Thanks for the great info. I'll try to make it to Seattle to the library soon and maybe your suggestions will bear some fruit! (That's not an easy trip with the ferries in and out of service lately). Thanks again for your research! At 09:53 AM 12/15/98 -0800, you wrote: >Ref. History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties Washington, 1906 Interstate >Publishing Company, p 372 QUOTED IN PARTS AS FOLLOWS: >MACHIAS Doris Watson Bremerton, WA