Articles written by Peter Anderson
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Mukilteo Train Mishaps | Muk Revisited
Completion of the Great Northern Railway in 1893 provided our Puget Sound region with an important transportation link to Minneapolis – St. Paul and other cities further east. Bui... — Updated 12/16/2020
Victor McConnell's Service Station | Muk Revisited
This is a story about Victor McConnell, who arrived in Mukilteo about 1900 and built a facility on Front Street for servicing boats and motors. He should not be confused with... — Updated 10/28/2020
Our Japanese Cultural Heritage | Muk Revisited
Next month marks the 20th anniversary of the dedication of a monument commemorating the harmonious relationships between early Mukilteo residents and families of Japanese workers... — Updated 6/10/2020
Mukilteo's lumbering legacy | Muk Revisited
When the first permanent settlers arrived in Mukilteo, they were surrounded by an abundant supply of timber that could be used for building materials. Plenty of tall Douglas fir cou... — Updated 4/28/2020
Smugglers, rumrunners and bootleggers
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of National Prohibition as stipulated in the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment banned the manufacture, sale,... — Updated 3/4/2020
Brennan's Store anchored early Mukilteo
In the early 1900s, Mukilteo kids looking for penny candy or adults looking for tobacco products could always find what they wanted at Brennan's Store. John Brennan had located his... — Updated 2/5/2020
Muk Revisited | Mukilteo's First Doctor
Mukilteo's first resident doctor was Claude E. Chandler. He was born Feb. 19, 1883, in Scopus, Missouri, to parents Harrison S. Chandler and Sarah E. Whitner. Harrison was a... — Updated 1/10/2020
Mukilteo's foghorn l Muk Revisited
Mukilteo's foghorn has a storied past. The lobby area where you now enter our historic lighthouse was once a fog signal building that was full of machinery needed to operate a large... — Updated 11/6/2019
Mukilteo's post office l Muk Revisited
Early mail routes were served by canoe, rowboat, or sailing vessel. When Snohomish County was formed separately from Island County in 1861, a post office was established at Mukilteo... — Updated 9/5/2019
Of dikes, ballgames, and clambakes
Today’s Lighthouse Park parking area was once the home ballfield for the Mukilteo baseball team. Besides competing against visiting teams here, the Mukilteo team had to battle... — Updated 7/31/2019
Our first light keepers l Muk Revisited
When the Mukilteo Lighthouse lamp was first lit on March 1, 1906, keeper Peter N. Christiansen was on site and ready to ensure its steady beacon remained a guiding light for ships e... — Updated 4/3/2019
Big Bang Theory l Muk Revisited
About 6 p.m. on Sept. 17, 1930, Mukilteo’s normal tranquility was shattered by two huge blasts. Besides upsetting the normal tranquility, windows in Mukilteo and Everett were... — Updated 1/9/2019
Early Mukilteo hotels l Muk Revisited
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, visitors to Mukilteo had several choices of where they could stay that are no longer present here. The first of these was Fowler’s Hotel, which... — Updated 11/7/2018 Full story
Before Ivar's
Newcomers to Mukilteo may be unaware of the storied history of the property at 710 Front Street, now known as Ivar’s Mukilteo Landing. Although we have not found ownership... — Updated 8/1/2018
Mukilteo Ferry Tales
Author’s Note: Portions of this article extracted from a “Scenes from the Past” article by Opal McConnell previously published in the “Rosehill News.” Did you know that:... — Updated 6/6/2018