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 .. . , two of theiu carrying Hope seems to have been the leading steamerof the fleet. In December of the same \ear a tri-weekly mail service on the Seattle, Anacortes andWhatcoin route went into effect. The steamerswere the Washington, the Idaho and the is worthy of notice that Captain Beecher wasmaster of the Evangel. The year 1883 witnessedalso the completion of the first large wharf at Ana-cortes. a st
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 .. . , two of theiu carrying Hope seems to have been the leading steamerof the fleet. In December of the same \ear a tri-weekly mail service on the Seattle, Anacortes andWhatcoin route went into effect. The steamerswere the Washington, the Idaho and the is worthy of notice that Captain Beecher wasmaster of the Evangel. The year 1883 witnessedalso the completion of the first large wharf at Ana-cortes. a structure a hundred feet long, liaving arunway the same length. John C. Sullivan being thebuilder. Wages seem to have been good at thattime, as the carpenters on the wharf receiverl fivedollars per dav. With the steady increase in business came thedemand for a regularly platted town site. Thisimportant work was executed bv H. Gates,assisted by G. Gerhard and a stal? of five first town plat was on the island oppositeKellys Point and occupied a belt of about two milesfronting the Guemes channel and extending backabout three-quarters of a mile. The avenues were. VIEWS TAKEN ON IlDAIJJO ISLAND
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