He was raised in Lake Stevens, Washington.

To our high school, dear Lake Stevens, let our devotion tell.

Spread before us dear Lake Stevens, glistening in the sun, held against the heart of nature, till earth and sky are one.

A few months earlier Douglas Booth, 30, of nearby Lake Stevens died when a 200-pound branch hit him.

SR 9 was not complete between Lake Stevens and Arlington until after 1966.

Lake Stevens was officially incorporated on November 29, 1960.

When it burned a second time in 1925 the mill was dismantled and Lake Stevens lost the very industry which caused its founding.

From the 1920s to the 50's Lake Stevens was primarily a resort community, with many public and private resort beaches scattered around the shore.

In 1960 Lake Stevens incorporated as a City with a population of 900.

Since 2005, the population of the City of Lake Stevens has nearly quadrupled from 7,400 to 28,069 currently.