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Skagit River Journal

of History & Folklore
Subscribers Edition Stories & Photos
The most in-depth, comprehensive site about the Skagit.
Covers from British Columbia to Puget sound. Counties covered: Skagit, Whatcom, Island, San Juan. An evolving history dedicated to the principle of committing random acts of historical kindness

Noel V. Bourasaw, editor (bullet)

810 Central Ave., Sedro-Woolley, Washington, 98284
Home of the Tarheel Stomp (bullet)

Mortimer Cook slept here & named the town Bug

Would you like us to conduct research for you?
Help with your family tree or web site?
Identify photos or documents?
Catalog your family treasures that you have inherited?
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We can help with your family, business or building Local historian Noel Bourasaw is collecting family stories and copying photos, documents and memorabilia for From Bug to the Bughouse, the first 50 years of Sedro-Woolley and the Upper Skagit River. We are planning to structure the book so that it commemorates and updates a century later the famous 1906 Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties, the first and best of all the regional histories. That original book included an extensive addendum of family trees and profiles. We want to honor those families and others whose descendants are living here or who have moved away. Please inquire how your family can be memorialized. Other researchers are also consulted for their areas of expertise throughout the county and the Pacific Northwest.
All the research for this book has been sorted in a computer data base. Several local businesses and individuals have contracted with us to research the history of their firm or family. We can easily extract the information and present it to you on both disc and hard copy, along with photographs that we have discovered. Or we can search for more information from documents you may already have. We have now prepared three such mini-books for pioneer families.
If you would like that as a present for someone in your family or as a company history, just drop a note to the email below. We also contract with local companies for computer, web and administrative projects. We also provide a service for families who inherit historic material and need to identify it..
We want to generate enough income to pay for publishing the book and establishing a permanent company here in our home in Skagit county — God's Country. We very much need the financial support of those who are interested in learning about and preserving our local history in order to continue this expensive and labor-intensive free collection of rare photos and essays. See how to contact us in the panel below. We have begun featuring creative advertising panels from local businesses along with web businesses that will help you learn more about history and genealogy. The ads will rotate each month from page to page to give the advertiser ultimate exposure. We want to emphasize that:

We do not need originals of your photos or documents
We will help you select an appropriate museum or library should your family want to donate material, and
Our homesite will always remain free. Our subscribers-paid magazine and research programs are separate and optional.

If you would like more information, You can email us with an inquiry and we will provide details.

Story posted on April 13, 2003, and last updated on Jan. 18, 2005
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You can read about our prime sponsors:
Read the history websites of our sponsors and supporters, who help fund research of local history:
Heirloom Gardens Natural Foods at 805B Metcalf street, the original home of Oliver Hammer.
Oliver Hammer Clothes Shop at 817 Metcalf street in downtown Sedro-Woolley, 82 years.
Bus Jungquist Furniture at 829 Metcalf street in downtown Sedro-Woolley, 36 years.
Schooner Tavern/Cocktails at 621 Metcalf street in downtown Sedro-Woolley, across from Hammer Square.

Peace and quiet at the Alpine RV Park, just north of Marblemount on Hwy 20
Park your RV or pitch a tent by the Skagit river, just a short driver from Winthrop or Sedro-Woolley.

Would you like to buy a country church, pews, belfry, bell, pastor's quarters and all? Email us for details.

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Remember, we welcome correction and criticism. Please click on the email slot at the right to report any problems with these pages or to suggest ideas for future stories. This is a completely free site. We fund it by providing an online magazine for paid subscribers. If you are not already a subscriber and you would like to help support our considerable research costs, you can subscribe for just $20.00 per year. As a paid subscriber, you will receive eight yearly issues plus many rare treats between times, including scans of photos and documents that illustrate local history, before they are shared with anyone else. You can go here for Subscription details and you can read the preview edition to see examples of our in-depth research. You may also order gift subscriptions for friends, family or clients who are interested in local history or students or military people who are away from home. Or you can email us for more details. Do you have scanned photos to share? Or you can mail us copies. See addresses to right.

Email us at: journal@stumpranchonline.com

Mail copies/documents to street address: Skagit River Journal, 810 Central Ave., Sedro-Woolley, WA, 98284.