New Book Celebrates the History of Coupeville

Feb. 13, 2012 - PRLog -- New from Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series is Coupeville by local authors Judy Lynn, Kay Foss, and the Island County Historical Society and Museum. This pictorial history boasts more than 200 vintage images and provides readers with a unique opportunity to reconnect with the history that shaped their community.

Coupeville is the second-oldest town in Washington and was founded in 1853. Until the white settlement of the 1850s, the Lower Skagit Indians lived in four villages on Penn Cove, fishing and gathering plentiful plants and berries.

Sea captains, such as Capt. Thomas Coupe, were drawn to the area’s deepwater port and the opportunities it offered to transport timber from surrounding forests. At the same time, pioneer farmers, like Isaac Ebey, marveled at the rich soil of nearby Ebey’s Prairie, where they planted crops and wrote to friends and relatives, inviting them to come and share the bounty.

Together, captains of the sea and soil created a town of distinctive Victorian houses and enterprising businesses that inhabitants and visitors enjoy today.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or www.arcadiapublishing.com.  

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With more than 7,500 local history titles published to date, Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States. Widely recognized sepia books feature hundreds of vintage historical images.