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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15RH_crossing-the-pass_Oak-Harbor-WA.html
Before the bridge was completed in 1935, the only way to cross Deception Pass was by boat.
If you wanted to take your car from Whidbey to Fidalgo Island in 1929 your crossing would look like this, aboard the MV Acorn.
Your captain could have…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15ID_the-skagit-a-stately-society_Oak-Harbor-WA.html
The Skagit Indians maintained several villages on Penn Cove. The paramount Skagit chief lived at Snakelum Point, southeast across the cove. The village at Monroe's Landing was called cokwol'a. Cokwol'a was a major village of the Skwdabs, a subgrou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15I2_guarding-the-entrance-to-puget-sound-coast-artillery-corps_Coupeville-WA.html
A Glimpse In TimeLike the majority of the coastal forts built in the United States, Fort Casey never fired its guns in warfare.
Fort Casey is one of three coastal forts constructed in the late 1890s to defend the entrance to Puget Sound and the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15HH_early-explorers_Mukilteo-WA.html
We do not know the name of the first man or women to venture into the Mukilteo area, but we do know that the ancestors of today's Native Americans migrated from Asia to North America at least 12,000 years ago. Evidence of the next explorers is als…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15HG_the-crockett-blockhouse_Coupeville-WA.html
Sudden Indian attacks at Seattle and Bellingham in 1855 caused consternation among the small pioneering settlements on Puget Sound. The tradition of blockhouse defense was well known to American settlers, dating from the earliest English colonies.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15HE_col-isaac-neff-ebey-rebecca-whitey-ebey_Oak-Harbor-WA.html
In honor of the founderof Island County and his wifeCol. Isaac Neff Ebey - Rebecca Whitey Ebey1818 - 1857 1822-1858Whidbey Island's first permanent settler 1850.Proposed the separation of Island County from Thurston County which was adopted on Jan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15HD_zylstra-law-office_Coupeville-WA.html
The cottage was actually built as two separate buildings. The eastern half was built as a law office for James Zylstra. The western half was added and the building became the medical office for Dr. Chas. White. In 1998 Rev. Barry Burton & Capt. Mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15HC_the-jolly-boat_Coupeville-WA.html
In celebration ofJoseph Whidbeyarriving at Penn CoveSaturday June 2nd 1792
1792 - 1992
National History Day of WashingtonHistorical Marker CompetitionWinner Ken BeegleDonated by Quring Monuments, Inc.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15G5_remaining-blockhouses-of-central-whidbey_Coupeville-WA.html
Saved BlockhouseIn 1921 a local civic group, the Ladies of the Round Table (LORT) began a ten year effort to restore the decaying Davis Blockhouse. Local carpenter Fred Krueger handled the project carefully replacing rotting beams while preserving…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15G1_keeping-the-alexander-blockhouse-alive_Coupeville-WA.html
HistoryThe Alexander Block house is one of four blockhouses remaining in Central Whidbey Island. Few original blockhouses of this type remain throughout the United States. John Alexander, Sr. built this blockhouse on his donation land claim in abo…