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Entrance to 6-inch gun bunker at Fort Ebey. Fort Ebey State Park is a public recreation area occupying the site of former Fort Ebey on the west side of Whidbey Island, five miles (8.0 km) west of Coupeville in Island County, Washington, United States. The state park covers 651 acres (263 ha) overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca and lies ...
The Reserve at Ebey's Landing provides a vivid historical record of Pacific Northwest history, including the first exploration of Puget Sound by Captain George Vancouver in 1792; early settlement by Colonel Isaac Ebey, who filed a claim under the Donation Land Claim Act in 1850; [3] growth and settlement resulting from the Oregon Trail and the Westward migration; the Donation Land Laws (1850 ...
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve — a historical reserve and park on Whidbey Island, in Island County and the Puget Sound region of Washington state. The first U.S. National Historical Reserve, it is on the National Register of Historic Places in Island County, and is managed by the National Park Service.
The U.S. state of Washington has over 140 state parks that are managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. These include 19 marine parks and 11 Historical Parks. The park system was established in 1913 by the creation of the Washington State Board of Park Commissioners. [ 2 ]
Colonel Isaac Neff Ebey (January 22, 1818 – August 11, 1857) was the first permanent white resident of Whidbey Island, Washington. Ebey was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1818. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] During his childhood Ebey's father, Jacob, moved the family to Adair County, Missouri , where as a young man Ebey was trained in the law.
It is a Washington state park and a historic district within the U.S. Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve. Admiralty Inlet was considered so strategic to the defense of Puget Sound in the 1890s that three forts—Fort Casey on Whidbey Island, Fort Flagler on Marrowstone Island , and Fort Worden at Port Townsend—were built with the ...
Investigators said Ebey was heading west in a Chevy Colorado pickup about 3:30 a.m. when he crossed the center line into the oncoming lane, according to a Washington State Patrol release.
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve Ferry House (Ebey's Landing) Fort Ebey State Park in Island County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System