by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
Note: Walter Seiforth has lived in the same house on Millman Road for over 70 years. He is one of South Whidbey’s most colorful pioneers. His story follows as told in an interview with Dena Bullard, a journalism student at Langley Middle School; her teacher is...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
[Note: No family has had more influence in Bay-view over the years than the Kohlwes members. Their stories follow.]Three fresh-faced buxom teen-age girls were chattering excitedly as they sat in the passenger waiting room of the Vancouver (British Columbia) dock in...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
Quigley Road, which extends up Brooks Hill from near Lone Lake, was named for a well known early-day couple. The May 23, 1974 issue of the Whidbey Record carried the following story regarding them.”The children of George and Blanche Quigley of Bayview are giving...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
Another family which played a leading role in Bayview’s early development was that of William and Susan Weedin. They purchased 240 acres around the end of the lagoon from Joseph Johnson in 1895. William Weedin had served for four years with the Union Seventh...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
It was a stormy Christmas eve in 1917. Outside the log building which constituted the Bayview School, the wind was blowing and snow was falling. Inside, the big room was cozy, warmed by the wood stove with its long black pipe which reached through the ceiling to the...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
Although the Bayview Cash Store was started by William Burk, it is more closely identified with Harold Johnston, who owned and operated it for almost half a century and was prominent in community activities. Harold was a native son, having been born in 1901 to William...
