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Isaac Ebey, son of Jacob & Sarah Ebey, and his close friend, Samuel Crockett, made their way across the country and eventually to Whidbey Island. Isaac and his wife, Rebecca claimed 640 acres of what is called Ebey’s Prairie. Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve is named for Isaac Ebey. Winfield Scott Ebey. Son of Jacob & Sarah Ebey.
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Currently, the signage and historical record of Ebey’s Landing has focused predominantly on the white colonial settlement of Whidbey Island. As you walk along the trails, signs amplify a Western perspective of the landscape by primarily narrating the arrival of settlers, the life of the Ebey family and the agricultural development of the area.
When the first explorers came to Central Whidbey Island, they found a land tempered by centuries of human settlement and habitation dating back more than 12,000 years, and in 1790, more than 1500 Indigenous People were recorded as living in Central Whidbey Island.
Sep 12, 2023 · The Origins of Ebey's Landing. In 1850 Isaac Ebey (1818-1857), the first permanent white settler on Whidbey Island, claimed one square mile (640 acres) of mostly prairie land on a bluff overlooking Admiralty Inlet on the island's east side, 320 acres in his name and 320 acres in the name of his wife, Rebecca, who at the time remained in Missouri.
Oct 18, 2021 · As Doris Duke Conservation Scholars and interns under the guidance of TNC staff, Erin and I have been working to support TNCs work to begin re-centering the story of this land and to develop a more inclusive understanding of the area. The Indigenous relationships to the land since time immemorial are deep part of Ebey’s Landing.
This would be a vital took in the evolution of Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve. In Islands of America written in 1970, Bureau of outdoor Recreation planners identified Whidbey Island as a potentially important recreation area and recommended long-range state and local plans to protect public access to beaches and to acquire island property for recreation, open space, and conservation.
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Oct 30, 2022 · At the urging of his friend Samuel Crockett (1820-1903), in the spring of 1850 Isaac Neff Ebey (1818-1857) left Olympia (which he is credited with naming) to explore Puget Sound by canoe. Drawn by Whidbey Island's agricultural potential, Ebey became its first successful white settler. More would arrive very soon.
