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Fowler Pear Tree

FOWLER PEAR TREE 

PLANTED AS PART OF AN ORCHARD CIRCA 1868 A. D.
JACOB D. FOWLER, WHO WITH HIS PARTNER
MORRIS H FROST, CLAIMED AS A HOMESTEAD
THIS MAJOR PORTION OF THE AREA WHICH
NOW, COMPRISES THE TOWN OF MUKILTEO. 
HE WAS THE HEAD OF THE FIRST FAMILY,
THE FIRST POST OFFICE, THE FIRST MERCHANT
AND TRADER IN THIS TOWN.

THIS PLAQUE ERECTED 1953 BY THE
ROSEPOINT AND MUKILTEO WAY 
GARDEN CLUBS

 

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