by LACanby | May 30, 2018 | Blog
Throwback Thursday… a few 1935 era Clinton ferry videos by the late Bill Hunziker, plus the Mukilteo ferry dock.
by LACanby | Apr 13, 2018 | Blog, What's New Posts
The late Bill Hunziker (1922-2016), son of ferry boat Captain Stanley Hunziker who did the Clinton-Mukilteo run, was given a movie camera by his parents when he was a boy in the 1930s. He shot many home movies on South Whidbey, and even took the movie camera to his...
by LACanby | Apr 13, 2018 | Blog, Notable People, What's New Posts
Warren was honored as a tribal elder by the S’Kallam tribe. His family roots go back to the earliest written history of Whidbey Island.His great-grandmother, Emily Lowe Madsen, was a full S’Klallam tribal member from Sequim. She was married to Christian Madsen, a...
by LACanby | Apr 13, 2018 | Blog, What's New Posts
Before it was called Sandy Point, it was called Brown’s Point, but before that, it was a permament Snohomish village called TSEHT-skluhks (‘ragged nose’). The village had a potlatch house and clam beds which drew visitors from as far away as the...
by LACanby | Apr 13, 2018 | Blog, What's New Posts
The South Whidbey Schools Foundation provided a $3,500 grant this year for all the 4th grade classes (Rachel Kizer’s, Sue Raley’s, and Kathy Stanley’s classes) at SW Elementary School to learn about the history, way of life, and values of local...
