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Noel V. Bourasaw, founder Sedro-Woolley, Washington, 98284 Home of the Tarheel Stomp Mortimer Cook slept here & named the town Bug
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Odds and Ends, short tales of the pioneers

Sedro-Woolley area

Part 1, Odds and Ends — short newspaper stories about people of old Sedro-Woolley, Our new section with a dozen short stories, including: Skagit County's Washington Governor Henry McBride and the wild and woolly 1884 election . . . Margaret Hammer, Cinderella Girl . . . Eagles hosts national meeting 1925 . . . Burlington Highway (now Hwy 20) paved 1939 . . . South Skagit Road begins 1939 . . . Shirley Temple visits 1938 . . . Last passenger train 1940 . . . 1st Tarheel Picnic 1939 . . . and many more. You may have read the articles about Jack Abramoff and his alleged crimes while employed by the Preston Gates law firm of Seattle. Did you know that the firm dates from 1890 and that McBride staffed the Skagit County office of the original Preston firm then years before he became governor? There is history behind current affairs and the headlines.
Part 2, People in Sedro-Woolley Odds and Ends, including: Snow in Montborne, June 1932 . . . The Sterling Cut-off &mdash the river is straightened in early 20th century . . . Carpenters Union saves part of old Franklin School when Central School built in 1926 . . . City Leaders try to change name back to Sedro in 1936 . . . 1932 floodwaters trap Heggs and Stendals in their auto . . . Bowling Alley through the years from 1899 . . . Royse-Hankin mill burns in 1926 . . . Agnes McPhail, local man's niece, first woman member of Canadian Parliament, 1922.
Part 1, Odds and Ends — short newspaper stories about historic businesses and buildings in Sedro-Woolley, up to 1937, including: George W. White, variety store and obit . . . Gampp's confectionery . . . Livermore Ford Garage . . . Stop & Shop grocery . . . LaRoche photography; Green Globe confectionery . . . Bingham Park service station . . . Ludwick-Wuest first radios . . . Candy stores . . . Brossard eggs and chicks . . . Piggly-Wiggly and Fuzzy-Wuzzy grocery . . . Dream Theater . . . Donnelly Motors and Cheese Factory . . .
Part 2, historic businesses and buildings in Sedro-Woolley Odds and Ends, after 1937, including: Will T. West & Bingham Bank . . . Johnson's Radio & Appliance . . . Devener's Lumber, Massar Lumber, Undertaker . . . Mt. Baker Hardware . . . Affleck Brothers Anacortes — Mt. Vernon Stage Co . . . .McClintock's Drugs . . . Ed Bigelow butcher, bowling alley and Mr. Eagles Aerie . . . Mel Stone DeLuxe Barber Shop . . . George Hammer's store garden . . . Royce Crossman and Bob Mahaffie butchers and Tradewell Market . . . Jac Running grocery and Sousa band . . . Income Taxes.
Part 3, historic businesses and buildings in Sedro-Woolley Odds and Ends, after 1946, including: Central Grocery . . . Cascade Cafe . . . Ponschock tailor Linstrom & Jebens . . . Rogers-Romer Union Oil . . . Coffland Motors, Kaiser-Frazier autos . . . Palace Tavern and Jim Gray . . . Lee Tresner upholstery . . . George Shelton's ice-cream shop . . . Ted Jackson's service station . . . Ilo Sande Jewelry . . . Byham Cabinets . . . Skagit River Motor Lines . . . Pete & Bob's cafe.
Details of a cheese factory proposed for Sedro and Woolley by a Minnesota business developer in 1896. This story will soon be changed to this address. If neither file connects, please email us.
A Sedro location is proposed for the Skagit County Fair in 1895 and again in 1896.

These short stories have moved to their own sites

Charles J. Wicker moves to the Skagit river from Iowa in 1884 and discovers, within his first month here, the perils of homesteading.
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