An Estate at Auction on the Riverside
A court-ordered sale reveals the lingering legal threads left behind by a Snohomish pioneer.
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A cleaned-up reading of the newspaper page: spelling and layout repaired, one story lifted off a crowded page. It follows the original closely but it is not a transcription. The original page is below; read it if a detail matters.
Notice of Appointment of Administrator. Estate of Eli Shook, Deceased. By virtue of an order made by the Probate Court of Snohomish County, Washington Territory, on the 25th day of February, 1878, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, on the 27th day of March, 1878, at 2 o’clock P.M., at the Riverside Hotel in Snohomish City, in said county, the following described property: Lot number eight, in section ten, township twenty-eight, north of range six east, situated in the town of Snohomish, Washington Territory. Signed: E.H. Nicoll and W.M. Tillotson, Administrators.
“I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash.”
Probate and estate liquidations remain a common, often difficult, feature of Snohomish property law today. This notice serves as a reminder that the land you walk on—like the area near the old Riverside Hotel—has been shaped by a centuries-long history of public sales and legal transfers.
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