From the San Juan Islands Scenic Byway Project
Come meet Marie McCaffrey, Executive Director of HistoryLink.org, the nation’s first encyclopedia of community history created expressly for the Internet.
An informal coffee hour will begin at 9am on Monday, May 14th at the San Juan Island Library, followed by a 10am presentation about History Link by Ms. McCaffrey which will be broadcast to the Orcas and Lopez Libraries.
HistoryLink.org contains over 6,000 essays on Washington state history and serves as a resource for students, teachers, genealogists, journalists, scholars, researchers, and the general public.
Always on the lookout for new authors, Ms. McCaffrey is interested in hearing from local historians, teachers and writers about their current projects. Sponsored by the San Juan Islands Scenic Byway Partnership and the San Juan Island Library in celebration of National Historic Preservation Month.
For further information, contact Liz Illg, San Juan Islands Scenic Byway Project Coordinator, at 378.6104 or lizillg@rockisland.com.
My husband lived in Friday Harbor in 1918 and my first visit to Orcas was in 1932 — Guess that qualifies me to share history?