by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
The Puget mill was indirectly the reason that Amanda Little Pearson was standing in the yard of her home on top of the hill overlooking Holmes Harbor on a day in 1917, trying to decide whether to laugh, cry, or administer a switch to the seat of her offspring. She had...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
There are trees, and then again, there are trees. Magnificent forests of conifers were an expected sight on South Whidbey in the early 1900s, but a forest of apple trees was not only unexpected and a conversation piece, it was considered downright ridiculous. C. G....
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
John Josephson was bom in Smaland, Sweden, and came to the United States as a young man. He went north to Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush, but after a short time there he came south and settled in Everett. He worked in a saw mill remaining there until 1914 when the...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
Max Patzwold learned the hard way that he would rather be a farmer than a logger. He had started logging in the Bayview area when he was 19, after arriving from his home near Berlin, Germany, following a stay with his uncle is Des Moines, Iowa. At first, he moved the...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
“I was bom December 1, 1890, and weighed about 14 pounds. My mother was 18 and barely lived through the experience. Our house was on a farm 25 miles north of Mandan, North Dakota —not far from the Missouri River. We moved it a little over two miles from another...
