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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1878 | 7 |
7 stories matching bargain
- The Mukilteo Colony Dream
Promoters pitched a 32-tract 'colony' in Mukilteo as a perfect, self-sustaining opportunity for families to own land and work the Sound, promising everything from shipbuilding to fertile marshland farming.
- The Promised Land of Mukilteo
Developers pitch a vision of 'valuable' homesteads and marshland ranches to settlers, promising a life of agriculture and industry on the shores of the Sound.
- The Dream of the Mukilteo Homestead
Developers pitch the promise of self-sufficiency and deep-water access to prospective homesteaders in a growing Mukilteo.
- The Mukilteo Land Rush
A frontier real estate advertisement reveals how developers sold the dream of independence to prospective settlers by subdividing the rugged waterfront into 'homesteads.'
- The Boom Town That Never Quite Was
A speculative real estate advertisement touts Mukilteo as the next great industrial powerhouse, promising a future of ship-building and commerce that would forever alter the Snohomish County shoreline.
- The Mukilteo Real Estate Boom
Developers pitch the 'natural advantages' of Mukilteo as a prime hub for shipping, milling, and homesteading on the Sound.
- The Dream of Mukilteo: A Frontier Real Estate Pitch
A classic 19th-century land developer attempts to turn the 'natural advantages' of the Mukilteo waterfront into a booming commercial hub.