The  Chemakum known to themselves as Aqokúlo were a group of Native Americans who lived between Hood Canal and Discovery Bay until their virtual extinction in 1902. Their primary settlements were on Port Townsend Bay, on the Quimper Peninsula, and Port Ludlow Bay to the south.

Indigenous Chemakum picking hops in Chimacum Valley, possibly on William Bishop farm, Jefferson County, n.d. Courtesy Jefferson County Historical Society (Photo No. 5.98)

The Chimacum Creek valleys have probably been subject to flooding since the end of the last ice age. Several millennia of flooding is what resulted in the development of the deep peat soils. And if drained, these soils can be very productive farmland. This is what led to the development of the Chimacum Drainage District and subsequent drainage improvement works.

People loading milk in horse drawn wagons. William Bishop Sr. and William Eldridge jointly purchased a farm in 1857 and established the Glendale Dairy.

In 1889, cheese production began and a creamery was added in 1900.

Glendale Farm Agriculture & Dairying Buildings