Before E. C. Ferguson took up his claim on the Snohomish River in 1860, he lived in Steilacoom, the first city of Washington. This is where ‘old Ferg’ built the cottage that was shipped up river, reassembled, and is still in use!
Just before leaving Steilacoom, however, Ferguson joined 95 other bachelors “realizing the benefits of matrimonial alliances” by signing on to the call for a meeting to “devise ways to secure the emigration of the fair sex from the Atlantic States to our shores.”
These and other stories about E. C. Ferguson’s year in Steilacoom will be shared by David Dilgard, Everett Public Library and Joan Curtis, Steilacoom historian, author of “A Town on the Sound,” in a discussion moderated by Warner Blake.
Please plan now to join us for an informative and informal Sunday afternoon on October 11th at 2pm at the Blackman House Museum in historic downtown Snohomish.
This will be informative and lots of fun. So glad the Blackman House is open for storytelling…for who we are is contained in our stories.
This looks like a wonderful presentation. I’m trying to catch up with the rest of you on the local history. This looks like an exciting place to start. “Stories” are the best way for me to remember anything.
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