, 1878-07-13
VOLUME SNOHOMISH CITY WASHINGTON TERRI SAT

on the island at TIE mouth uf the river.
whlrh will b. tultiv. ted ncXt year.
Thus the total ln'l in cultivation. or
ready to cultivate ia IN Duvamish WI.
ley. is not lar 'roin . 300 ucrrs whilr
the total smount ~ fertile land IN the
valley and ON the how hills ADJOINING. -
some tour nlhye times that dinnuni
This parc is 81 near Seattle. ana the
communication su. near prrirct 10, steam
boat, wagon road aud rail road, rht
there l. nn vacant laed in the srtlirm,r,, e,
IL all having been settled years ago. Tnr
river uverliows much ot the bottom mpH,
bat The valley is 50 narrow thai mast -,
the settlers have their homes on HE II 9h
and each side oi the valley, or els, on
raised beGches, which denote the former
water levl !, where tue tide cl.bed nu /
flowed when the waters ct the hay were
some twenty ic,t above ihrir present.
level or what Is nearer the truth, wltn
the land VAS at least twenty icet lower
than it is nov. THIS changr in lcyrl nl'
the land is gcologicalIy 81 recent that 1t
occurred lOn.s after the glacial drIIt was
deposited, and lac surface ot the high
land had assumed it's present APPEAR
nnc Il is brsi sttdieu b'tween MIilrr's
terry, some tour miles from Sc, tile, and
the land that extends from there
towards Milton, on the west side at the
valley. From the amount Of the clam
and other shells in the sail, the settlers
describe il as he site al an Indiin town
thousands Ol years ago, prrhnps; vet
there is little to indicate anything Of that
kind, but everything to. demonstrate
that here The tide el,bed and flowed
when what IL now the Duwamish was
bay nearly as wide as SEATTLE llarhor.
and Black River, Lake Washington, and
Squak Lake aud Slough were each COW
cred by the salt sea, and subject to the
ever changing level OF the tide.
Il is almost certain that during the
glacial epoch, when the DRIFT and bouldpIs
thnt cover so much of the Puget Sound
basin, were deposited, all the country
below the leve! nt The mountains was
covered with water. The emergence OF
the land above the water WAS probably
acco apanied Ivy volcanic disturbances
that materially affected the level OF the
country, one part with another
On most every river valley there are in
dica'ions OF u period OF rest in the gfad-
uul upheaval Of the land, such as
these raised beaches Of the Dwamish
50 plainly indicate, but no where is 1t so
plninly indicated as here. What was
once a sand fiat, just covered by the tide.
when Mr.. Burr settled in the valley in
1850, was prairie ot some twelve or
fifteen acres, with u light, sandy soil,
full of half decomposed shells, broken by
the surf of other days. This prairie is
some twelve or fifteen feet above the
level of ordinary bottom land, and about
twenty feet above the Level Of the tide.
j. E. Clark and John Martin tnke the
lead in raising market produce, being
the only ones who do regular market
business with SEATTLE. Mr.. Clarke has
only some ak acres Of his own land in
cultivation, but rents OF Mr.. Burr some
eighteen acres more, most OF 1t being on
the old prairie above described. On his
own place he has tract Of this muck or
marsh, like the Stuck soil, which will
grow anything. Enough of this fine
sui will be ready for cultivation so be
will not need 10 lease from his netghbors
another year.
Mr.. Martin is unfortunate enough to
he blind. Besides bio market gardening.
he pays more attention to small fruits
than any one else in tile valley. He sue
cecds in raising ard riprning peppers
every year; both himself and Mr..
Clarke had tomatoes in very foi-
ward condition, ~i,h the iruit nearly
bali grown.
sroVK.