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 .. . aft in his native land until, at twenty-three, he came to the LTnited States. For a timeafter his arrival on the new continent Mr. Stecherfollowed his trade. In 1880 he came to Grantcounty, C)regon, and the following autumn en-gaged in sheep rancliing. In the spring of 1884 hesold out his interests in Oregon and came to Sno-homish county, purchasing 160 acres of land a halfmile south of Lowell and at the same time pre-em
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 .. . aft in his native land until, at twenty-three, he came to the LTnited States. For a timeafter his arrival on the new continent Mr. Stecherfollowed his trade. In 1880 he came to Grantcounty, C)regon, and the following autumn en-gaged in sheep rancliing. In the spring of 1884 hesold out his interests in Oregon and came to Sno-homish county, purchasing 160 acres of land a halfmile south of Lowell and at the same time pre-empting forty acres more. Here he lived until1890, when he bought his present place. A littlelater Mr. Stecher rented a farm on Snohomishmarsh and farmed there for two years. The nexttwo years found him operating land leased from hisbrother, Frank, and at the close of that term heremoved to his present place, where he has fifty-two acres of land under cultivation. At Port Townsend, in 1885, Mr. Stecher mar-ried Miss Annie Koch, daughter of John Koch, anative of Germany, now a resident of this Stecher was born in Germanv on Christmas THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY. e5 wo w r/i Pi ^ « BIOGRAPHICAL 931 day of 18G4. She received her education in theschools of the old country, but came to Snohomishcounty in 1SS4. To this union have been born sixchildren, all natives of Snohomish county: Frank,John (deceased), Agnes, Annie, (Hto and politics Mr. Stecher is a Republican and thefamily belongs to the Catholic church. Mr. Stecheris in well-to-do circumstances, owning fifty-sevenacres of land, well stocked, chiefly with cattle. Heis one of the industrious men of the county, and en-joys an enviable reputation both as a citizen and asan agriculturalist. He has discharged tlie duties ofthe office of road overseer in his district, but asidefrom that has aspired to or held no political office. EUGENE D. SMITH.—Among the pioneersof Snohomish county who have been forceful in its
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