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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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blessed by a heat wave for a brief respite R.I.P., Gus Tjeerdsma. Read about the Open House for the Skagit Valley Genealogical Society on March 27 at the Burlington Public Library. |
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Read about the new NW Washington History Detectives and how you can meet with them to learn more about local and statewide history and share your own research and see everyone's historical photos, and talk with local authors. First Meet-Up is in Sedro-Woolley on March 21, with a railroad-history theme and attending experts, plus a walkabout to the old depot sites. Hold the Presses . . . the historic old Concrete Theatre reopened on Feb. 12, 2010, with Marilyn Monroe and Some Like it Hot and a gathering afterwards of Valentines and those who love old-time theaters. Follow the links for all upcoming movies and congratulations to Valerie and Fred; job very well done and the theater is beautiful. Dick Harris shares a poem, This River Sings, from his upcoming book, drafted at the memorial service for his brother Jim. And read about the Audette brothers turning the Big Rock Store into the Big Rock Store/Café.Have you read our introduction to our planned Food & Wine portal? Bold and old Zinfandel from Sausal Winery in Sonoma County. Please help us start our Calendar section for historical events and family and school reunions coming up or planned for 2010. Can you help with events and dates? Noel continues recuperating from his cancer and surgery of last year and gives thanks to Drs. Shintabe, Muff, Abbott and Oates and a whole coterie of medical personnel, nurses and staff of the North Puget Oncology Center in Sedro-Woolley, who he believes saved his life. |
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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 the dams and Cascades, Sauk River-Illabot Creek area, and the creeks of Skagit's south shore |
includes: Mount Vernon to Belfast, west to Fidalgo, south to LaConner/Fir Island/Conway, north to Burlington, Blanchard, Edison, Alger & Samish |
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includes: mills, donkey engines, equipment and logging railroadsMaps … Mining Whatcom, the mother county til 1883; Snohomish County, source of many early Skagit pioneers |
includes: Fairhaven & Southern; Seattle & Northern; Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Puget Sound & Baker River, and more |
Stories about the Skagit River Floods history very short stories in Odds and Ends Portal Memoirs by pioneers & descendants Puget Sound Mail, our monthly column Food & Wine History |
includes: Territorial Daughters, and biographies of and by pioneer women |
Library: Recommended reading, bibliography Transcriptions old newspapers Regional Museums |
Optional Subscribers Journal online — Click here for a peek at the New Issue 51: 99 autobiographical vignettes by old-timer RSVP volunteers in 1989; Updated history of early Northwest schools; Eloise Ingman Stendal recalls Meadow School; Samuel Shea, Rockport area homesteader & bar and pool-hall owner; History of the Eagles Aerie, Sedro-Woolley — Mystery solved; it began in 1902, with history of the state and national Eagles, the fraternal lodge that began in Seattle in 1898; We correct the record: Lorenzo Lyman was a lawyer, not a doctor.; Handy new portals: 1. Odds and Ends Portal, includes stories that are brief; and 2. Memoirs Portal for finding autobiographies and vignettes. |
Would you like information about how to join them in advertising? Our newest sponsor: Cygnus Gallery, 109 Commercial St., half-block uphill from Main Street, LaConner. Open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am to 5 p.m., featuring new monthly shows with many artists, many local. Across the street from Maple Hall, 1886 Bank Building and Marcus Anderson's 1969 historic cabin. Their website will be up in early 2010. Oliver-Hammer Clothes Shop at 817 Metcalf Street in downtown Sedro-Woolley, 88 years. Peace and quiet at the Alpine RV Park, just north of Marblemount on Hwy 20, day, week or month, perfect for hunting or fishingPark your RV or pitch a tent by the Skagit River, just a short drive from Winthrop or Sedro-Woolley 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. |
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