Snohomish, Washington - History

History

Snohomish County has been quite prolific in the matter of townsite projects, although in this respect the whole Puget Sound country has been in the formative past an inspiration to town builders, some of whom guessed wrong, while the dreams of others were fructified in the many thriving cities and towns of today. In the vault at the auditor's office in the Snohomish County courthouse are a dozen huge volumes showing all the townsite and other plats that have been filed from the beginning of official county history, forming a fruitful field for the imagination and contemplation of investigators and students. The more noteworthy of these plats are here briefly summarized, in alphabetical arrangement :

ARLINGTON, Town of - Plat filed March 15, 1890, at the request of A. B. Palmer. Survey by Richard Nevins, Jr., Seattle. Dedicated by J. W. MacLeod, V. Hugo Smith, S. W. Sisco, Arthur B. Palmer. Witnesses, J. C. Smith and James C. Jennings. Lots are 38x120 feet. Plat embraces nine blocks. The rightof-way of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway establishes the west boundary. Parallel streets are Railroad, MacLeod, Dunham and French avenues, First, second and Third streets. This plat, combined with that of McMahon's Addition to Arlington and Haller City, represents the present City of Arlington.

ARLINGTON, McMahon's Addition - Filed September 14, 1891, by Thos. McMahon, John C. Ruff, county auditor. Dedicated by Thomas McMahon, M. J. Dorgan, Percy H. Palmer, N. A. and Hannah Gunderson. Witnesses, Chas. R. Palmer and Geo. Morrill. Comprises all of the sw 4% of se 4 of section 2, township 31, range 5 east. It covers the area between the old towns of Arlington and Haller City, and is practically the present business center of Arlington. North and south avenues are Railroad, MacLeod, Dunham and French. East and west streets Third, Fourth, Fifth and Division. Area, 40 acres.

DARRINGTON - Filed December 3, 1900, by R. O. Johnston; T. E. Headlee, county auditor. Survey by J. L. McPherson, Seattle. Dedication by Richard O. and Clara C. Johnston. Witnesses, Charles F. Munday, and H. E. Finley. Comprises part of the se 44 of ne 14 section 23, township 32, range 9 east. Lots 25x120. Railroad Avenue forms the east boundary, border streets are Fir and Alvord streets, Sauk and Railroad avenues, 30 feet. Darrington Street runs east and west through center, 60 feet wide. North and south avenues are Elwell, Ewens, Givens, 60 feet wide.

DUBUQUE - Filed May 23, 1890, by C. Dubuque. Dedication by Calice L. Dubuque and Mary C. Dubuque. Witnesses, D. W. Craddock and A. B. Rogers. Contains four blocks in sw 4 and se 14 of section 29, township 29, range 6, east. The east border is the county road; streets running sw and ne are Gregory, Mill, Ferry, and Main. Vacated 1891.

EDMONDS - Filed August 25, 1884, by George Brackett. J. H. Plaskett, county auditor. Dedication by George FE. and Etta E. Brackett. Witnesses, George

Blackman, J. H. Plaskett. Plat reserves exclusive water and riparian rights. Located in lot 2, section 23, and nw 4 of sw \ of section 24, township 27, range 3 east. Mill reserve on waterfront and Greenwood Park reserves shown.

EDMONDS, waterfront - Filed July 22, 1907, by George M. Leyda. Plat approved by Mayor James Brady, attested by George M. Leyda, town clerk. It corrects the former waterfront plan approved by the mayor and town council September 19, 1903. L. M. Rice, Seattle, surveyor. Shows owners of abutting upland and tide land applications.

EVERETT, Western New York - Filed July 8, 1872, Jacob Livingston. Dedication of streets and alleys by Jacob Livingston. Plat shows frontage on Port Gardner, lot 4, section 35, township 29, range 4, east. There were thirteen blocks each 240x300, lots 50x110. Streets 80 feet. Alleys 20 feet, parallel with the waterfront. First, Second, Third and Fourth streets; cross streets, Lee, Jackson, Greeley and Livingston. Afterwards vacated, and just west of the present plat of Everett.

