1953 Map of Mukilteo

About this map

Paine Field and its accompanying Air Force Base dominate the landscape of Snohomish County in the early 1950s, serving as a massive aviation hub just south of Mukilteo. This era finds the coastline shaped by the Great Northern railroad, which tracks along the eastern shore of Possession Sound past communities like Edgewater and Darlington. The map captures the vital maritime connection between the mainland and the eastern edge of Whidbey Island, where a Ferry link joins the village of Clinton to the mainland at Elliot Point.