by LACanby | Dec 29, 2019 | Blog, Featured People, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
In 1919, a special election was held in Langley which resulted in an all-woman administration who took office in January 1920. This is but one part of Washington State’s interesting road to women’s suffrage as local historian Bob Waterman explains in this...
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 | 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...