EVERETT, Syndicate addition to Everett - Filed January 19, 1892, by B. A. Chilberg. Dedicated by Benjamin .A. and Lina Chilberg; witnesses, F. A. Gardner, Geo. McMMonigal; Hawthorne & McMonigal, surveyors. This plat covered the original site of the town of Western New York, platted by Jacob Livingston. It has been entirely vacated.

EVERETT - Filed February 6, 1892, by W. J. Rucker. Dedication the most voluminous on the county records, having more than 1,200 words. By the Everett Land Company, Henry Hewitt, Jr., president; Wyatt J. Rucker, Bethell J. Rucker; attested by George S. Brown, assistant secretary; seal of Everett Land Company, incorporated in 1890; signed and sealed in presence of Allen V. Tuttle; B. 5S. Grosscup, dated February 6, 1892. George Ruff, county auditor. George E. Montandon, chief engineer. Alex G. Paschke, draftsman. Beginning west, north and south streets shown on this plat are: Norton, Grand, Rucker, Hoyt, Colby, Wetmore, Rockefeller, Oakes, Lombard avenues, Broadway and McDougall Avenue. From south boundary, east and west, Thirty-second Street, Pacific, Wall, Hewitt, California, Everett avenues, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-fourth, Twentythird, Twenty-second streets. Unplatted reservation, undedicated, at center between Everett and Twenty-fourth, Rucker and Rockefeller avenues, 3x4 blocks. Width of streets: north and south, Norton, Grand, Hoyt, Wetmore, Rockefeller, Oakes, Lombard, McDougall, 80 feet; Rucker, Colby, Broadway, 100 feet. East and west, Everett and Hewitt, Pacific avenues, 100 feet; IT'wenty-second, Twentythird, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth and Thirty-second streets, California, Wall, 80 feet. 7

EVERETT, East - Filed September 3, 1891, by N. Rudebeck. Survey by O. P, Anderson & Company. Dedication by Nicholas and Rachel Rudebeck. Witnesses, A. W. Murray and G. S. McNeely. G. C. Ruff, county auditor. Comprises all se 14, sw 4, section 23, township 29, range 5 east. Twelve blocks, streets 70 feet, lots 30x100. North and south streets starting west side: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth; east and west streets starting north boundary, A, B, C streets.

EVERETT, Central - Filed October 17, 1891, by George James. Located southeast of Everett proper, east and south of center of section 28, township 29, range 5 east. Dedication by George and Lillian C. James. Witnesses, D. W. Craddock and F. E. Davis. Survey by George James & Company, Snohomish. Fast and southeast boundaries, Deadwater Slough. Comprises 15 blocks, lots

EVERETT, Mitchell Land & Improvement Company's first addition to Everett ~ - Filed September 23, 1891; dedicated by Mitchell Land & Improvement Company, R. M. Mitchell, president and Melvin Swartout, secretary. Everett Avenue runs east and west through south quarter of the plat to junction with Railway Avenue along the west bank of the Snohomish; other east and west streets are Twenty-sixth, Twenty-fifth and Twenty-fourth; north and south avenues, beginning west, Walnut, Chestnut, State, Market, Washington, Harrison, Cleveland, Grand, Warren, Commercial, Mill, Water and Dock. Riverside addition was filed December 7, 1891, dedicated by John P. and Rebecca M. Hovey, located on the island opposite Lowell, but was later vacated.

EVERETT, Swalwell's First Addition to Everett - Filed September 9, 1891. Dedicated by Swalwell Land, Loan & Trust Company, witnesses Byron C. Majors, Lewis R. Hendricks; survey by W. F. Brown. Plat, which has since twice been vacated in minor parts, covers ten blocks, Snohomish River being the southeast boundary, bordered one lot deep to Railway Avenue. Hewitt Avenue passes east and west through center to junction with Railway Avenue; north and south streets are Walnut, Chestnut, State, Market and Washington. Swalwell's Second Addition was filed December 1, 1891, same company and survey; 12 blocks, bounded by Everett Avenue, Walnut and Cedar streets and Hewitt Avenue.

