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. E.T. Cady sailed from

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on the ''Nautilus'' on February 22, 1849, headed for

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. According to the 1862 Census of Snohomish County, taken by Sheriff Salem A. Woods, Cady was 34 years old and a native of Utica,

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, located in the

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, were named after the 1860 E.F. Cady exploring party. The party was attempting to locate a railroad route over the North Cascades.

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