by James Canby | Jan 19, 2022 | Notable People, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Jonathan ‘Joc’ Salisbury was already in his mid-40s when he and his family headed west in 1889. They landed first in Tacoma, where they purchased a hotel to run, then headed up to Alaska in 1890 to set up accommodations for miners up there. According to a...
by James Canby | Jan 11, 2022 | Notable People, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
This article on the Wickliff Newell family appeared in last Spring’s “Now & Then” newsletter of the South Whidbey Historical Society. A HARDSCRABBLE LIFE ON SOUTH WHIDBEY YIELDS SUCCESSLogging, farming and fishing were the three main occupations...
by James Canby | Jan 3, 2022 | Notable People, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Luther L. Moore and His Revealed Remedy…. Imagine a natural remedy that would purify the blood and cure everything from asthma to venereal disease–including conditions in between such as ague, alcoholism, asthma, bowel problems, consumption, constipation,...
by James Canby | Aug 5, 2021 | Blog, Notable People, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Virgil Auvil was born in 1896 in Auviltown, West Virginia, the eldest of 10 children. His father, Wayne, was a farmer who ventured west after his father died in 1909. He worked on farms in Snohomish County.After serving in WWI , Virgil and his brother, Ray, became...
by LACanby | Dec 13, 2020 | Notable People, Uncategorized
Thomas John Johns arrived as a 19-year-old on South Whidbey in 1859, shortly after Ed Oliver, but a little before William Johnson.He was born New Year’s Eve 1840 in Plymouth, England, the son of a British sea captain. Young ‘Tommy’ as he was called, became a ship’s...
by LACanby | Dec 13, 2020 | Notable People
In 1937, Austin Marshall opened “Austin’s Store in Freeland. It was located along the highway and is more recently remembered as the Gay 90’s pizzeria.“Deke” was born in Langley in 1894 and died in Freeland in 1974. When asked why friends called him “Deke,” he...
