by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
Another pioneer family on the shores of Holmes Harbor was that of Tom Tollefsen. The children of the Tollefsens and the Littles and Pearsons were neighbors and grew up together almost as one family.Margaret Little interviewed Torleif Tollefsen prior to his death in...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
The Puget mill was indirectly the reason that Amanda Little Pearson was standing in the yard of her home on top of the hill overlooking Holmes Harbor on a day in 1917, trying to decide whether to laugh, cry, or administer a switch to the seat of her offspring. She had...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
There are trees, and then again, there are trees. Magnificent forests of conifers were an expected sight on South Whidbey in the early 1900s, but a forest of apple trees was not only unexpected and a conversation piece, it was considered downright ridiculous. C. G....
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
John Josephson was bom in Smaland, Sweden, and came to the United States as a young man. He went north to Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush, but after a short time there he came south and settled in Everett. He worked in a saw mill remaining there until 1914 when the...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
Max Patzwold learned the hard way that he would rather be a farmer than a logger. He had started logging in the Bayview area when he was 19, after arriving from his home near Berlin, Germany, following a stay with his uncle is Des Moines, Iowa. At first, he moved the...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
“I was bom December 1, 1890, and weighed about 14 pounds. My mother was 18 and barely lived through the experience. Our house was on a farm 25 miles north of Mandan, North Dakota —not far from the Missouri River. We moved it a little over two miles from another...
