In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Everett Massacre at the foot of Hewitt Avenue in 1916, Historic Everett proudly announces the publication of our graphic novel. “Who’s your leader”, shouts Sheriff McRae at City Dock, to the Wobblies on the Verona. It was a grisly slice of history […]
Mill Town
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Why Everett? New York City Our city was named at an 1890 dinner party in New York City. Charles Colby left his name on one of the most prominent streets in the new city. But his hungry son Everett Colby, just 15 years old, impressed the dinner guests with his appetite […]
Join the Fall meeting of the Northwest History Book Discussion Group. This session, they will be reading and discussing Mill Town, by Norman H. Clark. The meeting will begin with a brief presentation by the Northwest History Room’s staff on Clark’s innovative description of Everett’s origins and how its publication […]