Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve - Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve (U.S. National Park Service)

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Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve

Ebey’s Landing is the nation’s first historical reserve, created in 1978 to protect a rural working landscape & community on Central Whidbey Island. The reserve contains 17,500 acres, 18 working farms, 400 historical structures, native prairies, two state parks, miles of shoreline, a network of trails and the second oldest town in Washington. The Reserve is managed by a 9-member Trust Board.

Book Signing for Ebey's Forever Fund on Feb 13

The beautiful and faveriot places of Whidbey are captured in a new photography book, Whidbey Island, the Jewel of Puget Sound. On Feb 13 from 11am-3pm at Penn Cove Gallery, photographer Denis Hill will sign and sell his book, donating the proceeds to the Ebey's Forever Fund.

The Ebey's Forever Fund will provide financial assistance to owners of historic properties and support the Trust Board's education programs. Penn Cove Gallery is at 9 Front St in Coupeville. Coffee and cookies served.

See: http://www.whidbeypanoramas.com

Rural America of the Last Century

The reserve was set aside by Congress in 1978 to preserve and protect a rural community—a cultural landscape—that is a laboratory of Pacific Northwest history. Today, historic land uses continue, with the rich prairie soils still being farmed, the forests being harvested, and century-old buildings being used as homes or places of business.

Stories within a Cultural Landscape

Some of the important stories the reserve interprets to the public are those of Isaac Ebey, a person significant in early territorial government and the first European-American settler to claim land on Central Whidbey island before Washington became a state; the story of settlement under the Donation Land Claim Act between 1850 and 1855; the explorations of Captain George Vancouver in 1792; and the development and growth of the historic town of Coupeville.

A Unique Partnership

The reserve is a non-traditional unit of the National Park system. It is the first unit of its kind in the system, with most of the land under private ownership. A unit of local government, the Trust Board of Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, is charged with management as called for in the legislation creating the Reserve. The Trust Board is a partnership of local, state and federal governments working collaboratively to ensure the historic and natural resources of the reserve are protected for future generations to enjoy and experience.

Write to

Ebey's Reserve
PO Box 774
162 Cemetery Road
Coupeville, WA 98239

Phone

Visitor Information
(360) 678-6084

Fax

(360) 678-2246

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