Irene Hutchinson (center, right), and family.
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Irene and her husband Lyman Weeks came to Lopez in 1874, heeding a call of help from her brother Hiram Hutchinson. Her family became one of the most well known on island, her children building roads and shaping the present day village.
In this photo (left to right)
Standing: Olin Meachum, Harrie Meachum, Ruth Cadwelll.
Middle Row: Etta Cadwell (Irene's daughter), Irene Weeks.
In front: Roy Cadwell, Will Cadwell, Eddie Weeks and Eva Rhodes Hall.
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2. Hutch’s Trading Post: the First Store on Lopez – Public Shore Access on Weeks Point Way
Just a few steps from here, Hiram Hutchinson ran the first grocery store (or trading post) on Lopez Island. The store offered staple goods such as flour, sugar, coffee, gunpowder and tobacco. “Hi” or “Hutch,” as he was called, came to Lopez in the…