by Laura Canby | Nov 11, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
This photo of the Mukilteo-Clinton ferry was likely taken in the late 1920’s or early 1930’s. Note the ferry dock first. Today if you walk off the ferry dock at low tide, you will see the remains of pilings of that dock on the north side of the current dock. The...
by Laura Canby | Aug 8, 2018 | Blog
MUTINY BAY SCHOOL… As South Whidbey became more and more settled by immigrants from Europe and Americans pushing west for the dream of a better life, schools were established in the small communities dotting the Island. Some of these early schools took place in...
by Laura Canby | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog
(Excerpted from “Baker’s Corner – Early Days on Whidbey Island” by John Baker.) The Pope and Talbot logging camp on Holmes Harbor was described in the previous post about schoolteacher Julia Mackie. “According to Austin (Deke*) Marshall, who worked in the Classic...
by Laura Canby | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog, Notable People, SW People & Families
Think you have a tough commute? Consider the weekly one Miss Julia Mackie had in 1914.After graduating high school in Everett, Julia was hired as a teacher in a logging camp near present day Honeymoon Bay.It was a large Pope and Talbot logging camp (later named the...
by Laura Canby | Dec 28, 2015 | Churches, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
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...
