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Skagit River Journal

of History & Folklore
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The most in-depth, comprehensive site about the Skagit
Covers from British Columbia to Puget Sound. Counties covered: Skagit, Whatcom, Island, San Juan, Snohomish & BC. An evolving history dedicated to committing random acts of historical kindness

Noel V. Bourasaw, editor

810 Central Ave., Sedro-Woolley, Washington, 98284
Home of the Tarheel Stomp

Mortimer Cook slept here & named the town Bug

Our offer of a set of CDs for you or for gifts
CD #1 is done, #2 and #3 in production

After overcoming some technical and design problems that we encountered along the way, we are happy to announce that we have our first CD to offer to our patient readers. We decided on two redesigns along the way that caused considerable delays. We have delayed production of the additional CDs because we have received many copies of documents and photos in the winter and spring of 2008 that caused us to go back and update more than 30 stories of the upper Skagit River settlement. We are also trying to re-design our collection, so we went back to square one once again and we decided to employ the "KISS format:" Keep It Simple, Stupid. We hope that you will be satisfied with the end product if you decide to order it for yourself or for gifts for your family, friends or clients, especially for those who do not live here or for students or those serving in the armed forces. Thank you very much for all of you who ordered CDs for Christmas gifts.

How we planned the CDs We have received an increasing number of requests for copies in MS Word or other text format for our nearly 600 stories in the Journal. So we have embarked on a project to share our features on a set of CDs. In addition we are asked often if we plan to offer a hard-copy version of the Subscribers-Paid Journal online magazine. The answer to the latter is no. We learned our lesson when we tried to publish a print magazine in 1993-94. To pay for the increasingly high printing costs of such a magazine, we would need a subscriber base of at least 1000, paying $25 or more per year, and such a magazine would require full-time attention and additional staff to sell advertising to pay for the project. We prefer instead to spend a majority of time and our limited funds on researching stories for our readers and preparing for an eventual book.
In answer to the original question, however, we do have an "open source" policy, which means we want to share our research and discoveries with as many people as possible, whether or not they have access to the Internet. To advance that goal, we have started assembling a collection of CDs that will include MS Word files of our pioneer profiles and town profiles from years 1-5 of the Journal, along with a selection of photos. That will permit buyers to print the files individually at their convenience. They are organized by region: Sedro-Woolley and surrounding area; Upper Skagit River from Utopia to Cascades; western Skagit County and stories from other counties. Each CD will include a table of contents in the form of a read-me file, which will help you navigate the disc. Below you will find the planned contents for each CD and here you will find the prices for ordering and the production schedule for the remaining CDs.

CD 1: Sedro-Woolley and nearby areas This first CD includes features and photos about pioneers, events, towns and businesses in:
	Old Sedro, New Sedro, Sedro-Woolley, and Mortimer Cook's original town of Bug
	Nearby north: Prairies, Hoogdal; Northern State Hospital and Cokedale Nearby south: The lake towns; Day Creek and the hills; Nookachamps Nearby east: Skiyou Nearby west: Sterling

CD 2: Upper Skagit River to the North Cascades Logging, hunting/fishing This CD now in production will include features and photos about pioneers, events, towns and businesses in:
	Upper Skagit from Utopia and Minkler Lake to Concrete Foothills from Rockport to Newhalem/Goodell, and Cascade River, Cascade Pass North Cascades, dams and mines Sauk River, Illabot Creek south to Snohomish line
	Logging in Skagit County Fishing and Hunting

CD 3: Western Skagit County and other Washington counties This CD now in production will include features and photos about pioneers, events, towns and businesses in:
	Western Skagit County, all areas from the towns along the Hwy 99/I-5 corridor — west to Puget Sound, including Anacortes/Fidalgo Island and Whatcom line to Snohomish line, including:
	Southwest Skagit County, from North and South forks to LaConner area to Mount Vernon Northwest, from Padilla around the bay to Samish Island to Chuckanut Burlington to Friday Creek and in between Fidalgo Island, Anacortes and Deception Pass
Plus
	Other surrounding counties and stories of statewide impact

Details and how to order So the ball is in your court. If you want such CDs for yourself or for gifts, reunions or otherwise, here is the plan.
The price until July 1, 2008 is $20 for one or $50 for the three.
The price after July 1, 2008 will be $25 for one or $60 for the set of three.
$3 shipping for one; $4.50 for 2; $6 for 3. As a reward for subscribers, you do not have to pay the additional shipping cost.
Please inquire for special prices for multiple sets mailed to one address. If you wish to bundle the gifts with a subscription to the Journal, we will offer a deep discount of $10 for one year for one subscription and $5 for subsequent gift subscriptions.
You have the option of paying by credit card via secure Paypal by simply pressing the "PayPal Donate" button or you can mail us a check to:
Noel V. Bourasaw, Skagit River Journal, 810 Central Ave., Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284. Please make out the check to Noel V. Bourasaw, not the Skagit River Journal.
Whichever option you choose, please email us to notify us that you have ordered and give us the street address(es) to which you want the CDs mailed.

Publication dates for #2 and #3 Our production schedule for the additional CDs is:
CD2: June 30, 2008.
CD3: Aug. 15, 2008.
This schedule will allow us enough time to edit and organize all the many files and photos and design and produce the CDs. We may well be able to ship them before that date, but cannot plan on that at this time. Thank you very much for your consideration of the offer and for your support of our project. This will be our major fund-raising effort to underwrite our research in 2008.

Story posted Dec. 1, 2007, last updated May 28, 2008
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Our offer of a set of CDs for you or for gifts CD #1 is done, #2 and #3 in production

Our offer of a set of CDs for you or for gifts
CD #1 is done, #2 and #3 in production