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of History & Folklore Covering from British Columbia to Puget Sound. Washington counties covered: Skagit, Whatcom, Island, San Juan, Snohomish, focusing on Sedro-Woolley and Skagit Valley. An evolving history dedicated to committing random acts of historical kindness Publisher: Skagit County Historical Society
Noel V. Bourasaw, founder,
Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Home of the Tarheel Stomp
Mortimer Cook slept here & named the town
Bug and Noel Bourasaw still haunt these
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New, Updated and Notable Fall 2018 We at Skagit River Journal are pleased to have finished our first printed edition of 'Skagit River Journal of History & Folklore 2018' (see just below). Unfortunately, while a lot of work went into SRJ print version, the website in 2018 has been neglected this year due to the other project. So let's see if we can't direct you to a few new stories and wonderful archived stories.
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New Publication Is Here August 2, 2018 at Pioneer Picnic In association with the Skagit County Historical Society and Skagit County Pioneer Association, the Publication Committee is happy to announce the first print edition of 'Skagit River Journal of History & Folklore 2018' is published and available for sale at the Skagit County Historical Museum and Seaport Books in La Conner. They can also be ordered and mailed with our order form here. We have stories on the "50th Anniversary of Skagit County Historical Society’s museum building…”on top of the hill” in La Conner; the 135th Anniversary of the formation of Skagit County; Cedardale area of Skagit County; Oral History of Dr. Maynard Johnson - Founding Member of Skagit Valley Medical Center; Harriet Rowley-Angel of Mercy. From local authors; The Journey Toward Home by Arlene Sundquist-Empie, about her early Pioneer Family in the Cedardale area; Henry & Sarah Summers of Fir Island by John Summers; Seven Years of my Life-A Story of Maxine Jones Gow's Tuberculosis Scare as told to Deanna Ammons by Maxine Gow in 2010; A history on Bethsaida Swedish Lutheran Church in La Conner, WA by the late Angelika Anderson Olson. Some wonderful folklore stories by authors old and new, Bard of the North by Ray Jordan; Birth of a Pioneer Baby by Mollie Dowdle; Two Sisters Put Out the Family Wash by Dan Royal. These along with some poetry and book reviews for good measure. Submissions for the 2019 edition of Skagit River Journal will be the end of January 2019. You will be sent a submission form for consideration giving guidelines and permission. You may submit any time for the website. Visit Skagit River Journal of History & Folklore at skagitriverjournal.com, now under the direction of the Society’s Publication Committee. Dan Royal, Editor. Contact the Publications Committee at museum@co.skagit.wa.us or skagitriverjournal@gmail.com |
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PO Box 818, 501 S. 4th St., La Conner, WA 98257 360-466-3365 Dan Royal 360-826-6141 Hours: Tuesday thru Sunday 11 AM to 4 PM The Museum is located at the top of the hill in La Conner. Skagit River Journal © 2018 by Skagit County Historical Society. All rights reserved. |
Site founded Sept. 1, 2000. Passed 7.75 million page views, January 2017; passed 800 stories in 2013 Noel V. Bourasaw, 1944-2015, Founder Sedro-Woolley, Washington,— where Mortimer Cook started a town & named it Bug
Skagit River Journal &
Noel V. Bourasaw were honored with 2014 Heritage Award from Skagit County Historical Society |
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Featured Exhibits Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence 50 Years of Memories June 15, 2018 - March 2019 A history of the Skagit County Historical Museum ‘at the top of the hill’. Including the stories, the people and the places that make the Museum so special. Learn why museums are in place, what we do, and how we do it! In Local News
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Please send us calendar items for any history-related or community events in your area scheduled for the rest of 2018 |
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"The late Ray
Jordan was arguably the best historian of Sedro-Woolley. His book, Yarns
of the Skagit Country "Ray's Writin's" (Sedro-Woolley: self-published,
1974), was the most thorough collection of stories about the merged towns
and their pioneers and the surrounding area."
Noel
V. Bourasaw
The long awaited reprint of Ray Jordan's "Yarns of the Skagit Country, Ray's Writin's" has been available and for sale as of August 4, 2016 at the Museum bookstore. Link to Ray Jordan web page for an introduction.
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These days, Skagit City School and a road of the same name are all that remain of "Skagit's Lost Communities", Skagit City. (link to Skagit Valley Herald article) Find out "Where was Skagit City?" ...Skagit City School Grand Re-opening July 16, 2017. Bert Webber, photographer of the first Loggerodeo Howard Miller, Steelhead Fisherman and County Commissioner
The obituary and the life story of Norm Lisherness, Sedro-Woolley's beloved police chief, during Loggerodeo of 1967.
Stave Brothers Service
Station
See this photo feature with nearly two dozen photos of Gilbert Landre's cabin/hotel, built in the 1892 era, which still stands near Cascade Pass. |
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Early timeline Founders Mortimer Cook — P.A. Woolley — 4 British bachelors. |
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Maps … Mining |
Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Puget Sound & Baker River, and more . . . Interurban |
Food & Wine . . . Prohibition, liquor . . . |
Lost Cities of Skagit
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Whatcom, the mother county 'til 1883; Snohomish County, home of early Skagit pioneers |
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Special resource features for background reading and reference and more Transcriptions of Skagit County history One version of the meaning of "Skagit" |
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Memories and Profiles of Skagitonians, not necessarily here
during the pioneer period...Ray Jordan Yarns stories . . . |
Museums, Genealogy, Historians, Researchers, Historical Associations, Fraternities. Regional Museums updating Skagit County Pioneer Association |
Transcriptions old newspapers Very short stories in Odds and Ends Portal |
You can find links to our transcriptions of this most valuable resource. An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties, Washington published by Interstate Publishing Company, Chicago, IL (hereafter the 1906 History), published in 1906, is hands down the most important book on the shelf of anyone who researches, writes about or reads about our Northwest history. Out of Print for years, the original sometimes turns up on ebay, but is very expensive. The Skagit Valley Genealogical Society reprinted the hefty volume in hardbound in 2000 and it quickly sold out. At that same time the society created an All Name Index for the 1906 History, which is still available at their website. |
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