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  1. Fleeing the Blizzard: Farmers Look to Puget Sound

    Colonies of farmers from North Dakota, Minnesota and Michigan—some worth up to $50,000—are selling out and heading west to Whatcom, Skagit and Whidbey Island, drawn by railroad inducements and a milder climate.

    Mar 13, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerAcme, Whatcom CountyBoom & Bust

  2. A Polish Colony in the Washington Woods

    Organizers are recruiting hundreds of dissatisfied Polish and Swiss families from the Midwest to a planned settlement called Rapperswyl, on the south fork of the Nooksack — a Swiss name planted on the edge of Whatcom County.

    Feb 22, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerAcme, Whatcom CountyBoom & Bust

  3. 200 Families Bound for a New Catholic Colony in the Nooksack Valley

    Polish, Swiss, German and Slavonian settlers plan a 20,000-acre farming community near Acme, naming it after the Polish refuge in the Swiss hills.

    Jan 26, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerAcme, Whatcom CountyBoom & Bust

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