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Sultan,WA - Snohomish County - c1916 - Sultan Photograph :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 300.00 USD
Sultan,WA - Snohomish County - c1916 - Sultan Photograph :
Photograph of a man standing on what looks like a snow covered "main street, USA," with the town stretching away in the background toward the mountains. Measures 6 1/2" x 4 3/4", mounted on grey cardstock with borders etched in, measuring 10" x 8". "Sultan Wash 1916" written vertically in white along the left edge of image, while "H.C. Matthews, Sultan, WA," is etched on lower left of matte [not listed in Mautz]. Contrast is high, while focus is sharp. A narrow faded area is noted on the right side of the image. Signage visible: The Pioneer and Dining Room, Sultan Drug Store, Post Office, Sultan Meat Market, and Gasoline. Written in pen on lower right corner of image is "Mrs. Hitchcock." Notations written in pencil on reverse include: "BK/SRS 8 20 05 Sultan, Washington 1916 Mrs. Hitchcock. Photographer H.C. Matthews. A sticker with "Mrs. Hitchcock" written in pen has also been attached on the reverse. The gentleman in the photograph is wearing standing in the snow, hands in his pockets, wearing a hat. At least 13 other people are in the frame. The town of Sultan sits at the confluence of the Sultan and Skykomish Rivers. While placer miners worked the Sultan River as early as 1870, gold discoveries in 1878 increased prospecting in the area. In 1880 John Nailor filed a claim at the mouth of the Sultan River, providing goods and a place for prospectors to stop. By 1885 a post office was established in Sultan with John Nailor appointed postmaster and the official name of the post office was "Sultan City". In 1886 Nailor established a ferry, and also built the Pioneer Hotel. James W. MANN, arriving in the area in 1888, helped build the first schoolhouse. A sawmill was built in 1890, and by 1891 Sultan City aided the building of the railroad by supplying or employing almost 800 men. Sultan City's post office was renamed "Sultan" in 1894, and Sultan was incorporated on June 10, 1905, with H. M. Meredith as Mayor. Industries at the time of incorporation included the Sultan Logging and Railroad Company, the Creekwood Manufacturing Company, the Superior Mill, the Commercial Trout Company, and the "45 Mine" [Ref: rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wasnohom/scsulhis.htm].