An illustrated history of Skagit and Snohomish Counties; their people, their commerce and their resources, with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington .. . eastthe succeeding thirty years of his life. Securing aclaim near the mouth of the great river, the hardysettler began the work of clearing and diking andotherwise improving his farm. Tliose were days ofhardship and discouragement, when freshets werehaunting nightmares, and often the labor of monthsif not years was swept away in a single night. In1883 he sold this farm and purchased the tract ofland five miles south of M
An illustrated history of Skagit and Snohomish Counties; their people, their commerce and their resources, with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington .. . eastthe succeeding thirty years of his life. Securing aclaim near the mouth of the great river, the hardysettler began the work of clearing and diking andotherwise improving his farm. Tliose were days ofhardship and discouragement, when freshets werehaunting nightmares, and often the labor of monthsif not years was swept away in a single night. In1883 he sold this farm and purchased the tract ofland five miles south of Mount Vernon upon whichhe still resides. In common with most pioneers,]\Ir. Egtvet devoted a portion of his earliest vearsin Skagit to the logging industry, which furnishedquick cash returns. His marriage took place March 15, 1885. MissAnna, a daughter of John P. and Charlotte (Erick-son) Shamstrom, becoming the bride. Mr. Sham-strom was a native of Sweden, born in 1815. andhe lived in the old country until 1851. At that timehe emigrated, settling in Iowa, where he success-fully engaged in farming until his death, January1, 1900. His place consisted of 180 acres of verv. MR. AND MRS. PETER EGTVET AND THEIR HOiME, SOUTH OF MOUNT VERNON
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