One hundred years ago crowds gathered at the Stanwood Station for a touring agricultural exhibition. 

Photo by Johnson

November 21,2009 - Station at Stanwood reopens! 
For more Stanwood railroad history see the article on the 1891 completion of this section of the Great Northern Railroad

Photographer: Jack Archibald, 2009

Photographic exhibits:

Stanwood High School Class Picture Gallery & Schoolhouse Photographs

East Stanwood Street Views

Story of the Stanwood Waterfront

For history of the Stanwood Camano area, see our bibliography
and new stories on www.historylink.org
Search Stanwood, Camano, Railroads, dikes, parks  or the keyword of your interest.
 
See also the History of the Utsalady Ladies Aid
For more historical information, try www.snocoheritage.org google search

Family History Researchers! Camwood Genealogy Workshop meets the FIRST Monday of each month at 1 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Stanwood Area History Museum. 
For more information, 360-387-9220
Special Project - the Camwood Obituary Project

Click here to see our new Virtual Exhibit of the Cama Beach Historical Photograph Collection

In the late 1990s, when Cama Beach Resort on the west side of Camano Island was sold to Washington State Parks, historical photographs and some of the artifacts found at the resort at that time were donated by Karen Hamalainen & Sandra Worthington (owners) to the Stanwood Area Historical Society.  This online exhibit features a searchable database of the Cama Beach historical photographs to learn more about what it was like in the 1930s, 40s and 50s when resorts were a large part of the Stanwood Camano local economy.  Many of the photographs were on the wall of the resort store for over 60 years showing fish catches, boating and other activities at the resort. This exhibit is a work in progress - updates and improvements are planned, contributions of information, personal accounts and more photographs are always welcome, especially those that might include boathouse operations!  Contact Us  or Cama Beach State Parks or Center for Wooden Boats staff.

Thanks to Island County Heritage (HB 1386) funding (Commissioner John Dean) for supporting this project and to volunteers Bill Blandin, John Custer, Pat Bronson, Candy Trautman, and Karen Prasse for their parts in cataloging, boxing, scanning, data entry, inventorying and project management the collection for this ongoing exhibit.

Directions: The Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center is part of the Stanwood Area Historical Society and is located two blocks north of the intersection of Highway 532 and 102nd Ave NW in the historic west end of Stanwood about 7 miles west of I - 5 Stanwood Camano exit 212
Parking is available in the parking lot just west of Center - 27108 102nd Ave. N. W. Stanwood, WA
 

Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center Proceeds from rentals and events benefit the continuing preservation and rehabilitation of the Public Hall and SAHS educational and historical projects and programs. Click to rent hall

MISSION STATEMENT:
The Stanwood Area Historical Society seeks to discover, preserve, and display any materials which help to establish, illustrate, and interpret the economic, social, and cultural heritage of the greater Stanwood area, including if financially possible and appropriate, historic sites and properties. 
The Stanwood Area Historical Society is a 501c3 non-profit organization, charitable donations are deductible.