by James Canby | Mar 1, 2022 | SW People & Families
In his own words…”I was born at Port Stanly in the Falkland Islands September 8, 1886. When I was two months old my father, mother and eight children came to the United States on a sailing ship which took three months from the Falkland Islands to New York...
by James Canby | Mar 1, 2022 | SW People & Families
Johan (John) Frederick Hunziker, Sr.Never in his wildest dreams did John Frederick Hunziker anticipate that he would end his days on a lovely island in an inlet of the Pacifi8c Ocean in the northwest comer of the United States. Born in Switzerland, he served as a...
by James Canby | Mar 1, 2022 | SW People & Families
For almost 85 years Effie Co Jean Simonson was known as Langley’s unofficial ambassador of goodwill. On her 76th birthday June, 1970 the town honored her as its oldest pioneer daughter and her picture and life story were featured in the Whidbey Record.From the date of...
by James Canby | Feb 28, 2022 | SW People & Families
John Metcalf was not the earliest settler in Saratoga area but he is one of the most colorful. In 1928 he purchased a half-mile of medium bank waterfront along beautiful Saratoga Passage together with 104 acres of gently rolling back-land. He settled his wife and...
by James Canby | Feb 28, 2022 | SW People & Families
Occasionally in history, a family appears that leaves a larger than life imprint on a community. This is the case with the Porters.Their story begins in 1859 when Nathanial Porter became the owner of the Raphael Bruns donation land claim on Mutiny Bay, which was the...
