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saiyc. with all local interests, and have
So rapidly developed our local re-
sources, that the total value of property
subject T.. taNation in thi. county is now
nearly four iOl Whist it WAS six years
ago. Our resources to dHy ure scarce
developed at ALL to what we may expect
them 10 he dni Z the next ten years
NhNt will he the picture presented ut
. tir next cntcnunl! We may estimate
itpntIy by II general review of our pres.
cnt tuntion, some Of our lending insti
tutious, and their development during
the past few years.
Tho county extends from the north
boundary line oI township 20 north,
VIII mct,c Morlin, to the north bound
ary line of township number thirtytwo
north, beng six townships in width
from north to south, and nearly one hun.
drrl miles from east to west, from the
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line Of the Sound, nm area over one half
ns great as the state of Connecticut Be
sides the wealth of our forests of fir on
the high lands, We have agricultural ,c.
/ sources second 20 no region along our
river bottoms, comparatively easy to sub.
due, and of extraordinary fertility. The
southern portion OF the comfy is drained
! hy the Snohomsh and its tributaries.
! It, social and business Ccntcrs are SnOhO-
m;sh City, the county seat, at the head
of tide water navigation, II miles from
TIE mouth of the river. Six miles below
is situated the town of Lowell sustained
in pant hy The extensive logging opera
tiors Of t. ID. Smith; PnCkw0od's landing
on Ercy slough, and Priest Point on the
Tuhlip Reservation are also important
business ccntcls. The first for the log
rng camps Of the slough, the second as
the mooring ground for logs cut on the
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The northern portion Of the county is
drained by the StiIlagu ,mish river with
its grent amount of bottom land await.
ing the hushandmnn, and its tide flats,
around its mouth, great part Of which
are now reclaimed, becoming the most
productive land in the world, and form.
ing the garden spot for Snohomish conn-
ty.
The first school ever taught in the
county, was taught by Miss Rohic Will
lald in 1850 at Snohomsh City. In
1870 there were only IL school children
in the county, now there are 8 districts,
and November last there was 237 chill
drcn of school age within the county.
The social and intellectual develsp-
mcnt of the county has been equalhrlpid
Ms the logging and agricultural interests.
The first celebration of the national ami
vcrsary.cver held on this river, was July
4, 1878. The first literary society organ
lied was the Athcneum, which began
from $500. capital in Jar, 1878, to a
tcnfod gronter value now; containing
:hc best scientific library, and the largest
museum in the Territory, and destined to
exert almost II controlling influence upon
the future intellectual development OF
the Puget Sound region. A bare list of
some of our other SnOhomish institutions
is sufficient to indicate fully the nature
of the growth AID future direction of our
progress as n community. Among them
ARE the Snohomish Free Religious Asso.
citation, Union Presbyterian Church, Sno-
homish County Agricultural Society,
Snohomish Telegraph Company, and
Snohomish Cemetery Association. The
county paper the NORTHERN STAR start
ed less than six months ago, now has II
weekly issue of over 900 copies, well
shows the public spirited support given
by our people to all local enterprises.
| have been careful in giving details of
early settlement etc, because most OF
those details were found in shape very
easily lost. While our Athcneum AMI
other public institutions will preserve
full records Of what is now taking place
for my successor the next centennial his
torian to do full justice to the history
we are now making, causing it 10 be SUI
periluous for me to more than glance at
=. later matters of our county history, as !
have already.
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