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A Baby Boy and a Ferryboat

Posted on April 2, 2021 by jpkenna

Our son, Joseph Patrick Kenna, would’ve been 43 years old tomorrow, April 3rd. In summer of 1978, my wife, Victoria, and I bought a house in the Puget Sound waterfront town of Anacortes. We were 33 years old. I’d been … Continue reading →

Posted in labor, maritime history, nostalgia, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Washington State Ferries | Tagged Anacortes WA, M.V. Vashon, San Juan Islands, SIDS, Washington State Ferries | 2 Comments

A Day Trip to New Whatcom

Posted on January 22, 2015 by jpkenna

In May of 1898, 16-year-0ld Mike Scanlon travels west from New Jersey to meet up the with his brother Jimmy in Skagway, Alaska, to work on building the White Pass & Yukon Railway. The brief war taking place in … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Populism, Socialism, Utopian Movement, writing | Tagged Bellingham Wash., Brotherhood of Co-operative Commonwealth, Chuckanut Bay, Fairhaven Wash., Klondike gold rush, New Whatcom Wash., Panic of 1893, Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Skagway Alaska, Spanish-American War, Utopian colonies, White Pass & Yukon Railway, Yukon | Leave a comment

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