, 1876-03-18

SATURDAY, MARCH, ls, 1876. =.
First Settlement ortE,r Saobpe
mIsh.


In our las. we promised 70 give some items
In relation 10 the frs. settlement Of the sno-
horish. We we're 90 occupied With other
matters that We came near onitting 1t .hiS
week bu, finally obtain the following which
we submit 10 our readers.
IN the summer Of 1850, settlers first per
H,snently heated on this river. as well as at
the mouth OF the river in the vicinity Of
Nnkilteo. z. r. rady, Eghcrt Tucker and
Hisl- Barnes settling at snohonish City.
Cady locating what was afterwsd known as
the Sinclair claim. Barnes locating a claim
for z. @. Ferguson. who came down and
took possession in April 1860. snohomish
City is now located on these two claims.
Tucker located bis claim across the river
on the bottom land, now John ,Harvey's
ranch. These men came here from Stella,
COON. Almost the same .ime.M. II. Frqs.
settled at Mukilteo, and Dennis Brigham
between there and the mouth OF the river.
.Fhe.f.l-nf 1850 brought number of sd
ditional settlers to the Snohomish, as, .wefi
as quite number who went up and hogan
the settlement Of the Skyskomish River Val.
ley. Mosto these persons still remain with
US. 80 ..r.- '"
Alexander Davis, Chas. Short, chas Tay.
lor, John Ross, John Richards, Jacob Foss,
Geo. Kelsey and others settling ou the Sno.
homish, and Salem Woods. Frank Dolan anil
James Long on the skyekomish
Cady was an Engineer by trade he 70"
some time commanded one of the first, II not
the first steam boat regularly running on the
Snohomish, small scow built boat. bearing
very euphonious name expressed by the
cahalistic letters "F. H." printed on her flag.
She had no great power, so that when COM
ing up river against strong. currant the
hands were oftentimes compelled to put out
lines, or might be SET n pulling her up stream
by the dense vine maple and salmon berry
brush along the bank.
We believe Geo. Greenwood for time
acted MS Engineer of hisprimitive craft.
Mr.. Tucker remained in connection with
the river only some two years. quite q
portion Of this time being spent at Stella.
COON. After the breaking out Of the Rebel.
lion. he raised company Of volunteers at
Steiacocm,rc ived commission as Cap.
ACT, a -. IS HI,;l
COON for II long time.
Capt. Tucker has the honor Of heing the
first literary celebrity Of the Snohomish, as
well as its first poet. Some OF our old boys
quote the following as sample of his ef.
fisions when on Pd1nasus
1--WE are the boys what's got the pand
To fell the trees and clear the land"
We feel like saying there was u great deal
OF truth, II not poetry in these lines.
During the time of Capt. fuckers con-
nection with the river he acted as Snohomish
Correspondent Of the pap'r then published
at Steilacoom by Mr.. Prosch now senior
member of the firm publishing the Seattle
Tribune.
Our friend II. D. Morgan Of this place
tells ,he following amusing story about
Capt. fuckers father, who years ago kept
one Of the leading log hotels OF Des Moinrs
the present capital ot the state of Iowa.
Mr. Tucker senior, was an excellent land
lord, dignifrd, kind hearted gentleman,
and very anxious to make his guests com.
Portable, and profuse in his expressions of
care anil regard for their welfare. With all
these COOL qualities, he WIS also anxious to
uSe high sounding language, his carly ed.
ucatiCn had been regl cted ST. that he some.
times used words without fully realizing
their meaning A certain Mr. Jones was II
great hvorite at this hotel Tucker had
been at work making numerous improve.
ments to his hotel; after describing Z EN- to
Mr.. Jones one day, he wound up with saying
'Yuu see Mr.. Jones WHEN ] get this
condition to my Hotel finished, shall be-
able to contain more people in more hostile
manner than any other Hotel West of the
Mississippi