The Farm’s parcel is effectively a gift from John Hauberg, offered for sale a few weeks before his death in 2002.  His autobiography describes how he purchased a collection of farms, “stump ranches,” that sum to over 16,000 acres of northern Snohomish County.  (He would give an owner $50,000 to purchase an option at the independently appraised market price at the time the farmer wished to sell.)  We thank the Page Family descendants for his gift (assignment) of the “Sam Eaton Option.”  In the 1970s, John envisioned a northern Snohomish County city of “Tatoosh.”  A resort was started (one golf course was built), a housing development was started (SnoCo, still in existence), and a water company that serves PLC (essential for the public use of this property) was completed. Without Tatoosh Water Co. neither the Gardens, Farm, nor Preschool would exist.  John was an astute businessman, a patron of the arts, and a philanthropist.  His funding created the Pilchuck Glass School 2.5 miles NE of the Farm.  He built upon his father’s interest in Native American history when he gifted his collections to the Seattle Art Museum where he had served as both President and then Chair.  Today his Pilchuck Tree Farm surrounds the Living History Farm and Botanical Gardens.

http://www.gfhistory.org/Research.html
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv23867
https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/john-henry-hauberg-jr-%E2%80%9939
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hauberg_Museum_of_Native_American_Life
https://www.amazon.com/Recollections-Civic-Errand-Boy-Autobiography/dp/0295983647 
http://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/H-Tribute-to-John-Hauberg-the-Tree-Farm.pdf

John Hauberg was the Chair of the Committee that envisioned, funded, and built Seattle’s museum known as:

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Chihuly Garden and Glass
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