The Olympic Mountains loom to the west across Admiralty Inlet from EbeyÕs Landing Historical Reserve, created by Congress in 1978.

Volunteers from the Island County Historical Society lead passengers from boats touring Puget Sound through Coupeville's historic downtown.

Old Town Coupeville is a charming collection of shops and restaurants. Dale and Jan Johnson of Hood Canal stopped in for a day during a week-long cruise on Puget Sound.

Workers harvest yearling mussels at Penn Cove Shellfish's mussel farm near Coupeville.

Chain saw sculptor Dexter Lewis sells some of his craft from the back of his truck on Front Street. Lewis has a studio in Freeland.

Ethylee Maylor takes the bus into Coupeville every week to weed around the Island County Historical Museum. In the background is the Coupeville Wharf and Warehouse.

The Coupeville Arts Center was founded in 1986 to promote the arts. The center brings in artists and students from around the country for workshops in a variety of material arts.

Blustery, wet weather doesn't deter Doris Messenger from her thrice weekly walk along the beach at Ebey's Landing. She combines her regular exercise walk with trash patrol.

Isaac Ebey, one of the first settlers on Whidbey Island, is buried in Sunnyside Cemetary near the site of his home on Ebey's Prarie. Ebey was killed by a band of Haida Indians in 1857.

The Ferry House on Ebey's Landing is the last house still standing that was built by the pioneer Ebey family. Isaac Ebey settled near present-day Coupeville in 1851.

A love of baseball runs in Mickey Clark's family. He holds a photo of the 1909 Fort Casey baseball team. In the picture are his father, two uncles and his then 1-year-old brother. Mickey was born the following year.