Anacortes Senior College

Class 1: Historical Vignettes 1: Smugglers, Pirates, and Rumrunners of Northern Puget Sound

In the years before and after 1900, a number of skilled mariners used the waters of Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands for activities that had been determined to be illegal by the Governments of the United States and Canada. This class will share their history and address some of the myths surrounding their activity.

Class 2: Historical Vignettes 2: The mountain people of the North Cascades.

History often overlooks the people who lived and worked in the foothills and mountains of the North Cascade Mountains. This class will share the history of some of these hardy folk.

Class 3: Historical Vignettes 3: How the mountain people of the North Cascades lived and died.

This class will share the stories of some of the people that lived in the foothills and mountains, describing their lives: how they lived, played, and died.

Instructor: Jesse G. Kennedy III PhD

Following twenty years of university teaching, Jesse worked in cultural resource management for North Cascades National Park Service Complex for more than twenty-six years. A Pacific Northwest native, he became the first Chief of Cultural Resource Management at the park in 1995 and continues to explore the history of Skagit County and the North Cascades through the images, stories, and structures of this heroic environment.

Requested presenter of over 50 programs to various audiences highlighting special aspects of the historical character and characters of Skagit County and the North Cascade.