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During the 1880's, a settlement in King County came to be known as Bothell, and was established by loggers. The settlement of Bothell then became a farming community that was located on the highway between Everett and Seattle, once all of the trees were cut down. As houses took over the dairy pastures and farms following the end of WW II, the community became a suburb. From 1950 through 1992, the population of Bothell increased 25 fold, and it also expanded. Bothell had become the third largest employment hub center in Snohomish County and had stretched out of King County, by the end of the 1900's.
Apparently, the local Indian tribes were rather aggressive, although very poor. They once staged an abortive raid by canoe on lower Skagit Valley tribes. They paddled their river canoes, which drafted very little water, into Puget Sound as far as Whidbey Island's Penn Cove. However, the raiders' canoes became swamped. In order for them to return to the mainland, the force had to make some rafts, and then, there was a long walk home.
The local Indians were extremely friendly in their contact with the white pioneers, and it was sometime prior to Canadians finally understanding that this tribe was actually a part of the Duwamish Indian tribe.
War broke out between the white pioneers and the local native Indian tribes even once the U.S. signed treaties with them in 1854 and 1855. An Indian Agent named David Maynard attempted to convince the Chief of the Willow People to go to Seattle. However, the chief declined. In 1856, some of the members of the tribe were known to have joined in the attack on Seattle. Once the war was over, with the help from a man named Henry Yesler, who owned a lumber mill, and the tribe was relocated Fort Kitsap, which was located on the reservation in Port Madison. Some of the descendants of the willow people resided on the Tulalip and Suquamish and Indian Reservations.
The Sammamish River, was also known as the Squak Slough and the Sammamish Slough, until 1870, when two men named George Wilson and Columbus Greenleaf constructed their cabins in land that they had filed a claim on. Some eight families had settled next to the banks of the river, by 1876 which ran through marshes between Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish.
Also in 1876, a lumberman from Canada named George Brackett launched a logging operation after he bought the first several parcels timber. From the northern bank of the river, Mr. Brackett floated his logs into the river and that logging camp came to be known as Brackett's Landing. In 1885, the residents constructed a schoolhouse, and a man named Mr. Allen established a store. In 1887, at Brackett's Landing a sawmill was constructed. Until the early 1910's, the mainstay of the economy in Bothell was logging.
A man from Pennsylvania named David Bothell purchased some 80 acres of land from Mr. Brackett in 1885. Mr. Bothell then constructed a home that also accommodated boarders. Mr. Bothell built the Bothell Hotel after his home burned to the ground. A Norwegian couple named Gerhard and Dorothea Ericksen purchased the first building that Mr. Bothell sold. In 1888, the job of being the local postmaster was given Mr. Ericksen, who also named the small community Bothell. Also in 1888, some entrepreneurs from Seattle named Thomas Burke and Danial Gilman constructed their Eastern and Lake Shore Railroad to run to the coal mines in Issaquah, right through Bothell. The first a boxcar down the river at Wayne served as the railroad depot. This boxcar was then loaded onto a flat railroad car and placed on the southern bank of the river at Bothell in 1890. Much the same as everywhere else, the railroad significantly helped with the growth of Bothell and the community grew next to First Avenue as well as next to Main Street.
Some early businessmen platted a two settlements named Huron and Winsor. However, they never left the platting phase. Mr. Bothell filed a plat with the territorial government for the settlement of Bothell in 1889. There were shingle and lumber mills, Edward Adams' meat business, John Rodgers' American Hotel and Saloon, Erickson's store and the Bothell hotel by that time.
During the hard times Mr. Ericksen built a water flume in order to transport short logs for shakes to the river, after 1893, when the panic occurred, and his store failed. The seven-mile-long flume permitted some logging operations to continue and also helped Bothell get through the lean years during the 1890's. Sometime later, Mr. Ericksen represented the region in the State Legislature, and also established another retail store.
Local farmers sent their down the Sammamish River in waiting boats to Seattle, as early as 1867. Some scows and rowboats could transport two tons of cargo and were some 50 feet long. Using human power, it might take as long as ten days to make the round trip from Issaquah to Seattle. Starting in 1874, the 44-foot steamship known as the Minnie Mae started serving Bothell as well as other communities around Lake Washington communities from Union Bay, in Seattle.
