by James Canby | Feb 24, 2022 | SW People & Families
One morning in 1919, a little boy named John Patton was fairly bursting with anticipation as he raced back and forth on the Maxwelton shore watching the steamship Columbia making its way from Admiralty Inlet to the Maxwelton dock on the incoming tide. The boat was...
by James Canby | Feb 23, 2022 | SW People & Families
It may be true in literature that “east is east, and west is west and never the twain shall meet,” but this does not apply to the waters at the southern end of Whidbey Island. It is there that the eastern waters of Saratoga Passage and Possession Sound...
by James Canby | Feb 22, 2022 | SW People & Families
Clara Calvert, who was destined to become a well known personality in the Maxwelton area, was fair of face and slight of build. When she was 13, she continually appeared tired and wan, which was not surprising. All day long, every day since her 12th birthday, she had...
by James Canby | Feb 22, 2022 | SW People & Families
Soon after it was built, The Little Brown Church became the setting for an interesting romance. German born Henry Bohnke was the owner of 15 acres of farm land on Sills road above Maxwelton. He also was a lonely bachelor who had settled in South Whidbey in 1909 after...
by James Canby | Feb 22, 2022 | SW People & Families
Although Emily and Julia were twins and the first born of Peter and Ada Mackie, Emily was more first-born than Julia by a matter of minutes, thus making her the eldest child in the family. The story of her courtship and marriage to a man whose family hailed from Wales...
