Farrell's Edgecomb Store Traditional Cache
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When Judge Thomas Burke and Daniel Gilman's Seattle Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad laid tracks north from Seattle to Sumas in the late 1880's a watering stop was located here at John Edgecomb's logging camp. A depot was hauled north from Getchell and deposited along the tracks a stone's throw from the cache location. A community grew steadily in the neighborhood and by 1910 the town of Edgecomb boasted a population of 350 inhabitants just three miles south of Arlington. In addition to the depot "downtown" Edgecomb had a water tank, a shake mill, two stores, an elemetary school, a dance hall, and a saloon. One of the two stores was built on this location by John and Charles Farrell about 1900. After a few years, brother John moved on leaving Charles E. Farrell as sole proprietor. Farrell's Edgecomb store served the community for years even after the co-op store went under. With the advent of the automobile a gas pump was installed out front. The store was enough for the Farrell family to eke out a living but did not leave Charles a wealthy man. The Farrell's eventually sold the store and moved on but the new owners continued operations mainly as a second hand store. The old building gradually lost a battle to decay and was torn down. The property was purchased by Dean Case who had the Team Case Realty office built on the footprint of the old store. Edgecomb is now a part of Arlington which has grown south to absorb it.
Source material: Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society, Edgecomb Notebook; Bob Bovee Oral History Series, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies; Wikipedia.
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