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SCOUTING OUT LOCAL HISTORY – Brothers Joseph (left) and Spencer Arrington explored and surveyed vacated Fort Whitman on nearby Goat Island for a Boy Scouts project that has been a popular attraction at La Conner Regional Library this summer. The fort was built in 1909 and served as part of the Harbor Defense of Puget Sound during World Wars I and II. – Photo courtesy of Bill Reynolds
Most Boy Scouts are pathfinders, but brothers Spencer and Joseph Arrington have taken trailblazing a step further.
The Anacortes teens recently explored and surveyed long vacated and virtually hidden Fort Whitman on Goat Island three miles southwest of La Conner in Skagit Bay.
Their extensive research has been displayed both digitally and on a traditional tri-fold project board at La Conner Regional Library this summer, a project that has proved a popular attraction with local patrons and visitors alike.
“They did such an awesome job,” Library Director Joy Neal said of the Arringtons, who are...
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