Historical museum set to unlock secrets from the past

Folks at the Skagit County Historical Museum in La Conner are looking forward to going back in time.

They’re not alone.

The ghosts of Christmas Past will make more than a mere cameo appearance before an expected large crowd attending the local museum’s Holiday Gala/Annual Appeal Kick-off event Dec. 6 from 6-8 p.m.

That’s because this year’s program, part of a series of Golden Anniversary festivities hosted by the museum, includes the much-anticipated opening of a time capsule that was embedded in one of the building’s walls in early 1969.

Museum Director Jo Wolfe is inviting the public to witn...