Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . y, hasa sawmill, shingle mill, fruit-drying estab-lishment, stores, churches, schools, a news-paper, etc. The town has some of the rich- est and finest cultivated ranches in thewhole state. Fort Casey, one of the group ofthree U. S. forts guarding the entrance toPuget Sound, is upon the west coast ofWhidby Island. Oak Harbor, further north,is the center of a large farming and loggingdistrict. Two canneries are in successfuloperation. Utsalady, San de Fuca, Camano,Clinton and Langley are smaller villagesgradually becoming summer resor
Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . y, hasa sawmill, shingle mill, fruit-drying estab-lishment, stores, churches, schools, a news-paper, etc. The town has some of the rich- est and finest cultivated ranches in thewhole state. Fort Casey, one of the group ofthree U. S. forts guarding the entrance toPuget Sound, is upon the west coast ofWhidby Island. Oak Harbor, further north,is the center of a large farming and loggingdistrict. Two canneries are in successfuloperation. Utsalady, San de Fuca, Camano,Clinton and Langley are smaller villagesgradually becoming summer resorts. Steamboats furnish good transportation from allparts of the county. The varying beautiful attractions of sea,and shore, and forest, among the isles ofthese two island counties would be hardto describe, but the following quotation isnot extravagant: It is a region of wonder-ful attractiveness for the tourist and thepleasure seeker, unrivaled upon the Ameri-can continent and unequaled in naturalbeauties by the most celebrated regions ofthe SCENE AT OAKVILLE, WHIDBY ISLAND Shows fine condition of the roads, stretches of well tilled fields, and modem phases of life, prevailing on the Islands. 0) bo to
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