Foreword : In July 2019, historian Betty Lou Gaeng penned an article titled Lynnwood’s Peter Schreiber and Scriber Lake for My Neighborhood News Network .

Betty’s article recounted Peter Schreiber receiving a patent in 1891 to homestead 160 acres, including what is now Scriber Lake, which was located on the northeastern part of his property. Sadly, Peter’s wife Lavina died from complications of childbirth on April 5, 1895.

After her death, Peter moved his family to Edmonds to reside with Lavina’s parents. By 1910, most of Schreiber’s 160 acres had been sold to private investors or had been forfeited for delinquent and unpaid taxes.

This article will pick up where Betty’s article left off and will chronicle the history of the Scriber Lake area for the next 50-plus years, and th

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