EVERETT, Everett Land Company's First Addition - Filed December 21, 1891, by Geo. S. Brown; dedication by Everett Land Company, by Henry Hewitt, Jr., president; east boundary is Walnut Street, west Rockefeller Avenue, north Wall Street, south Thirty-fourth Street - four by 13 blocks. Certain streets and alleys and portion of Thirty-second Street later vacated or altered. Plat of this addition is peculiar in that it was filed by the townsite company weeks before the townsite plat itself, respective filing dates being December 21, 1891, and February 6, 1892.

EVERETT, Riverside Addition - Filed December 7, 1891, by George James. Dedication by John P. and Rebecca M. Hovey. Witnesses, C. M. Riddell and C. H. Herald. George James & Company, surveyors, Snohomish. Located in section 33, township 29, range 5 east, bordering Snohomish River. Area 40 acres. Shows 15 blocks, lots 25x120, avenues 70 and 80 feet, streets 60 feet. East and west avenues, King and Miles, 70 feet; Ivy and Arthur, 30 feet. North and south streets, B, C, D, 60 feet. Plat has since been vacated. : | ~ FERRY - Filed April 28, 1890, by George James. Dedicated by J. E. Davis. Witnesses, E. K. Crosby, and George James. Located in ne 4, section 5, township 29, range 6 east. Contains nine blocks, streets 75 feet wide, lots 60x120. The southeast of block 3, parts of blocks 2 and 4 cut off by S., L. S. & E. Railway right-of-way. North and south streets are Davis, Lake Stevens, Main and Woodlawn. East and west, First, Second.and Third streets.

FONTAL - Filed November 13, 1871, by W. B. Hall. FE. C. Ferguson, auditor. Dedication by Dr. Joseph Williamson and W. 13. Hall, November 8, 1871. James McNaught, notary public. Located lot 4, section 5, township 27, range 4 east, fronting on Admiralty Inlet. Contains fourteen blocks of 16 lots each, lots 40x160, streets 70 feet, run north and south. Alleys 15 feet. This plat has been vacated. | by John N. Scott. Witnesses, F. M. and T. E. Headlee. The southeast corner of the plat is the junction of Skykomish River and Silver Creek. Contains thirty blocks, lots 25x100 feet, streets 60 feet, alleys 16. East and west streets, Clarence, Silver, Maple, Fir, Cedar streets. North and south streets, First to Tenth, inclusive. Later, blocks one to nine, inclusive, were vacated.

GOLD BAR - Filed September 24, 1900, by Gold Bar Improvement Company. Dedication by Gold Bar Improvement Company, Will Copta, president; William H. Waynick, secretary. Witness, ©. S. Lewis. Located immediately north of Skykomish River. Contains 22 blocks. Streets 66 feet, lots 33x132. On the south, the plat borders on the Great Northern Railway. Survey by W. A. Hodgins. The map drawn by E. Colburn. This is the most ornate plat on file at the courthouse, showing all buildings and other features of the locality.

GRANITE FALLS - Filed August 6, 1891, by Stanley W. Holland. Survey by W. R. Robe, Granite Falls. It is all in section 13, township 30, range 6 east. Lots 45x120. Streets 25, alleys 15, except Pioneer Street, 100. Plat has 18 blocks. North and south streets starting east, Granite Avenue, Cascade, Anderson, Prospect, Portage streets, Wallace, Pioneer, Union, Galena and Stanley avenues. George C. Ruff, county auditor. Part of Wallace Street has since been vacated.

