by James Canby | Dec 30, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Thanks to Mabel Olsen Alexander and Leon Josephson for their memories as students at Bayview School. Mabel, now 98, attended second through eighth grades from 1930 to 1937 before she attended Langley High School.Leon Josephson, 88, attended first and second grades in...
by James Canby | Dec 30, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
“Reflecting on my Cultus Bay days I have come to the conclusion that it was probably the most productive area on the south end. We had all kinds of clams: butter, steamers, horse and geoducks when the tide was out. One of the best salmon fisheries was off...
by James Canby | Dec 24, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
The silver salmon (Coho) are beginning to run, so we thought we’d do a post of a fishing resort located at Cultus Bay, near Possession Shores, in the 1940s and 1950s. It was begun as A & B Camp, but Bob and Eilene Tribou bought it and changed the name to Cultus...
by James Canby | Dec 24, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Fair Friday… The Whidbey Island Fair begins next week, and in honor of it, here’s a throwback to the year 1916 when the Island County Fair was held up in Coupeville and featured baseball and softball games between Langley and Coupeville. Langley’s...
by James Canby | Dec 24, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Sitting on tree stumps was evidently a favorite pastime circa 1915 in Langley. (Photos from Hannah Jacobsen’s photo album.)
