Skagit River Journal

of History & Folklore

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, founder Sedro-Woolley, Washington, 98284 Home of the Tarheel Stomp Mortimer Cook slept here & named the town Bug
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Davis family Portal section with links

Lucinda J. Davis divorced her husband in Colorado in 1890 and moved her children to the upper Skagit river to live on a claim belonging to her brother, who drowned in that water. Over the next 39 years she and her family, of Frank, Glee and Idessa, lived in three different houses on two properties, across the river from the site of present Marblemount and up the Skagit at Cedar Bar, on Stetattle Creek. They hacked their own way in the wilderness, made comfortable homes and provided a roadhouse for weary travelers to the gold fields and other sources of minerals in the North Cascades. We feature many stories about them.

Introduction to articles about the Davises. Includes an article about the Davis family, from Charles Dwelley's 1929 Concrete Herald and a memoir by Frank Davis.
Glee's memories from the 1953 Bellingham Herald.
We are now studying and transcribing Davis family diaries, to share with you in upcoming issues. Here is a preview of the diaries in a very detailed article by the late Dick Fallis from 1981 after he too read some of those diaries.
Dolly Connelly's 1955 Seattle Times article about the Davises.
Many more to come. Do you have copies or scans of photos to lend to help us illustrate these stories?

Story posted Sept. 13, 2011, updated October 2018
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