The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-01

castle. Gilman. FAN City, snoquamie,
South Bend. Tolt. Redmond. Windsor,
Snohomtsh Junction. Wayne. Yesleg and
suburbs Of Seattle, as follows Ballard,
Boulevard. Fremont, Edgswater. I.Atona,
Green Lake, West Seattle and last Seattle.
The resources are unlimited. They are
caal and iron, so, COO ceres Of agricultural
land not yet cleared CT timber. vast beds
Of fire and potters' clay.
Population $500. s@......-.......-.-- 900
Improved lands. acres. ..-....s+s+-t.--s IItstt
Assessed acreage s.-+-%--.-*s ZSs.4-s
Na1ae ct lands .----.--.- 80 49, -
Aszexzabie property e., 40
Taxatson fmslls, .................- 81
This county contains Seattle, the first
city of the state. described elsewhere.
snehOmish.
Snohomlsh county. north Of King, covers
900 square miles. Like other counties of
the Sound It's chief industry is lumber. and
il has great agricultural resources. Frnit
grows pfefaseIy and InsciousIy. There
are several apiaries IN the county. One
half the land Is or viii be tillabIe. and more
than bali is timber. There are immense
undeveioped resources of coal and iron;
silver mines have been discovered on sill
yer creek, a tributary OF the Skykonaish,
and a granite deposit IS now being opened
upon the stiIlaguamish. snohomish is
the scene of present operations on the ex-
tension OF the Seattle, Lake Shore &
Eastern IL has connection with Seattle
by rail. A railroad is projected from sno-
homish City up the Skykomish and through
Cady pass 10 Spokane Falls. snohomish
City Is the county seat and is one Of the
most thriving towns Of the West
Other towns are Stanwood, Edmond.
Marysville and Sultan.
Population -........s..........-. 700
Value OF lands ................-g 81 ii0.i40
Accessible property s.. sI0922
Taxation mills ..........s...s. Il
Skagit
North of Snohonish and fronting twenty
four miles on Puget sound is Skagit county,
which includes also the islands of Fidalgo.
Guemes and Cypress. The county is
very fertile and is drained By the Skagit.
the longest river in Western Washington,
navigabie for so miles It's chief crops are
hops, hay and oats. and it produces besides
quantities Of rich fruits. The lumber i'm
dustry Is extensive and the county is very
heavily tfmbered.
The county abounds in coal and iron. The
Cumberland and skagit Valley Coal Com
pany is opening Up the great deposits on
the Samish. There are large bodies OF iron
at the same place and no effort has yet been
made to develop them. The Seattle 4
Northern IL now constructing It's line to the
Skagit mines and building warehouses at
Ship Harbor. The Bennett road is oper-
ating in the county. and the Blanchard
road Is complete from tidewateE to the
Samish valley. The Samish oyster beds
produce large quantities Of oysters. The
well known Swinomish fats. reclaimed
from the Sound, are located in this county.
Hay grows upon them in richest iuxuriance
Beds of copper have been found on Gue-
mes island. The principal towns of the
county are the county seat. Mt Vernon.
La Conner, Edison, Lyman, Anacortes.
Avon. Guemes.
Population ..................... 1000
Improved lands saeFesl ...... ........... isCs6
Assessed acreage ..-....-.....,.-.t.-. lss,oos
sue q isiaas 80 soS
$500, g,,'TTl,, -
Ahateon'-
Whatcom, the last county before British
Columbia Is reached, has water front on
the lower Sound OF twenty four miles. ii
has an area OF 200 square miles and is
one OF the most prosperous and progress
~~NAeA$Na9
rich farming lands, and its resources in
timber and coal and iron are amazingly
large The chief industry Is now lumber
INK, but sesle railroad construction has
been going on ia the past year for the
opening up OF coal mines The Bennett
and Cornwall roads and the Seattle. Lake
Shore q Eastern have All been under con-
struesion IN she county during the year.
Beniugham bay. one OF the finest harhOrs
10 the world, has apon ITS shores The thriv-
ing cities OF Whatcom, Fairhayeu. Sehome
sud beAiingham, soon 20 be one city To
the east Is the beautiful Lake Nhatcom.
navigahle and fuil OF trout and other food
fishes. The towns OF the county are. be-
sides the Tour mentlene1. lynden, sumas
City, @alns, fernaase. Tbs Nooksaek val
lev : one 81 the most picturesque and fer
ule n the state
The towns o. helliughsm hay are treated
n special article IA tins number.
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As..s<sole screags ifN7iA
@a@s :, sNaas .'..s.--s',-*f. $500 -
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tstaFiA ~ ANt isi0F 1ss ~ rs conbnsS
San 3e@n, orc&ss Lopez, b4aSeiey. Decatur.
SHAW, Wsadrons stuart aud , snmheT Of
smaller islands, making 4 total acreage sf
~ square fatles. The climate of san Juan
county = "a ad aud esuaeae. there being
hat sgnsa faa q rain. The county Is
FteM IN AGRICULTURAL NrsetuFf~ ass8