by James Canby | Feb 13, 2022 | SW People & Families
By the latter part of 1850 Port Ludlow and Port Townsend which was the Port of Entry for Puget Sound, were centers of shipping activities; seamen whose ships had touched South Whidbey shores were circulating rumors in those ports that the island was a veritable...
by James Canby | Feb 13, 2022 | SW People & Families
While Bailey was establishing a home, a business and a family on the southern tip of Whidbey and Raphael Brunns was filing his claim on Mutiny Bay, another white settler, William T. Johnson, settled on Double Bluff. Few written records concerning him have been...
by James Canby | Feb 12, 2022 | Blog, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Do you know what a faller and a bucker do? What a misery whip was? What a steam donkey was used for? The purpose of a spar tree? These are all logging terms which a person working in one of South Whidbey’s numerous logging camps would understand. While we...
by James Canby | Feb 10, 2022 | Blog, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
The Ike and Kittie Bainter family left their mark on Langley, being remembered for their hospitality, music, and civic involvement in the early days of the city’s incorporation. Their 18-acre farm was a social center for community parties and potlucks. In his book,...
by James Canby | Feb 7, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
A shout-out to Cynthia Pancerzewski for sending us a Facebook link to a photo album of Hannah P. Jacobson (later Rasmussen), a schoolteacher in Langley about 1914. We love it when people share photos of South Whidbey with...
