About Everson, Washington

Everson is a city of 2,888 people in Whatcom County, in the Nooksack River valley about 15 miles northeast of Bellingham. A ferry carried travelers over the Nooksack less than a mile west of today's town as early as 1857, and in 1858 a scow was built there for prospectors bound for the Fraser River gold fields. In the 1870s settlers opened a hotel, a drug store, a trading post and a post office at that spot, which became known as The Crossing.

In 1890 the Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad put its depot a mile to the east, on the site of a Nooksack village called KwΓ‘nech. The people of The Crossing moved their homes and businesses over to be near the trains. The new town was platted on September 26, 1892, under the name Everson, and it was incorporated on May 4, 1929.

“The only blue sky in sight on a clear day was straight overhead. Nooksack Mountain was hardly known to exist in those days as no one could see it unless he climbed a high tree”
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  • Named for Ever EversonEver Everson (1842-1915), born in Norway, homesteaded the townsite in 1871. A mistake on his claim deed may explain why the town isn't called Iverson, though historian Lottie Roeder Roth said he simply chose the American spelling. He logged, ranched, served as the township's first road inspector and gave land for streets. His nephew Helmer Iverson sold most of his lots to new businesses and to those moving from The Crossing.
  • Kale's canneryC. S. Kale arrived in 1882, and by the late 1890s he and his sons had cleared ground across the river south of Everson for orchards. In 1905 he helped start the Nooksack Valley Fruit Association, which became the C. S. Kale Canning Company in 1909. His prunes, apples, pears, cherries, berries and beans went by train as far as the East Coast and the United Kingdom. One 1931 shipment filled 21 cars and was worth $65,000.
  • The 1876 mission churchKwΓ‘nech was a major Nooksack village with a large communal smokehouse. When the tribe refused to move to the Lummi Reservation, its members were allowed to take land here. Nooksack leader George Olooseus settled at KwΓ‘nech in the early 1870s, and in 1876 he led the building of the area's first Methodist church and boarding school.
  • Shingles through the Panic of 1893William Moultray ran the trading post at The Crossing until fire destroyed it in 1887. In the early 1890s he started the Nooksack Shingle and Lumber Company, and its jobs carried local families through the Panic of 1893, when the regional economy had slumped badly.
  • The Everson Band, 1907In the early 1900s the Granville Hotel's restaurant was known for French cooking, and musicians gathered at Dr. Bell's drug store after closing time. The Everson Band, founded in 1907, played into the 1930s. Every Fourth of July it marched through town, and the parade finished down by the river, where people picnicked and watched fireworks.

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Places and landmarks2

  • Everson City Hall
  • Strandell

Streets and roads64

  • Everson Road
  • Kale Street
  • West Main Street
  • East Main Street
  • West Columbia Street
  • Mead Avenue
  • Everson Goshen Road
  • East Pole Road
  • Park Drive
  • North Washington Street
  • South Washington Avenue
  • Sable Drive
  • Maple Ridge Lane
  • Blankers Street
  • Mission Road
  • Cashmere Lane
  • Reeds Lane
  • Chestnut Street
  • Shuksan Street
  • Shuksan Way
  • Blair Drive
  • Robinson Street
  • West Third Street
  • Birchwood Drive
  • Van Dyk Road
  • Lincoln Street
  • Greens Lane
  • Aspen Drive
  • Nolte Road
  • Freda Avenue
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  • Roeder Avenue
  • Dahlquist Lane
  • Coopers Lane
  • Strandell Street
  • Oakdale Drive
  • Poplar Drive
  • Emerson Road
  • Fourth Street
  • Kirsh Drive
  • Kale Road
  • Ridge Lane
  • North Harkness Street
  • Evergreen Way
  • River Road
  • Night Hawk Way
  • East Second Street
  • East Third Street
  • Christopher Lane
  • Pine Crest Drive
  • Second Street
  • Trap Line Road
  • Marcus Street
  • Ashlynn Court
  • Falcon Court
  • Red Tail Court
  • Cedar Crest Court
  • Cedar Drive
  • West Second Street
  • Arrowhead Lane
  • Freda Court
  • Colton Lane
  • Baker Street
  • Red Maple Loop
  • Cedar Place

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