- Determine how to set “historylink.org of” on this post. The topic of the page is the first Commissioners’ meeting, btu this topic is not currently tracked. Changing the current “first county commissioner meeting of” could work, but some context is lost.
- 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.
- D. W. Griffith (Wikipedia)
David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the narrative film.