by LACanby | Dec 29, 2017 | Blog, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Kudos to Whidbey TV Productions on their new series, “Stories from Our Past” about local history.
by LACanby | Dec 29, 2017 | Blog, Notable People, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Looking for a homemade Christmas candy recipe? You may want to make this recipe (below) for caramels by one of South Whidbey Good Cheer’s founders, Hanna “Tommy” Double. The recipe is from the original Good Cheer cookbook produced in the 1960’s...
by LACanby | Dec 1, 2017 | Blog, Notable People, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
In 1904 Anton Myre Anderson and his wife Josephine (Olson) arrived in Langley. Anton, a Norwegian immigrant, and Josephine, who came to the U.S. as an indentured servant from Sweden, had originally settled in Texas. Tragedy had struck the young couple as all three of...
by LACanby | Nov 29, 2017 | Blog, What's New Posts
We sometimes receive requests by Facebook readers to post about certain South Whidbey places. This request was for the stores at Maxwelton. The earliest photo we have is of the Maxwelton Grocery store and post office that was located near the end of the wooden dock...
by LACanby | Nov 11, 2017 | Blog, Notable People
Arnold L. Bjorklund was born in a house near Deer Lake in 1918 and was later baptized at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Clinton. Although he only lived in Clinton, WA until the age of 4 or 5, South Whidbey can be proud to claim this WWII Medal of Honor recipient...
