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Historic Stanwood, Washington Historic Stanwood, Washington Originally named Centerville, the first Post Office at the mouth of the Stillaguamish River was established in 1870. In 1877 D.O. Pearson opened the town’s first general store, built a wharf, and, as Postmaster, re-named the town Stanwood after his wife, Clara Stanwood Pearson. Early Stanwood-area settlers logged, and cleared and diked the river delta in order to farm. Two large lumber mills operated on the river until the 1930s. Their lumber products were shipped by steamboat and by the notably temperamental one mile long H & H Railway, which carried goods between the waterfront and the Great Northern Railroad station. The D.O. Pearson House & Museum offers a wonderfully comprehensive perspective of the area. The Stanwood Area Historical Society’s 34-page booklet titled "River Rail and Road" provides more details of this special little river town.

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Contributed by FledglingStudio.com on January 16, 2008, at 6:42 PM UTC.

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