by James Canby | Mar 25, 2023 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
On the outskirts of the Langley area, to the southeast, on what is now Wilkinson Road, a Scottish man, John MacDonald, (sometimes spelled McDonald) and his wife, Mary, established their home. John left Glasgow, Scotland in 1879 and Mary and their three children...
by James Canby | Mar 16, 2023 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
A Sea Serpent in Holmes Harbor? This is one of the more unusual articles we have come across concerning South Whidbey. This article was found in the Chilliwack Progress newspaper in British Columbia dated Aug. 13, 1891 and also in the Montana newspaper, The Anaconda...
by James Canby | Mar 14, 2023 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
TALL TALES of CLAMS AND CURRENTS… BUT TRUE We thought this brief article from the May 24, 1889 Mason County Journal worth sharing… —————- When General Winfield Scott was on the Sound to quiet the San Juan disturbance in 1859...
by James Canby | Mar 14, 2023 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Kudos to journalist Kira Erickson of the Whidbey News Times, and photographer David Welton, for the cover story on today’s issue of the WNT about the will of island namesake Joseph Whidbey and how it made its way to the South Whidbey Historical Society. Click...
by James Canby | Mar 14, 2023 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
By the mid-1880s the area that would become Langley had pretty much been clear-cut for cords of firewood to power the steamer ferries, and the brush was transported to Seattle to help fill in the dock areas. Tree stumps dotted the streets, and roads were muddy most of...
