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Located at the Mukilteo Light Station, the non-profit Mukilteo Historical Society is a proud steward of our town’s rich maritime history. For thousands of years our area was a... — Updated 4/5/2023

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The area now known as Mukilteo Lighthouse Park has a long history. Native Americans used the land for thousands of years and local tribes held inter-tribal conferences in this... — Updated 2/2/2023

Editor's note: This is a second of a two-part series on De-Dowble-Sa, regarded as the Founding Mother of Mukilteo. De-Dowble-Sa seems to have been closest to her eldest child,... — Updated 10/20/2022

In 1966, the newly formed Mukilteo Historical Society (MHS) organized the first Mukilteo Pioneer Festival as a means of celebrating and honoring the city's history. The festival... — Updated 10/12/2022

During an after-dinner conversation with Mukilteo friends, the topic of Big Gulch arose. This prominent forested ravine, nested between 92nd Street SW and Harbour Pointe Boulevard i... — Updated 9/14/2022

Seventy-five years ago, Mukilteo voters approved a ballot question to incorporate their community as a town. The vote on April 29, 1947, was 220 in favor of incorporation and 137... — Updated 9/7/2022

Editor's note: This month's Muk Revisited column is the winning essay submitted for the Mukilteo Historical Society's 2022 scholarship program. Soren Sackett is a graduating Kamiak... — Updated 6/29/2022

Mukilteo's incorporation in 1947 coincided with the very first bookmobile for Snohomish County residents. While it seems that the city's incorporation meant that Mukilteo was no lon... — Updated 4/20/2022

Editor's note: This is a first of a two-part series on De-Dowble-Sa, regarded as the Founding Mother of Mukilteo. Her Lushootseed name was De-Dowble-Sa. To the early residents she... — Updated 3/23/2022

Lighthouses serve as beacons of hope and strength throughout the world and the Mukilteo community is fortunate to have our own. The lighthouse tower houses the Fourth Order Fresnel... — Updated 2/23/2022

Many Mukilteans will remember the huge pier that projected out into Possession Sound from where our new ferry terminal is now. Some may recall its association with the U.S. Air... — Updated 1/19/2022

This year's rain, wind, and flooding remind us of legendary storms from previous years. One of the most significant in Mukilteo was Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, when the storm came from... — Updated 12/8/2021

The first question readers might ask is: Where is Shingle Mill Beach? The late Beverly "Bevo" Dudder Ellis answered this question in an article that she wrote for a spring 2003... — Updated 11/24/2021

It started with a handshake between two men. Bill Allen, Boeing's head of production, and Juan Trippe, the president of Pan American Airways, were on a fishing trip in 1965. The agr... — Updated 11/3/2021

Take a moment and imagine living in Mukilteo 100 years ago. Nationally, the Great War, World War 1, ended in 1918. The 19th Amendment, the legal right of women to vote, was... — Updated 8/18/2021

Morris Frost and his business partner, Jacob Fowler, established the first White settlement at Mukilteo in about 1860. Before this, Jacob Fowler had been operating a saloon and... — Updated 7/23/2021

Since its earliest history on the shore of Puget Sound, Mukilteo has had a rich and fascinating history. A new chapter in this history was written on Dec. 30, 2020, when Mukilteo... — Updated 6/9/2021

For thousands of years, the Snohomish Indians traditionally made use of the land that is now Old Town Mukilteo. In 1841, the Wilkes Expedition had named the area Point Elliot. In... — Updated 5/14/2021

Over the years, the Front Street building we now know as the Diamond Knot Brewery and Alehouse has been home to quite a variety of uses. It was built around 1942 as a storage and... — Updated 4/21/2021

The Mukilteo light station is not the only site on the Washington Heritage Register. Mukilteo also has the Point Elliott Treaty Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Monument,... — Updated 3/11/2021

Before the condominiums were built at 610 Front St., the property was home to the Losar family's Mukilteo Boathouse and Marina. Family business founder Paul Losvar was born in... — Updated 2/10/2021

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

The Mukilteo Lighthouse roof was replaced last month, which was an enormous effort by the public works crew at the City of Mukilteo. Matt Nienhuis of public works obtained a grant,... — Updated 11/18/2020

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