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Everett, city, seat (1894) of Snohomish county, northwestern Washington, U.S., on Puget Sound, at the mouth of the Snohomish River, across from Whidbey Island (west), 28 miles (45 km) north of Seattle. Originally inhabited by Snohomish and other Indians, the area was settled in 1862 and the city was laid out in 1890. It became the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1893. Named for the son of C.L. Colby (an investor in the Everett Land Company), Everett attracted eastern capital and was promoted as a manufacturing centre. Development faltered, but the city exploited local timber and agricultural ...(100 of 231 words)

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