by James Canby | Jun 11, 2021 | Uncategorized, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Fair Friday… Swante Kyllonen was born in 1893 on South Whidbey, the eldest child of 17 born to a Finnish immigrant couple, Herman and Finna Kyllonen. They settled on a 160-acre farm on Kyllonen Hill at what is now the Chinook Lands and Whidbey Institute....
by James Canby | May 1, 2021 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Familiar with the name of a passenger boat named “Weary Willie?” Neither were we, but then, while doing research for an article in our upcoming Historical Society newsletter, we came across this 1939 article by Present “P.H.” Cookson. He owned...
by James Canby | Feb 21, 2021 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
We love it when people donate their local collections to the South Whidbey Historical Society. A few weeks ago Drew Kampion (founder of the famous Drewslist) donated his complete collection of ‘South Whidbey Loon’ issues to the Society. The Loon was a...
by James Canby | Dec 29, 2020 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
The new Mukilteo ferry Terminal opens later today. We thought we’d take a moment to look back at what the ferry landing looked like in years past, along with a link from the Mukilteo Historical Society....
by James Canby | Dec 28, 2020 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
As we move forward with the opening this week of the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal, we thought it appropriate to look back at the start of the car ferry service at Clinton. ————— In the summer of 1919 the first car ferry service began on...
