BlockSultan, Washington - Snohomish County Washington, Past Achievements, Present Status, Future
From Snohomish County Washington, Past Achievements, Present Status, Future Possibilities, published 1914. 309 words, reproduced complete and unedited. Source changes inside the text are labelled in place.
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Snohomish County Washington, Past Achievements, Present Status, Future
Skykomish Rivers. The valley in which it stands is almost surrounded by hills and mountains of picturesque attractiveness, its northern divisjon, best known as Sultan Basin, being in the forest reserve, while the southern division embraces that portion which is settled and improved.
In addition to its agricultural activities Sultan enjoys the benefit of a large indus- 1] derived from the operations of the Sultan Lumber Company (which employs 200 men), and from several logging camps operating in the immediate vicinity.
Various mineral veins protrude from the hillsides and adjacent mountains and while none of these have yet been developed to the point of profit-producing enterprises, the prospects in this direction are considered by experts to be unusually attractive.
airying and fruit growing especially are proving profitable avocations, Eile the success of the local creamery emphasizes the fact that in dairying, perhaps more than in any other direction, are the opportunities for Ce eee most pronounced.
e construction of a steel bridge acro the Skykomish River, which made a feree tract of good land immediately accessible has recently attracted new settlers to considerable | extent and the opportunities for farming in practically all its branches are Be clearly obvious that further agricultural proximity, offer an excellent opportunity for the advantageous investment of capital in the manufacture of sewer pipe, conduit pipe, tile and other clay products.
_The locality is a favorite haunt of the fisherman and hunter, the rivers swarming with trout of various varieties, while the tangled forest undergrowths form @ natural retreat for bear, deer and cougar.
In a word Sultan may be described as 4 bioeperous community of 800 inhabitants, pupponted by extensive manufacturing and ae on eure activities; possessing opportunie for ogical development in both direcons; encompassed by scenic grandeurs to an ercen ons degree; enjoying the adieee of a climate that cannot be sur-
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