by James Canby | Apr 29, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Most towns had butcher shops or meat markets before that function was brought inhouse to grocery stores and supermarkets. The South Whidbey Historical Society recently received meat cleavers, meat saws, and a butcher’s apron from Bob Frear’s old...
by James Canby | Apr 29, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
As Spring rains continue, we thought you might get a chuckle from these 1919 real estate advertisements of James C. Langley, aka ‘Fidelity Jim’, nephew of Judge James Weston Langley, the man for whom the town of Langley is named. One of the longer ads...
by James Canby | Apr 9, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
It was August, 1904, and it was hot the day that Anton Myre Anderson debarked from the steamer Fairhaven onto the Langley dock with his wife, Josephine, his nine-year-old son, Otto, and his two-year-old daughter, Alma. They had come from Everett with all their worldly...
by James Canby | Apr 8, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Thanks to Bob Boswell for sharing the following memories of summers spent on Mutiny Bay. A lightly edited (for length) version is in our latest South Whidbey Historical Society newsletter. Enjoy. ———— A Kid’s Day at Mutiny Bay in the Early...
by James Canby | Apr 8, 2022 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
While the Hinman brothers were busy developing the town of Clinton, a 51-year-old widow named Sarah Ann Eldridge Taylor Ball was busy creating an exceptional farm by homesteading 160 acres about two miles inland, overlooking Deer Lake. It is estimated that about 12...
by James Canby | Mar 28, 2022 | SW People & Families, What's New Posts, What's New Posts
One of Clinton’s early European immigrant settlers was Andrew Olsen, who was born in Stavanger, Norway in 1854.He lived on a farm, and as a child helped with the chores while learning the carpenter trade until he was 14 years old. Then he went to sea. During the...
