In reading the book "A History of Whidbey's Island" by George Albert Kellogg, originally published in 1934, I came across some additional tidbits of information about our property's first white neighbor to the east, John Kineth: "John Kineth (Nov. 26, 1853), a native of Springfield, Illinois, had...
In 1913, Ancutty Tillicum wrote an article for the Island County Times remembering what the Fourth of July celebrations in Coupeville had been like 50 years earlier in 1863. "There were large encampments at Long Point, under the chieftainship of General Pierce". Long Point is the beach projecting...
The University of Washington has created a very comprehensive online digital archive of local historical documents (content.lib.washington.edu). I came across it while searching for "Island County: A World...
I received the professional archaeologist's report, nicely formatted and professionally researched/produced. We had a few last minute procedural glitches to overcome, but in the end the report and procedures were high quality and will be useful for answering any future questions...
We learned some interesting history about the area from our friendly easterly neighbors. It's likely that nothing has ever been built on our property except for perhaps part of a small dilapidated logging cabin from around the 1920s that was on the northwest corner of their property and partially...
