Coveland, Washington

1867 nautical chart

TODO

Review the Coveland entry in Place Names of Washington, a book that can be borrowed from the Internet Archive. Coveland is on page 58, see https://archive.org/details/placenamesofwash0000hitc/page/58/mode/2up

first county commissioner meeting

Island County’s first Commissioners’ meeting takes place in Coveland on April 4, 1853. (historylink.org) On April 4, 1853, the first Island County Commissioners’ meeting takes place in Coveland, the newly designated county seat, located on Penn’s Cove northwest of Coupeville on Whidbey Island’s east coast. The meeting is held at the home of Commissioner John Alexander. The other two commissioners attending are John Crocket and Samuel D. Howe.

first county seat

A small settlement called Coveland formed at the head of Penn Cove and served as the first Island County seat (1853-1881).

first trading post

Captain Benjamin Barstow (d. 1854) opened the first trading post at this location [Coveland, Washington] in 1853.

founding

The [Coveland] settlement was founded by Dr. R. H. Lansdale in the early [eighteen] fifties.

hanging

It is said that an Indian paid for the crime with his life and islanders tell of a tree at Coveland where he was hanged.

mention

May 29th [of 1853]. The doctor [John Miller Haden] and I, piloted by Col. Eby, tramped to a little settlement on Penn’s cove, called Coveland. Here Capt. Boscoe and Dr. Lansdale were holding claims preparatory to the inauguration of a big city, which, however, can only be realized after they have provided a water supply for the future occupants. Dr. Lansdale lives in a little hut on the edge of the prairie at the head of the cove. Capt. Boscoe was building a trading store.

note

This community was listed on an 1867 nautical chart and has a small Wikipedia article, but it is not listed on OpenStreetMap. Yelp has a 10 best things to do in Coveland, but all of the things are hours away in Seattle (clearly Yelp auto-generates useless slop to get search engine hits).

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.232778&mlon=-122.735833

person

Samuel Libbey

pioneer

Benjamin Barstow

random

Light through the trees along the railroad tracks

tags

unincorporated community of

voyage of intimidation

Admiralty Head

whidbey island of

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Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coveland,_Washington