by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
The community was not without groceries for very long. In 1924 William Burk built a new general store about a quarter of a mile northeast of the one that had burned. It was situated on what was then the main road to Coupeville, and named The Bayview Cash Store. The...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
“There were black bears, wild goats, and numerous deer roaming freely around South Whidbey when I came here in 1919,” William Pickens recollects, “but no wolves nor skunks were ever seen.” Robert Pickens was born in Tennessee in 1898, but grew...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
“It was wonderful! It had an agitator and real wringers and it worked by electricity!” Doris Carter thus described her delight when electric power first became available in Midvale, and she was able to have an electric washing machine. “We...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
The first wedding to take place in the Woodland Hall was a big event in the Maxwelton social community. The bride and bridegroom were both well known. Florence Catherine Baker was the daughter of the pioneer Baker family at Bush Point. Her mother, who had been widowed...
by James Canby | Feb 27, 2022 | SW People & Families
The cat was soft and cuddly and used to sitting on people’s laps, purring away. On this particular day, it was sitting on its mistress’ lap, but it wasn’t purring. It was hissing and clawing to get away. Evaline Boyd Craw was attractive and...
by James Canby | Feb 24, 2022 | SW People & Families
A music director was rehearsing his orchestra in Seattle on a summer evening in 1915. He raised his baton with a flourish and music gushed forth the brasses in full voice into a great crescendo; then gradually lowering his baton, he brought the music down to a gentle...
