While state and tribal officials begin to try and identify the Native American remains found buried under SE Pioneer Way in Oak Harbor, some residents have decided not to wait for an official answer and floated a few theories of their own.
Peggy Darst Townsdin, an amateur local historian and author, said some of the bones could very well belong to a young Lower Skagit woman who was the first wife of Captain Edward Barrington, who is Darst Townsdin’s great-great-grandfather.