Whitney's Island
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" Three early settlers occupied adjoining claims — Whitney, and his cousins, A.G. Tillinghast and E.A. Sisson. They all settled there in 1872 and jointly diked on 500 acres for a first demonstration of large scale diking and drainage on Puget Sound. Our subject, William Woodburn, secured a job with Sisson, so the brothers worked much of the time together as hired hands of the neighboring farmers. Bob Woodburn worked for nearly four years on the Whitney homestead until 1888 when Whitney purchased the large 700-acre island west of Whitney, which is now called Whitney island."
" Three early settlers occupied adjoining claims — Whitney, and his cousins, A.G. Tillinghast and E.A. Sisson. They all settled there in 1872 and jointly diked on 500 acres for a first demonstration of large scale diking and drainage on Puget Sound. Our subject, William Woodburn, secured a job with Sisson, so the brothers worked much of the time together as hired hands of the neighboring farmers. Bob Woodburn worked for nearly four years on the Whitney homestead until 1888 when Whitney purchased the large 700-acre island west of Whitney, which is now called Whitney island."
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Coordinates: 48°27'27"N 122°28'46"W
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