by James Canby | Nov 21, 2021 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
For this Thanksgiving week comes a little clipping from the Oct. 5, 1933 Island County Times about a unique welcoming ‘vegetable shower’ for a new family (the Langdons) moving to Maxwelton. (Read the newspaper clipping attached.) The last line is...
by James Canby | Nov 10, 2021 | Blog, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
While researching another topic for our upcoming Fall newsletter, we came across this gem from the September 18, 1929 Tacoma Ledger newspaper about Bay View resident Paul Cunningham, then 83 years old. He represented Whidbey Island’s agricultural display at the...
by James Canby | Oct 22, 2021 | Blog, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Do you remember The Big Blow of October 12, 1962? It was one of the worst windstorms in the Pacific Northwest in a long line of windstorms. (See Wikipedia article below.) If you have any recollections, we would love to have you share them here. Sunday’s storm...
by James Canby | Oct 3, 2021 | Blog, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Scams are nothing new. Consider this cautionary tale from January 30, 1915 from the Island County Times… “Mike the blacksmith [who helped Anton “Blackie” Anderson run the blacksmith shop in Langley for some time] left for California January 1...
by James Canby | Oct 2, 2021 | Blog, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Mutiny Bay School Principal and Teacher Charged With Disloyalty in 1918 Strong political feelings are nothing new to South Whidbey. In 1900 a Utopian Socialist Colony – the Free Land Association — was established in present day Freeland. The Brotherhood of the...
