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Monroe's Landing was the site of one of three Salish villages located on the shores of Penn Cove. The wide beach made it a good landing place for canoes. A large longhouse stood here well into the 20th century. In addition to their village site, the Salish people established many temporary encampments on Penn Cove. The waters of the cove provided abundant shellfish to supplement the fish, game, and wild and cultivated plants the Indians ate. The landing was also an occasional stop for the steamships that plied the waters of Puget Sound. When you leave Monroe's Landing drive up the hill on Monroe's Landing Road and turn left onto Arnold Road. Follow Arnold Road west across Hwy. 20 to Zylstra Road. Note the Arnold Farm, just past Holbrook Road. It is a typical farm cluster — one or more barns, a house, and a cluster of outbuildings rising among open fields. These structures were all built in the 20th century — note how the architectural style of the buildings differ from the older Kineth Farm buildings. At Zylstra Road turn right. Note the Power House on your left, built about 1860 by Isaac Power, another early settler. It is typical of the simple, functional structures built during the early settlement period. Proceed to Van Dam Road; turn left and follow Van Dam to West Beach Road. Zylstra, Van Dam and West Beach roads follow the boundaries of claims made by settlers under the Donation Land Claim Laws of the 1850s. Here, as in other parts of the Reserve, the original patterns of settlement are preserved in the island's circulation system. This area was logged early in the 20th century. Stump farmers followed. Because removing stumps was difficult and the lands not extremely fertile, the areas cleared were small, and parts of the uplands have reverted to forest. The resulting landscape is a patchwork of wooded and cleared lands. Turn left and follow West Beach Road to Libby Road. To your right are dramatic views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Turn right onto Libby Road. Follow to Fort Ebey State Park.
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