Source: The Stanwood Story, V. 1, written for the Stanwood News by Alice Essex, 1971, p. 5.
D.O. Pearson--to this staunch Bostonian, who found his way to the western frontier at an early age, went the distinction of establishing the first store in the struggling trading post, known as Centerville, in 1877. When postal confusion prompted a name change in 1878, his wife, nee Clara Stanwood, gave her name to the town.
"D.O." as her husband was affectionately known by old-timers, was born in Massachusetts in 1846. His father, Daniel Pearson, brought the family west and settled on Whidbey Island in 1864. "D.O." however, remained in the east and served in the Union Army on the Potomac. In 1865 he followed his parents to Whidbey and engaged in ranching, logging and storekeeping. He had the distinction of running one of the few stores on Puget Sound which did not have a bar attached. Pearson's establishment, however, soon became so popular that the temptation to open a saloon was too great for Henry Oliver. Soon after the store opened Oliver built and operated what was known as the O.K. Saloon, which apparently was adjacent to Pearson's store.
D.O. Pearson--to this staunch Bostonian, who found his way to the western frontier at an early age, went the distinction of establishing the first store in the struggling trading post, known as Centerville, in 1877. When postal confusion prompted a name change in 1878, his wife, nee Clara Stanwood, gave her name to the town.
"D.O." as her husband was affectionately known by old-timers, was born in Massachusetts in 1846. His father, Daniel Pearson, brought the family west and settled on Whidbey Island in 1864. "D.O." however, remained in the east and served in the Union Army on the Potomac. In 1865 he followed his parents to Whidbey and engaged in ranching, logging and storekeeping. He had the distinction of running one of the few stores on Puget Sound which did not have a bar attached. Pearson's establishment, however, soon became so popular that the temptation to open a saloon was too great for Henry Oliver. Soon after the store opened Oliver built and operated what was known as the O.K. Saloon, which apparently was adjacent to Pearson's store.
Source: The Stanwood Story, V. 1, written for the Stanwood News by Alice Essex, 1971, p. 5.
D.O. Pearson--to this staunch Bostonian, who found his way to the western frontier at an early age, went the distinction of establishing the first store in the struggling trading post, known as Centerville, in 1877. When postal confusion prompted a name change in 1878, his wife, nee Clara Stanwood, gave her name to the town.
"D.O." as her husband was affectionately known by old-timers, was born in Massachusetts in 1846. His father, Daniel Pearson, brought the family west and settled on Whidbey Island in 1864. "D.O." however, remained in the east and served in the Union Army on the Potomac. In 1865 he followed his parents to Whidbey and engaged in ranching, logging and storekeeping. He had the distinction of running one of the few stores on Puget Sound which did not have a bar attached. Pearson's establishment, however, soon became so popular that the temptation to open a saloon was too great for Henry Oliver. Soon after the store opened Oliver built and operated what was known as the O.K. Saloon, which apparently was adjacent to Pearson's store.
D.O. Pearson--to this staunch Bostonian, who found his way to the western frontier at an early age, went the distinction of establishing the first store in the struggling trading post, known as Centerville, in 1877. When postal confusion prompted a name change in 1878, his wife, nee Clara Stanwood, gave her name to the town.
"D.O." as her husband was affectionately known by old-timers, was born in Massachusetts in 1846. His father, Daniel Pearson, brought the family west and settled on Whidbey Island in 1864. "D.O." however, remained in the east and served in the Union Army on the Potomac. In 1865 he followed his parents to Whidbey and engaged in ranching, logging and storekeeping. He had the distinction of running one of the few stores on Puget Sound which did not have a bar attached. Pearson's establishment, however, soon became so popular that the temptation to open a saloon was too great for Henry Oliver. Soon after the store opened Oliver built and operated what was known as the O.K. Saloon, which apparently was adjacent to Pearson's store.
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