HALLER CITY - Filed April 24, 1890, by Simon Rumpy. Dedication by Simon Rumpy (unmarried). Witnesses, R. H. Thompson, Theodore N. Haller. Survey by Thomson & White, Seattle. The north boundary fronts on Stillaguamish and South Fork rivers. Plat embraces 50 blocks and is on lots 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, section 2, township 31, range 5 east. Railroad Avenue, near center, north and south. West of it parallel streets are Minor, Market, State, Harlem streets; east, Broadway, Newberry, Manhattan, Talcott. East and west streets, Gilman, Burke, Haller, Cox, Riverside avenues and Stewart Street. Large part of this plat has since been vacated and townsite now included in the City of Arlington.

HARTFORD, Town of - Filed June 23, 1891, by Francis Van Horn. Dedication by Francis V. and Kate Van Horn. Witnesses, J. W. Heffner and Arthur W. Hawks. Contains six blocks, east boundary Woodland Street and town of Ferry. North and south streets are Woodland, James and Cedar streets. Plat has since been partly vacated and correction of vacations made by county commissioners, August 10, 1903. |

INDEX - Filed April 25, 1893, by A. D. Gunn. Dedication by A. D. and Persis E. Gunn. Witnesses, J. A. Coleman, J. J. Folstead. Contains 137.63 acres in section 13, township 37, range 9 east. Survey by John J. Folstead, United States deputy mineral surveyor. Alex G. Paschke, draftsman. Lies on northwest side, North Fork of Skykomish River. Fractional lots and A. D. Gunn reserve front on river on south, and Avenue A north. Index Avenue, 100 feet, others 60 feet. Embraces 48 blocks.

JEWEL CITY - Filed April 22, 1890, by Jasper Sill. Dedication by Jasper and Susie Sill. Witnesses, John Nelson and F. P. Davis. W. C. Brokaw, notary. This plat contained four blocks, 48 lots, with the west boundary the county road. Near present city of Arlington. Plat since vacated.

LOWELL, Town of - Filed May 8, 1873. Dedication by E. D. and Margaret B. Smith, Martin Getcheli, Olive Getchell. M.W. Packard, county auditor. Blocks are 300x255. Lots 60x120. Streets, 75 feet, alleys 15. This plat has since been amended and partly vacated.

James P. Gomeford, Maria E. Gomeford, Mathilda and Renoldo Packwood, witnesses. J. H. Plaskett and S. T. Packwood, justice of the peace. It is part of sw 4, section 28, part of lot 1, section 33, township 30, range 5 east. Contains nine blocks.

MINERAL CITY - Filed June 20, 1892, by E. H. Hubbard. Dedication by E. H. and Harry A. Hubbard, Harry and Anna White. Witnesses, Joseph W. Gregory and Paul D'Heirry. Located in the mineral survey, 179, in the Seattle Land district, known as Anna Quartz mine, Silver Creek Mining district. Plat includes north and east forks of Silver Creek. Fifteen blocks.

MONROE - Filed February 5, 1891, by H. McClurg; George C. Ruff, county auditor. Dedication by Henry and Martha F. McClurg. Witnesses, T. W. Halburt and James McClurg. Located on the east half, southeast 14 section 2, township 27, 6 east. Contains four blocks, each of ten lots. Lots 60 by 120, streets sixty feet, alleys sixteen feet. Alder Street runs north and south through center. Main Street runs through the center east and west. This is the original plat of Monroe.

MONROE, Friday's plat - Filed April 15, 1892, by Frank P. Friday. Dedication by Frank P. Friday. Witnesses George James, John M. Rae. Surveyed by George James. Fronts on north shore of Skykomish with fractional lots. Next River Street. Streets 40, 60 and 80 feet. Alleys sixteen. This plat since vacated.

MONROE - Filed December 1, 1892, by Monroe Land & Improvement Company. Dedication by same, E. L. Sawyer, president; J. C. Brockenstrough, Jr., secretary. Witnesses, W. I. Meigs and I. W. Gaston. Morton Ramsdale, notary. Contains all the northeast 1% of southeast 14 section 1 and other land in section 1, township 27, range 6 east. Streets range in width from 30 to 80 feet. This plat has been partly vacated, but comprises practically the present city of Monroe.

