Edison, Washington
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Bow–Edison refers to Edison and the neighboring community of Bow, Washington.[2][3]
History
First settled in 1869 by Ben Samson, it was later named for famous inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), with his inventing productive laboratories in Menlo Park, New Jersey, East Orange, New Jersey, and Fort Myers, Florida.[4][5]
In 1897, Edison became the headquarters of a national utopian socialist project known as Equality Colony, backed by an organization known as the Brotherhood of the Cooperative Commonwealth.[6] The socialist colony was established on 280 acres just outside Edison and it engaged in farming and timber milling and included a school as well as blacksmith and copper-working shops. The Edison-based Brotherhood also published a newspaper called Industrial Freedom for national circulation to its approximately 3,000 supporters.[6] The socialist community folded shortly after 1903, by which time only about 100 colony members remained.[7]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.5 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the census[8] of 2000, there were 133 people, 52 households, and 35 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 227.4 people per square mile (88.5/km2). There were 55 housing units at an average density of 94.0/sq mi (36.6/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.48% White, 3.76% Native American, 2.26% Asian, and 1.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.75% of the population.
Economy and culture
Edison and neighboring Bow, Washington are popular day trip destinations for residents and visitors to the Skagit Valley, the Seattle area, and Bellingham, Washington.[2] Edison is known for its concentration of artists and galleries, shops, bakeries, and farm-to-table restaurants serving locally sourced ingredients.[2][9][10]
The Edison Chicken Parade is an annual event held at "high noon" on the last Sunday in February.[11] The two-block parade last about five minutes and features real-life chickens alongside locals dressed as chickens and other fowl.[11][12]
Notable people
- George Boomer (1862–1915) and Harry Ault (1883–1961), journalists and members of the Equality Colony[13]
- Edward R. Murrow (1908–1965), news journalist, graduate of Edison High School
Schools
Edison High School was in use as Edison Elementary School until its replacement with a new, larger building in 1996. Currently, the only school located in Edison is (the new) Edison Elementary School, a K-8 school, built on the site of the former Edison High School.
See also
Footnotes
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- ↑ a b Charles Pierce LeWarne, Utopias on Puget Sound, 1885-1915. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1995; pp. 63-66.
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- ↑ H.W. Halladay, "Equality Colony: A Brief History Showing Our Objects and Present Condition — Cooperative Colonies Are Not All Failures," Industrial Freedom [Equality, WA], New Series no. 9 (Nov. 1, 1901), pg. 1
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External links
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- "Browse Issues: Industrial Freedom, Edison Washington," Chronicling America, Library of Congress, chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
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