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you’re over 50, you’ll recognize many artifacts from your childhood. Be sure to visit the carriage house, complete with two authentic buggies, the milk house, barn, and resource center. Another museum exhibit is the


small 1891 Scribner Log Cabin, which housed Edward Scribner, his wife, and six children, looking like a prop from the TV series Little House on the Prairie. And the original County Jail, built in 1894, which hosted notorious Blakely Island murderers Richard Straub and Joe Kanaka, and many other Island ne’er do wells in its 77 years of use. The museum’s artifact collection


has some particularly interesting items with intriguing and sometimes horrific tales attached to them. Ask museum director Kevin Loftus about them—he tells a good story! If you’d like to know more about


Friday Harbor’s history, pick up the brochure titled “Discover Historic Friday Harbor” from the Visitor’s Center (Spring Street) for a summary of the Island’s past. You can take a self- guided tour of the town’s old buildings dating from 1867. Remarkably, from a population


of 7,500, San Juan Island has over 200 residents who are veterans of foreign wars. Drop by the American Legion Post 163 on First Street to look at the amazing collection of war memorabilia, weapons, uniforms, and souvenirs that the Island’s veterans have brought back from the Civil War, World War I, World War II, The Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. A notable souvenir is a tablecloth banner that was “borrowed” from Herman Goering’s Luftwaffe office in Berlin, in 1945. The early Civil War era U.S. flag displayed in a large glass case is of historical significance, with its 31 state-stars configured into a larger star shape. Museum Curator, Peter Delorenzi, is always happy to tell visitors the stories behind the artifacts (American Legion Museum is open Friday – Sunday, 10-2 during the summer season by donation). Three well-stocked bookshops


are well worth some browsing time. Harbor Bookstore, located in the Cannery building overlooking the ferry terminal, and Griffin Bay Bookstore (155 Spring St), stock new books, while Serendipity bookstore, located in a


Friday Harbor hosts a number of fine museums. The San Juan Historical Museum is a small pioneer village which takes you back into the island’s history.


The Whale Museum is one of the best in the nation, with models, artifacts, and exhibits that highlight the Salish Sea’s favorite marine mammals. Top: whale skeleton hovers over the gallery of whales. Right: Mural depicting local lore and legend.


Port of Friday Harbor You’d think that with this large


number of guests visiting the Port of Friday Harbor, that they’d have difficulty accommodating them all. “We don’t turn guests away—we raft and squeeze people in”, says Harbormaster Tami Hayes. We’ve had 5-6 boats deep all over the breakwater”, says Hayes. “People come from all over the world to resupply, swap crews, or rest on their way through”. There are 120 guest slips of a total 500, but the Port crew also uses the permanent customer slips.


Port of Friday Harbor services:


laundry, showers, chandleries, provisions, fuel dock, U.S. Customs Port of Entry, vessel assistance and repair, electricity. Ph.360-378-2688


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