Isaac Cathcart (1845–1909) was a well-known businessman and
Snohomish County, Washington
Snohomish County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. With a population of 827,957 as of the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous county in Washington, after nearby King and Pierce counties, and the 75th-most populo ...
, pioneer.
Cathcart was born in
County Fermanagh
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The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...
, Ireland, in 1845. He was the son of Isaac F. and Charlott (Bushfield) Cathcart.
He migrated to the
Pacific Northwest
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, settling in the area now called
Cathcart
Cathcart ( sco, Kithcart, gd, Coille Chart)
after him.
There, he was a local logger, hotel-keeper and county treasurer. He ran the Snohomish Exchange Hotel. He was one of the organizers of the Snohomish Skykomish and Spokane Railway and Transportation Company in 1891. His large land holdings were purchased by
C.D. Hillman, who platted and sold the lots, eventually creating
Cathcart
Cathcart ( sco, Kithcart, gd, Coille Chart)
and
Clearview.
Notes
Sources
Biography citing ''History of the Pacific Northwest, Oregon and Washington, 1889''
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1845 births
1909 deaths
19th-century American businesspeople