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Bothell Tidbits
During the 1880's, a settlement in King County came to be known as Bothell, and was established by loggers. The settlement of Bothell then became a farming community that was located on the highway between Everett and Seattle, once all of the trees were cut down. As houses took over the dairy pastures and farms following the end of WW II, the community became a suburb. From 1950 through 1992, the population of Bothell increased 25 fold, and it also expanded. Bothell had become the third largest employment hub center in Snohomish County and had stretched out of King County, by the end of the 1900's.
Apparently, the local Indian tribes were rather aggressive, although very poor. They once staged an abortive raid by canoe on lower Skagit Valley tribes. They paddled their river canoes, which drafted very little water, into Puget Sound as far as Whidbey Island's Penn Cove. However, the raiders' canoes became swamped. In order for them to return to the mainland, the force had to make some rafts, and then, there was a long walk home.
The local Indians were extremely friendly in their contact with the white pioneers, and it was sometime prior to Canadians finally understanding that this tribe was actually a part of the Duwamish Indian tribe.
War broke out between the white pioneers and the local native Indian tribes even once the U.S. signed treaties with them in 1854 and 1855. An Indian Agent named David Maynard attempted to convince the Chief of the Willow People to go to Seattle. However, the chief declined. In 1856, some of the members of the tribe were known to have joined in the attack on Seattle. Once the war was over, with the help from a man named Henry Yesler, who owned a lumber mill, and the tribe was relocated Fort Kitsap, which was located on the reservation in Port Madison. Some of the descendants of the willow people resided on the Tulalip and Suquamish and Indian Reservations.
The Sammamish River, was also known as the Squak Slough and the Sammamish Slough, until 1870, when two men named George Wilson and Columbus Greenleaf constructed their cabins in land that they had filed a claim on. Some eight families had settled next to the banks of the river, by 1876 which ran through marshes between Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish.
Also in 1876, a lumberman from Canada named George Brackett launched a logging operation after he bought the first several parcels timber. From the northern bank of the river, Mr. Brackett floated his logs into the river and that logging camp came to be known as Brackett's Landing. In 1885, the residents constructed a schoolhouse, and a man named Mr. Allen established a store. In 1887, at Brackett's Landing a sawmill was constructed. Until the early 1910's, the mainstay of the economy in Bothell was logging.
A man from Pennsylvania named David Bothell purchased some 80 acres of land from Mr. Brackett in 1885. Mr. Bothell then constructed a home that also accommodated boarders. Mr. Bothell built the Bothell Hotel after his home burned to the ground. A Norwegian couple named Gerhard and Dorothea Ericksen purchased the first building that Mr. Bothell sold. In 1888, the job of being the local postmaster was given Mr. Ericksen, who also named the small community Bothell. Also in 1888, some entrepreneurs from Seattle named Thomas Burke and Danial Gilman constructed their Eastern and Lake Shore Railroad to run to the coal mines in Issaquah, right through Bothell. The first a boxcar down the river at Wayne served as the railroad depot. This boxcar was then loaded onto a flat railroad car and placed on the southern bank of the river at Bothell in 1890. Much the same as everywhere else, the railroad significantly helped with the growth of Bothell and the community grew next to First Avenue as well as next to Main Street.
Some early businessmen platted a two settlements named Huron and Winsor. However, they never left the platting phase. Mr. Bothell filed a plat with the territorial government for the settlement of Bothell in 1889. There were shingle and lumber mills, Edward Adams' meat business, John Rodgers' American Hotel and Saloon, Erickson's store and the Bothell hotel by that time.
During the hard times Mr. Ericksen built a water flume in order to transport short logs for shakes to the river, after 1893, when the panic occurred, and his store failed. The seven-mile-long flume permitted some logging operations to continue and also helped Bothell get through the lean years during the 1890's. Sometime later, Mr. Ericksen represented the region in the State Legislature, and also established another retail store.
Local farmers sent their down the Sammamish River in waiting boats to Seattle, as early as 1867. Some scows and rowboats could transport two tons of cargo and were some 50 feet long. Using human power, it might take as long as ten days to make the round trip from Issaquah to Seattle. Starting in 1874, the 44-foot steamship known as the Minnie Mae started serving Bothell as well as other communities around Lake Washington communities from Union Bay, in Seattle.