by LACanby | Feb 4, 2018 | Blog, Featured People, Notable People, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Found this fascinating article in our archives about Omer Porter, which was written by John Watkins and which appeared in the South Whidbey Record on October 7, 1980. It gives a glimpse into what life was like on South Whidbey around the turn of the last century....
by LACanby | Feb 4, 2018 | Blog, Notable People, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Another article from our recent newsletter: WARREN FARMER: Bush Point’s Native Son Honored as a Tribal Elder Charles “Warren” Farmer was honored as a tribal elder by the S’Kallam tribe at the Seven Cedars Resort outside of Sequim last March. Farmer’s family roots go...
by LACanby | Feb 4, 2018 | Blog, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Board members of the South Whidbey Historical Society meet monthly to plan ways to share South Whidbey’s rich heritage and maintain the stewardship of our local museum. Volunteer Board members at the January meeting included: (counterclockwise from left): Tom...
by LACanby | Dec 29, 2017 | Blog, Featured People, Notable People, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
A Bridge Between Two Worlds: Chief William Shelton His Story Poles and Enduring Legacy Few Whidbey Islanders know of William Shelton. He was the last hereditary chief of the Snohomish Tribe and was born at Brown’s Point (now Sandy Point) on Whidbey Island in 1868. The...
by LACanby | Dec 29, 2017 | Blog, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Two poems about Whidbey Island by Paul Cunningham (1846 – 1930). Frontiersman, early South Whidbey settler, and poet Paul Cunningham was profiled in both a previous FB post and in our latest newsletter. Thanks to his great-great-grandson, Roy Hagglund, for...