MONTE CRISTO - Filed March 2, 1893, by Alfred B. Bell. Dedication by the Monte Cristo Mining Company, Joseph L. Colby, president; Charles F. Rand. secretary. Gustav von den Steinen, notary, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Location is portions of Junction Placer claims south of Glacier Creek, tributary of Sauk River, and bordering the north bank of 76 Creek. The lots are numbered consecutively from 1 to 236, inclusive. Plat appears in form of a huge revolver, the barrel pointed northwest to the junction of the Sauk and Glacier Creek. Lots are 25 by 75 feet.

MONTE CRISTO, Government Townsite - Filed March 4, 1893, by J. W. Jones, attested by John C. Denney, judge. Robert A. Hulbert, clerk. A. L. Wolf, deputy. D. L. Swerdfiger, county auditor. Declaration by J. W. Jones, E. W. Burns, J. J. O'Donnell; witnesses, E. N. Headlee, S. P. Ayers. Declaration: "The improvements made on said townsite are made on the following lots and blocks and are as follows, to-wit: On lot 44, block 4, frame house, one story, 16 by 30 feet; foundations for buildings laid upon all the other lots of said blocks. Dated this 4th day of March, 1893." There are six long blocks, four of them north of the Sauk, bisected the full length by Government Avenue, sixty feet wide.

~>MUKILTEO - Filed June 9, 1890, by L. K. Church. Dedication by Louis IX. and Emma J. Church. Witnesses, H. Soderberg and Frank F. Randolph. The entire west boundary is the shore front. A strip along the water front reserved and not dedicated. 'Townsite has eighty-seven blocks. Lots mainly twentyfive feet wide. Portions of this plat have since been vacated, but much of it remains in use as originally surveyed.

MUKILTEO, Sutherland's Plat - Filed August 2, 1890. Dedicated by James Sutherland. Witnesses, E. J. Holt and George T. Gilmore. Survey by Richard Nevins, Jr., Seattle. This plat covers lots 1, 2, 11, 12, block 1 in Gravelle's addition to the Town of Mukilteo.

OSO, Iles' First Addition - Filed October 1, 1901, by Cora Iles. Dedication by John and Cora Iles. Witnesses P. C. Murphy. Plat approved by Thomas C. Fleming, chairman county commissioners. I. M. Galbraith, surveyor. Paul C. Murphy, notary. W. M. Ross, auditor. Location on the Seattle and International right-of-way, at station 636, in section 8, township 32, range 7 east. Shows four blocks in a line east and west along south side of railroad. Each block 500 feet long by 260 feet. This is the only plat of Oso appearing on record.

SILVANA, Block No. 2 - Filed November 9, 1892, by C. Joergenson, notary public. Dedication by Annie Marie and Oscar Torske. Witnesses, Amos Bergsett and Ole Peterson. Located on part of lot 11, section 2, township 31, range 4 east. Lots are 30 by 110. Streets 70 and 75 feet. Centers opposite the Great Northern station, Washington Street intervening. The northwest boundary is Main Street and the northeast is Norway Street.

SILVER LAKE Addition to Everett - Filed April 7, 1893, by A. J. Hayward. Dedication, Lucy and Charles Page. Witnesses, Frank Noll, James L. Sleytter ; C. B. Weyler, notary. This plat contains thirty-three blocks: all regular lots 25 by 120. Streets include Park, Bayard, Tulalip, Summit and Lake; Silver Lake Boulevard; Fulton, Lowell, Paine, McDougall, Broadway, Lombard, Oakes and Rockefeller avenues. There have been several vacations of this plat.

SILVER LAKE - Filed April 29, 1912, by A. D. Lucas. Dedication by Thomas Wilson Land Company. A. W. Thompson, president; Tracy A. Duncan, secretary. Witnesses, B. M. Parker, Arthur M. Goldsmith. Approved by John F. Birney, county engineer. James McCulloch, chairman of county commissioners. The lots are 3.74 to 6.72 acres. Located at the east end of the lake, north boundary is Pine Avenue.

