Monday October 28, 11:30 a.m., Orcas Library
— from Mary Pugh for Orcas Island Library —
Do you have an interest in Orcas Island history? Are you curious about a pioneering Orcas Island family’s history? Or a desire to preserve the local history of long-time island businesses like Templin’s General Store or Island Hardware and Supply?
Then you will want to attend the meeting of the local Writing Our History Project where your interest, research, and writing could have a place in History Links, the free online encyclopedia of Washington state history. History Link provides an online repository for stories or essays about Washington State, including Orcas Island local history. Personal memoirs and reminiscences that relate to state history are an important window onto our past and are preserved in the website’s “People’s History.”
History Link Senior Editor Kit Oldham will be attending to answer any questions about History Link, and publishing on the www.historylink.org website. Please come to find out more about preserving local history, or whether your research and writing might find an enthusiastic audience among History Link readers.
This event is co-sponsored by the Orcas Island Historical Museum and the Orcas Island Genealogy Club. For more information visit the Library’s website www.orcaslibrary.org.
