by Bill Haroldson | Jul 30, 2016 | Blog
A look back to the mid to late 1950s of the then Island County Fair (now Whidbey Island Fair). The Fair starts this coming week. Be sure to stop by the South Whidbey Historical Society’s McLeod and Brooks Hill log cabins and the Ray Gabelein, Sr. antique farm...
by Bill Haroldson | Jul 27, 2016 | Churches
Trinity Lutheran Congregation began as a Sunday School on November 2, 1952, at 9:30 am in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church at Freeland, Washington, under the direction of Pastor A.L.S. Mathre, from St. Peter’s Lutheran Church at Clinton, Washington. Pastor Mathre...
by Bill Haroldson | Jun 6, 2016 | Blog
Don’t forget to pick up some milk and gas up at the Clinton-Union store on your way home. Circa 1940s.
by Bill Haroldson | Feb 4, 2016 | Churches
In 1904, Lone Lake Lutheran Church was built overlooking the lake. It served Norwegians and other Scandinavians. From 1909 to 1911, the Reverend E. J. Sandvig was pastor for both Lone Lake Lutheran and St Peters Lutheran Churches. Early pictures (1911) show the...
by Bill Haroldson | Jan 26, 2016 | Notable People, Uncategorized
Ester (Anderson) Moe came to Whidbey Island in 1906 as the one-year-old daughter of Bertine and Anders “Graveyard” Anderson, well known Langley pioneers. Bertine had emigrated from Norway, and Anders from Sweden.Her parents were living in Great Falls, Montana where...
