We are grateful to the Tulalip History Project, the video production unit of the Hibulb Cultural Center, who produced a Hibulb Conversations video featuring our Tangled Web of History Project. The video features project historian Kyle Walker, who shares new history...

   What did young people do with their time before TVs, smart phones, computers, video games and other devices were available?    Former resident Dick Bryant shared the following account he wrote about growing up on South Whidbey. We very much appreciate such...

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   We love it when people share or donate photos to our Museum. Special thanks to Bob Pearce who recently donated these photos found in a building at the marina he was renovating years ago.    They were taken between 1911 and 1913 and are signed on the back by Jake...

      Our last post focused on some photos originally belonging to Jake Jensen, of views of the Langley Dock that the Jensen family owned. We thought you might like to know more about the Jensen family and how they helped shape early Langley.      Hans Peter (H.P.)...

      Under the category of 'everything old is new again' we found this mention in the 1913 Island County Times that could be construed as a Langley precursor to Uber or Lyft... or at least a local taxi service. November 14, 1913...      "Call or phone Ed Howard,...

We enjoy when our FB followers share their memories of living on Whidbey Island. Here's a recent one by Dick Bryant with attached ferry photos... A COUPLE OF OLD FERRIES by Dick Bryant As a resident of South Whidbey for the first 20 years of my life, I became quite...

A few photos and clippings from the 1960 Island County Fair...

A view of Maxwelton taken in the 1950s.

Through the 30s, 40s, and 50s, Bayview Corner was a hub of life and activity on South Whidbey. With an elementary school, a community hall, a gas station, mercantile, feed store, auto garage, and even a tavern and hotel for a short window of time, Bayview had...

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF THE FAIR... Sandy Peterson Nelson (left) and her sister Susie Peterson Blackstock stopped in at the Whidbey Island Fair today and found a photo of them as kids in the 1949 Kiddie Parade along with big sister Sharon Peterson Gould. They are on the...

Nearly 100 people attended today's South Whidbey Historical Society presentation by local researcher Kyle Walker on a project which encompasses Snohomish Tribal history on South Whidbey between 1850 and 1920 , with a focus on Sandy Point. Special thanks to Snohomish...

Patricia Guthrie's article about a log house discovered during an attempted demolition is in this morning's Whidbey News Times. In our next post we'll provide additional information on past owners of the property. Some south Whidbey residents may know the house as the...

It's been nearly a year ago that we lost South Whidbey's 'Conductor of Fun' Jim Freeman. Jim emceed many, many events on South Whidbey over the decades and was known for his gentle humor, kindness, and for being an all-around great guy. There will be a memorial...

This June 10, 1942 column in the Seattle Star by Chick Garrett reports on the rising rabbit population on the Island, especially with WWII hunting restrictions. We were curious about the South Whidbey person who brought rabbits to the Island and found a 1900 Island...

Feliks Banel, resident historian of KIRO Radio, and podcaster of MyNorthwest.com interviewed Bill Haroldson (SWHS Board President) on KIRO Radio this morning about the recently discovered will of Joseph Whidbey. Thanks for the shout-out, Feliks!...

  On the outskirts of the Langley area, to the southeast, on what is now Wilkinson Road, a Scottish man, John MacDonald, (sometimes spelled McDonald) and his wife, Mary, established their home.  John left Glasgow, Scotland in 1879 and Mary and their three children...