by LACanby | Jun 26, 2014 | SW Community Park
By Edith Buck with Dorothy Gray Adjacent to the South Whidbey High School on Maxwelton Road, just north of highway 525, lie forty-three acres of prime land. Once overgrown and primeval, it has become a backdrop for a vision that is taking form — a vision that...
by LACanby | May 16, 2014 | Family Histories, Notable People
Grant Family of Bayview by Norma Grant Metcalf At the July 13, 2005 meeting of the South Whidbey Historical Society’s Board, Norma Grant Metcalf described her family’s history in the Bayview and Clinton areas of South Whidbey Island. She reported that her family came...
by LACanby | May 16, 2014 | Events
by LACanby | May 14, 2014 | Videos
1935 Whidbey Island Road Trip taken by Bill Huniziker and family In 1935, 13-year old Bill Hunziker and his family went on a Whidbey Island road trip. He brought along his new birthday gift: a 16 mm movie camera that shot using Kodacolor film. (BTW, in 1935, the...
by LACanby | May 10, 2014 | Historic Places
Voelker House – 715 Third Street – Langley Contributed by Linda Beeman in 2007 Adam Voelker (1863-1940) was a short, bow-legged man with crossed eyes and stained teeth according to Lorna Cherry. Small wonder that there’s no record of him marrying or having...
