A Spring Street Ferry Line?

It’s time for the June edition of the SJI Historical Society’s History Column…

Not all of the photographs cataloged in the current archives project at the San Juan Historical Museum are of distant eras with prim ladies in long skirts and little boys in knickers. There is much history to be preserved from more recent decades, as well.

This snapshot from 1968 is eye-catching in that it documents a line of cars waiting for the ferry – on Spring Street – from the waterfront up the hill to its intersection with First Street.

Who has stories to share from those days? The Scribner’s Market sign on the right edge of the photograph reminds us of the street’s market history prior to Friday Harbor Grocery and even Roberson’s Market in the same spot.

The larger message is that every decade of a community’s history is important. Each snapshot has its place and some provide pretty interesting documentation.

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