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I play pub trivia Tuesday nights at Shawn O'Donnell's American Grill and Irish Pub. O'Donnell's location is usually described as in south Everett, or maybe Mariner.

It wasn't always so. That location where 128th Street SW crosses I-5 was Emander 100 years ago, and had been known as M&R Siding, and Merrill & Ring Siding before that. Merrill & Ring was a major lumber company and had a logging railroad.

Where the logging railroad met the Everett-Seattle Interurban became first Merrill & Ring Siding, and was gradually shortened to Emander. South of Emander was Summit. As you drive I-5 between...