SILVERTON - Filed May 5, 1893, by Norton D. Walling. Dedication by Silverton Land Company, Norton D. Walling, president; Elmer E. Johnston, secretary. Witnesses, M. F. Shea, L. E. Davick. Comprises 40 acres in section 19, township 30, range 10 east, Seattle land district. Composed of twenty blocks. Streets and avenues 80 feet, alleys 20 feet. South Fork of the Stillaguamish on east boundary. Everett & Monte Cristo Railroad cuts off six blocks at southeast corner.

SILVERTON - Filed July 1, 1893. Shows Monte Cristo along northern side of Everett & Monte Cristo Railway, from Myers to Silverton avenues. The plat is the Silverton Land Company's rearrangement.

SNOHOMISH - Original plat filed June 21, 1871, by E. C. Ferguson, recorder. Dedication by E. C. and L. G. Ferguson. Witnesses, W. A. Wale and John Barrett (probate judge). In taking the acknowledgment of Mrs. Ferguson, appears the legal custom of this period, man and wife making dedication. Judge Barrett records the acknowledgment in these words: "And the said L.

G. Ferguson, wife of the said E. C. Ferguson, being of full age and having been by me examined separate and apart from her said husband and the contents of the within instrument having been fully made known to her, acknowledged that she voluntarily of her own free will, and without fear of her husband, executed the same." The plat covers a portion of section 18, township 28, range 6 east. The streets are eighty feet wide, lots 60 by 128, sixteen lots to the block. This plat has been little changed since that time and is the nucleus of the entire City of Snohomish, as it is today.

SNOHOMISH CITY, Eastern part - Filed April 12, 1872, by E. C. Ferguson, notary and recorder. Covers portion of section 18, township 28, range 6 east. Dedication was by W. B. and M. L. Sinclair, his wife. Union Street is eighty feet wide, all others are sixty feet. Lots, except fractional, 60 by 128. Blocks contain eighty lots. Blocks 3, 4 and the south half of 5 were vacated in 1889. Otherwise remains unchanged. Among the plats of the earlier period of Snohomish following the original plats, there were four plats filed in 1883, one in 1884, one in 1885, one in 1888, and many amended plats, subdivisions, additions, cemetery and park plats since that time, so that the plats affecting Snohomish City and the immediate vicinity, number more than fifty, on file at the offices of the county auditor.

STANWOOD - Filed December 28, 1889, by W. R. Stockbridge. Dedication by William R. and Augusta M. Stockbridge. Samuel and Mary Gilpatrick, George and Jane M. Paine. Survey by Peter Leque. All on lot 2, section 24, township 32, range 3 east. Lots are 30 to 94 feet by depths to 99.4 feet. Cominercial Street, twenty-nine feet wide. Broadway, sixty feet. County Road, which is part of the plat, is thirty feet. Augusta Street is twenty-five feet.

STANWOOD, Stockbridge's Second Addition - Filed October 26, 1888, by W. R. Stockbridge, D. W. Crattick, county auditor. Dedication by William R. and Augusta M. Stockbridge. Contains four blocks, a part of section 24, township 32, range 3 east. These lots are 50 by 120, and the streets fifty feet. Stockbridge's third addition to Stanwood, surveyed by Peter Leque, county surveyor. This plat was filed December 28, 1889. The Stockbridges had four additions to Stanwood.

STANWOOD, EAST - Filed January 9, 1906, by W. C. Brokaw as F. H. Giard's first plat of East Stanwood. Dedication by F. H. and Anna Giard. Witnesses, W. C. Brokaw, C. A. Martine; S. Vestal, county auditor. W. R. Booth, certification as county treasurer. Approved by A. H. B. Jordan, chairman of county commissioners. This plat shows one very long block bordering the south side of the county road; on eastern end directly along Seattle & Montana Railroad, and the west side of the county road. Northeast corner is the John Hals place, which is also platted in one reserve.

