"In the lower reaches of Puget Sound, looking out through the Strait of Juan de Fuca, toward the Olympic Mountains and lands of romance on the chief trade routes of the world's future commerce, lies a land unique and apart from anything else in the Western Hemisphere - the San Juan Islands. Unique in charm and beauty, in easy, agreeable living conditions, in healthfulness; unique in the fact that it is an entire county of sea and land, of islands and inlets, 172 in number; varying in size from 58 square miles to the area of a city lot. Of all the islands, Orcas Island is the most picturesque . . . it is a wonderful place in which to forget one's troubles and worries and get back to Nature in her happiest moods; a delightful place in which to regain health - physical, mental and spiritual."
-Robert Moran, from the 1932 Rosario Prospectus "Rosario: An Estate in the Pacific Northwest"