How Classic Road derived its name…

(Excerpted from “Baker’s Corner – Early Days on Whidbey Island” by John Baker.) The Pope and Talbot logging camp on Holmes Harbor was described in the previous post about schoolteacher Julia Mackie. “According to Austin (Deke*) Marshall, who worked in the Classic...
Julia Mackie Brixner

Julia Mackie Brixner

Think you have a tough commute? Consider the weekly one Miss Julia Mackie had in 1914.After graduating high school in Everett, Julia was hired as a teacher in a logging camp near present day Honeymoon Bay.It was a large Pope and Talbot logging camp (later named the...
Canneries

Canneries

Did you know that South Whidbey had several canneries which processed everything from salmon to apricots? Here’s a write-up from the August 27, 1963 Seattle Times by reporter Marshall Wilson. FREELAND, Whidbey Island, Aug. 27.- Jay C. Fordham, who has yet to...
Mystery Weekend Hours

Mystery Weekend Hours

Stop by and see us at the Museum this weekend as we re-open for Mystery Weekend with extended hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. We have one of the clues! The Museum will then be open weekends from 1 to 4 p.m. the rest of the season....