MARYSVILLE — A mural unveiled at Marysville Pilchuck High School celebrated the renewed connection between Marysville and the Tulalip Tribes while honoring Pilchuck Julia, an early Snohomish resident.

Julia is “part of the living story of this place and the people whose ancestors have cared for it since time immemorial,” said Tulalip Tibes interim Manager of Positive Youth Development Deyamonta Diaz during the unveiling ceremony. “She carried living memory of this land before reservations and railroads, before the town that grew up around her.”

Julia was the last of the Pilchuck Tribe and lived between 1840 and 1923, according to the Tulalip Tribes . She lived along the Pilchuck River and was friendly to the settlers who eventually established the city of Snohomish.

Julia’s face — whi

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