M. L. Davis, notary. The plat covers the north half of the northeast section 5, township 27, range 8 east. Skykomish River and Sultan River form their confluence on the west side of the townsite. Original plat remains practically unchanged.

THREE LAKES - Filed May 25, 1922, by Three Lakes Lumber Company, B. W. Maguire, president; J. M. Harnett, secretary. Wuitness, Henry C. Boger. Dedication by Three Lakes Lumber Company. P. T. Lee, county auditor. Approved by E. G. Tegtmeier, county engineer. H. J. Craigue, county treasurer, and J. L. Boyle, chairman of county commissioners. All in section 24, township 29, range 6 east. Seventeen lots, 13 platted in sizes from 9.31 acres to 44.93 acres. This company filed three later similar plats at Three Lakes.

TYE CITY - Filed March 22, 1892, by George James, surveyor. Don W. Evans, notary; George C. Ruff, county auditor. Dedicated by John F. and Sarah Stretch, John A. and Annie Vanasdlen. Witnesses, J. H. Rucker, John W. Evans, Charles D. Kennedy, E. L. Lloyd. All of lot 5 in section 6, township 27, range 7 east. Great Northern Railroad cuts diagonally east and west through plat. Most of this plat has been vacated.

WALLACE - Filed March 27, 1890. Dedicated by William Wait, John F. and Sarah Stretch. Witnesses, Joseph Mock, Don W. Evans and B. F. Warren. Located in the southeast %4 of section 35, township 28, range 8 east. East and west streets are eighty feet wide, north and south streets are sixty-four feet, lots 52 by 100, alleys twelve feet wide. Original plat shows seventeen blocks, five blocks of which, and four streets, have since been vacated. The postoffice is Startup, which has also become the name of the town.

YEW - Filed February 28, 1891, by W. H. Moore. When the postoffice was established it was under the name of Maltby and the townsite of Yew has been known under that name since that time. Dedication by the Yew Land & Town Company, E. Y. Jeffry, president; W. H. Moore, secretary. Witnesses, L. S. Willard, J. R. Griffith. Plat was surveyed by H. Owens, Seattle. In section 24, township 27, range 5 east. The Maltby station of the Northern Pacific (S., L. S. & E.). Names of the streets: Boston, Seattle, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, running east and west; north and south streets are Juniper, Ivy, Haller, Grape, Fig, Elm, Date, Central, Beach, East Park, West Park, Alder, from 30 to 80 feet in width.

ALDERWOOD MANOR - First plat filed June 12, 1917, by A. B. Dean. It is one of twenty plats of Puget Mill Company lands, covering all the Alderwood Manor properties and extending north and south about ten miles, partly into King County, east and west about five miles. The last of these plats was filed May 17, 1926. Dedication of the first plat by Puget Mill Company; W. H. Talbot, president; A. C. Harris, secretary. Witnesses, L. H. Pierson, C. E. Helms. Surveyed by Clarence L. White; authorized by directors, California incorporation. They are nearly all five- and ten-acre tracts. The last plat was surveyed by Roland S. Hall; dedicated by W. H. Talbot, president, and F. L. Deftmann, secretary. Witnesses, John W. King, George J. Martin; Minnie V. Collins, notary, San Francisco.

FOURTNER'S HOMESTEAD PLAT - Southeast 4, section 25, township 27, range 3 east. It is typical of a number of agricultural homesite plats on file. This plat filed December 29, 1890, by C. T. Roscoe, Fred H. Lysons, auditor. Dedication by Samuel and Ellen Fourtner. Witnesses, Willard M. Allen and

W. H. Freese. The west half is platted in two blocks of eight lots each. Lots are 330 by 604 feet and 330 by 584 feet. Front Street runs north and south, thirty feet wide. The other streets are Second, Third and Center streets, each fifty feet. LAKEWOOD Postoffice - This is English station on the Great Northern Railway. There is no plat of the little town. NORMAN - Original plat of this old town was vacated many years ago. Norman remains the name of the postoffice and settlement.