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Skagit River JournalFree Home Page Stories & Photos 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 |
810 Central Ave., Sedro-Woolley, Washington, 98284Home of the Tarheel Stomp Mortimer Cook slept here & named the town Bug |
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New Issue 42, subscribers-paid Journal online: Transcriptions of four more stories from the diary of Otto Klement, 1873 settler on the Skagit, and father of Lyman, along with being the first pioneer to extensively record his experiences: Otto's early years on the Skagit; farming methods and earthquakes 1870s & '80s; winter weather and when the Skagit River froze over; and early attempts at a Cascade Pass Road, decades before Hwy 20. We have also updated our series on Whatcom County pioneers of the 1850s, including new answers to the mystery of why Edward Eldridge changed from his original name in Scotland, and new information about his son Hugh, along with profiles of other Whatcom schoolchildren of the 1860s. Three other stories round out the issue: Otto Pressentin, his 10 years in outback BC, 1911-21, by Ray Jordan . . . profile of Walter Washington deLacy, father of the Old Military Road and the Whatcom Trail to the 1858 Fraser River gold rush, and his fascinating life before and after his Whatcom years . . . Biography of the Northwest writer, June Burn, and her book, Living High. |
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Check out Sedro-Woolley First Bug through Sedro-Woolley Reader questions answered Early timeline Founders Mortimer Cook — P.A. Woolley — 4 British bachelors. |
includes: Prairies, Duke's Hill, Northern State Hospital, Sterling, Skiyou, South of Skagit; Clearlake, Biglake, McMurray |
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includes: north of Skagit from Utopia to mountains |
includes: Mount Vernon to Belfast, west to Fidalgo, south to LaConner/Fir Island/Conway |
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includes: mills, donkey engines, equipment and logging railroadsMaps... Mining Whatcom, the mother county til 1883 Snohomish, County, source of many pioneers |
includes: Fairhaven & Southern, Seattle & Northern, Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Puget Sound & Baker River, and more |
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includes: Territorial Daughters, and biographies of and by pioneer women |
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Jones and Solveig Atterberry, NorthWest Properties Aiken & Associates: ... See our websitePlease let us show you residential and commercial property in Sedro-Woolley and Skagit County 2204 Riverside Drive, Mount Vernon, Washington... 360 708-8935... 360 708-1729 Oliver-Hammer Clothes Shop at 817 Metcalf Street in downtown Sedro-Woolley, 86 years. Joy's Sedro-Woolley Bakery-Cafe at 823 Metcalf Street in downtown Sedro-Woolley. Check out Sedro-Woolley First section for links to all stories and reasons to shop here firstor make this your destination on your visit or vacation. Are you looking to buy or sell a historic property, business or residence?We may be able to assist. Email us for details. Peace and quiet at the Alpine RV Park, just north of Marblemount on Hwy 20Park your RV or pitch a tent by the Skagit river, just a short drive from Winthrop or Sedro-Woolley |