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Date
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Sunday,
October 14, 2001 |
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City
Visited #:
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125 |
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County:
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Snohomish |
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Visited
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City Name
History:
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Community
was established in 1878 as Park Place by Salem Wood. In 1890 John Vanasdlen opened a post office in his store there, but called it Monroe
when postal authorities rejected the town's original name. The Great
Northern Railroad laid track a mile away, so Vanasdlen helped plat a new
townsite called Tye. The railroad selected Wales as the name of its
station there. So Vanasdlen moved the Monroe post office from Park
Place to Tye-Wales, and railroad, postal, and civic officials agreed upon
the name Monroe - a name with no known reason for its initial selection. |
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Comments:
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The sun was setting, which
made for poor light.
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