Seems Like Yesterday

Published 11:02 pm Saturday, December 22, 2007

50 years ago (1957)

The Great Northern Railway no longer had any use for its depot at Gold Bar and had turned the structure over to Camp Houston, a camp maintained by the Episcopal Church on the Skykomish River. The depot would be torn down and the material used to expand facilities at the camp.

25 years ago (1982)

More signs on I-5 would soon point to Everett. The City Council approved a contract with the state to install more signs on the freeway telling drivers how far they were from Everett and where to go once they got here. Long ignored on I-5, Everett would soon be listed on 23 signs, according to Pat McClain, assistant to Everett Mayor Bill Moore.

Saying they wanted to establish themselves as a part of the community, directors of Everett’s future UHF television station donated $5,000 to people in need in the Snohomish County area. Unity Broadcasting of Washington could have the new station on the air by late next year.

By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library