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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 (bullet) 810 Central Ave., Sedro-Woolley, Washington, 98284
Home of the Tarheel Stomp (bullet) Mortimer Cook slept here & named the town Bug
Dedicated to Victor A. Bourasaw, 1901-82, Navy Chief & Pearl Harbor Survivor in The War
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(Main Street Lyman)
In Issue 44 of the optional Journal Subscribers Magazine, you will see previously unpublished photos of Lyman like this one, a view of the original business street, now underwater.
See our newest free homepage features: Hammer Mansion & Isabel Hammer... Minkler Mansion new Lyman City Hall?... How Lyman was named in 1880... Woolley's 3-Railroads triangle... William Heffron's village... Birth and timeline of Skagit Steel... Dolbeer Donkey & Shay Locomotive... Concrete School burns April 27, 2008... How they marketed booze in Prohibition... John Fravel and Blanchard... Oliver Hammer history... New in Woolley: Janicki buys old city hall — Our Wish List... Leo's Pizza becomes Coconut Kenny's — The Roost bookstore opens in May... Jungquist closes in Woolley... June Burn on 1858 Fraser Gold Rush & Pioneer bios... Sedro & Woolley merge in 1898/debunking the myth & almost merged in 1891... Birth & Timeline of Skagit Steel & McIntyre family of Woolley... Northern State Hospital closes, 1973-76... Sam Strom, Monte Cristo miner, 1890s... James Bard Metcalfe, namesake of Woolley's Metcalf Street & Charles Woodworth, namesake of his street... Charles J. Wicker arrives Skiyou 1884... Two-Spot Locomotive Sedro-Woolley... Recommended book reviews... KKK in Sedro-Woolley 1920s... Froggy Orchestra in Old Woolley 1890... Skagit City School preservation... How Woolley rebuilt after 1911 fire
      New Issue 44, subscribers-paid Journal magazine online: — Special thanks to Bud Meyers Jr. of Lyman, the son of the late Bud Meyers, the long-time steelhead fishing guide, and Maxine Meyers, the longtime postmaster, and grandson of Lyman pioneer Henry Cooper. After our discussions following our publication of more stories from the diary of Otto Klement, 1873 settler on the Skagit, and father of Lyman, he came up with both photos and documents that have not been published before and will provide the basis for an upcoming section in Issue 44 with new information about Lyman, the town that the Skagit River moved . . . literally.
    The two-part Fairhaven & Southern Railroad, Fairhaven to Sedro, 1889; and the other early Northwest Railroads. Bios of the early railroad principals: Charles X. Larrabee, John J. Donovan and Cyrus Gates.
      The origins of Lyman and profiles of early Lyman pioneer families. Our totally updated two-part Birdsey Minkler biography and information about the Minkler Mansion becoming Lyman City Hall. Our story of the fire lookout towers of the Cascades and memories of those who manned (and womaned) them.
      Subscriptions are $20/1 year; $35/2 years, $45/3 years or $100 for a "lifetime" 10-year rate. We especially need new subscribers in May because we have a large upcoming payment to make. You can read details about how or why to subscribe or donate, by either check or credit card, and how to share gifts with your friends and family. Thank you for considering supporting our project, now in its eight year on the Internet.
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      Perhaps we have been too reluctant to state the obvious and stick our hand out in the past. We are always woefully under-funded, but we are facing a crucial balloon payment of a loan due, which we must make to continue these free pages at the level they have reached. If you have already donated or are a subscriber, we thank you and do not expect or ask any more. But if you enjoy these pages and want them to grow dramatically over the next year, please consider donating even a small amount to help us keep the shop open. We have a separate subscribers-paid online Journal magazine, now in its seventh year. If you want to donate or subscribe, just click the "Paypal Donate" button to pay by secure credit card, or mail checks to here. Subscriptions are $20/1 year; $35/2 years, or $100 for a "lifetime" 10-year rate. Or you can read details first about how or why to subscribe or donate, by either check or credit card, and how to share gifts with your friends and family. Thank you for your consideration and support. And see our offer of story/photo CDs from our first five years of the magazine. That way you can share what you read with those who do not have a computer. We are "open source" in the best meaning of the term and we want to share this information with all lovers of our God's country history and genealogy. Thank you.
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(bullet) Oliver Hammer Clothes Shop at 817 Metcalf Street in downtown Sedro-Woolley, 86 years.
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