . Eight Presidents have used it as their official desk in the Oval Office starting with John F. Kennedy , but some have had it in their private study in the Executive Residence . A second desk, called

1080-589: The royal flag of Great Britain. Buddington split his crew, and took 13 men with him on the Resolute . He arrived home in New London, Connecticut on Christmas Eve. Although most of the expeditions in search of the lost Franklin expedition, before 1856, were funded by either the British government or by public subscription from within the British Empire, two expeditions were funded by Henry Grinnell ,

1116-408: The several possible ways to spell the name of the island, Hartstene and Harstine are the most used and most popular. Alternate spellings of the name include Hartstene, Harsteen, Harstein, Harstene, Hartstein and Harstine. In 1997 Washington State Legislative action resulted in the name officially becoming Harstine Island. Although Lt. Henry J. Hartstene wasn't a member of the expedition during

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1152-489: The ship to Queen Victoria on 13 December 1856, at East Cowes as a token of comity. Both Grinnell and Lady Jane Franklin hoped the restored Resolute would once again be employed for a new expedition in search of the Franklin expedition. Evidence found by John Rae proved beyond reasonable doubt that the crew had suffered harsh conditions that led to their deaths. The British Government declined. Lady Franklin organized

1188-408: The side, they found everything stowed away in proper order for desertion—spars hauled up to one side and bound, boats piled together, and hatches closed. Everything wore the silence of the tomb. Finally reaching the cabin door they broke in, and found their way in the darkness to the table. On it they accidentally turned on a box of lucifer matches; in a moment one was ignited, the glowing light revealed

1224-480: The west coast including Puget Sound . The island was named by Lt. Wilkes for Lt. Henry J. Hartstene ~1801–March 31, 1868. (or Hartstein). From 1922 to 1969, a ferry owned and operated by Mason County, Washington crossed Pickering Passage to link Harstine Island to the mainland. The ferry was replaced by a bridge in 1969. For most of the island's history, there wasn't a single standard spelling of its name. Even today, several different spellings are used. Of

1260-485: Was published before 1855, the 'Hartstein' spelling was used, including the account he wrote himself of the Arctic expedition he led in 1855. Most maps from the 1840s to the 1890s spelled the island 'Hartstein'. In the 1850s, Lt. Hartstene began using the 'Hartstene' spelling. His biography was listed in a book published in 1994 called The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography without confirmation of that he had Jewish heritage. The authors admit they included some of

1296-403: Was still beset by this floe ice in the spring of 1854. In April, Belcher ordered Captain Kellett to abandon Resolute . Despite his protest, Kellett obeyed orders and prepared the ship for winter. In May, Captain Kellett left Resolute locked in the slowly moving floe ice, and led his men in a hard march across the ice to reach the ships of the expedition at Beechey Island. Their number included

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