The Stilly Valley History caches are dedicated to the
Pioneers and Places of the beautiful Stillaguamish River
Valley.
Hiram Monty was born in Clinton County New York on November 8,
1852 to Louis and Harriet (Wood) Monty.
Hiram Monty attended public schools in New York and when he was
eighteen years old he made his way to Michigan and worked in
brickyards and sawmills.
In 1884 Hiram journeyed westward to Washington. He resided in
Tacoma for sixteen months and in the fall of 1885 came to Stanwood,
Snohomish County. Here he hired two Siwash Indians to take himself
and family up the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River by canoe.
He secured a claim compromising of heavily timbered land lying
eight miles northeast of Arlington. He lived in a small tent with
his wife and three children for a few months pending the completion
of a small split cedar house which he built. Hiram Monty carried
all the necessary supplies from Stanwood via canoe, for there was
no road, not even a trail, to his place.
Hirma Monty later served on Dairyman's Association and Co
operative Creamery Association. He served as a road's supervisor of
his district. Hiram also aided in the construction of the first
Trafton school house in 1888 (which has since burned and been
rebuilt), and aided in the organization of the Cicero in 1892 and
served on the school board for a number of years.
The cache
The cache is an easy stop and grab located on Monty road that leads
to the original homestead.