- On October 15, 1850, Col. Isaac N. Ebey (1818-1857) files a claim on Whidbey Island under the Donation Land Law, less than a month after its passage. Col. Ebey’s claim is located in an area later called Ebey’s Prairie, west of the future town of Coupeville. Ebey’s Landing, the coastal area of the property, is on the west shore of the island.
- Skykomish, Washington (Wikipedia)
Skykomish is a town in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 161 as of the 2020 census, down from an estimated peak of “several thousand” in the 1920s.