by LACanby | Jun 27, 2024 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
This humorous Holmes Harbor cartoon by Irwin Caplan is from the February 21, 1940 issue of the Seattle Star about the Ben Paris Saltwater Fishing Derby.Ben Paris was a sportsman, entrepreneur, conservationist, and owner of a landmark restaurant in Seattle. He helped...
by LACanby | Jun 21, 2024 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
The school year just ended, so we thought it appropriate to include a guest article from our recent newsletter that was written by Langley High School alumnus Dick Bryant, class of 1954. I was born on the Island but our family left before I entered school. I started...
by LACanby | Jun 11, 2024 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
The log house as it appeared in 1942 on what later became Cameron Road. The barn and pumphouse still exist, but five decades after the house was moved to a nearby location, the roof caved in after a heavy snow. One of the articles in our recent 12-page newsletter...
by LACanby | Jun 6, 2024 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
In the March 14, 1930 issue of the Island County Times, an editorial stated that there were 30 existing log cabins between Coupeville and Clinton, and that steps should be taken to preserve them. Fast forward 96 years and our latest SWHS newsletter, “Now and...
by LACanby | Apr 23, 2024 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
We are grateful to the Tulalip History Project, the video production unit of the Hibulb Cultural Center, who produced a Hibulb Conversations video featuring our Tangled Web of History Project. The video features project historian Kyle Walker, who shares new history...
by LACanby | Apr 19, 2024 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Here are a few more photos of the logging camp run by Percy Spencer at Honeymoon Bay on Holmes Harbor in Freeland.His brother Arthur Spencer ran a sawmill where Nichols Brothers Boat Builders is now...
