by James Canby | Apr 9, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
It was August, 1904, and it was hot the day that Anton Myre Anderson debarked from the steamer Fairhaven onto the Langley dock with his wife, Josephine, his nine-year-old son, Otto, and his two-year-old daughter, Alma. They had come from Everett with all their worldly...
by James Canby | Apr 8, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Thanks to Bob Boswell for sharing the following memories of summers spent on Mutiny Bay. A lightly edited (for length) version is in our latest South Whidbey Historical Society newsletter. Enjoy. ———— A Kid’s Day at Mutiny Bay in the Early...
by James Canby | Apr 8, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
While the Hinman brothers were busy developing the town of Clinton, a 51-year-old widow named Sarah Ann Eldridge Taylor Ball was busy creating an exceptional farm by homesteading 160 acres about two miles inland, overlooking Deer Lake. It is estimated that about 12...
by James Canby | Mar 28, 2022 | SW People & Families, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
One of Clinton’s early European immigrant settlers was Andrew Olsen, who was born in Stavanger, Norway in 1854.He lived on a farm, and as a child helped with the chores while learning the carpenter trade until he was 14 years old. Then he went to sea. During the...
by James Canby | Mar 28, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
These two photos, taken in about 1901, are from Mabel Anthes’ photo album. The first one shows her father, Jacob Anthes, (founder of Langley) booming logs, and the other one was likely taken at a picnic outing, possibly in Holmes Harbor. It is unclear if the man...
