Editing Warm Beach, Washington (section)

== History ==
What is now Warm Beach was the site of a village of the [[Stillaguamish people|Stillaguamish]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Lane |first=Barbara |url=https://www.msaj.com/_files/ugd/aad22c_6a17b7ff7fa946d595f6ab4cc7a70c9c.pdf |title=Anthropological Report on the Identity, Treaty Status and Fisheries of the Stillaguamish Indians |year=1973 |pages=2 (appendix I)}}</ref> and [[Snohomish people|Snohomish]] peoples.<ref name="Tweddell1974" /> The village had one longhouse and several smaller cedar houses. According to James Dorsey, the chief of the [[Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians|Stillaguamish Tribe]] in 1927, it was a gathering place for members of the Stillaguamish and other neighboring tribes.<ref name=":3" /> In their language, [[Lushootseed]], Warm Beach is called {{Langx|lut|dxʷtux̌ʷub|label=none}}.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="Tweddell1974" />

Seattle real estate developer [[Clarence Dayton Hillman]] acquired {{convert|12,000|acre|ha}} along Port Susan in 1906 and began to sell property for a future seaport city named "Birmingham" for his [[Birmingham, Michigan|Michigan hometown]]. By 1910, he had sold plots and ran an excursion steamer to the site, where paid actors were used to create the illusion of a thriving city. The scheme was later uncovered and Hillman was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for [[mail fraud]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilma |first=David |date=March 10, 2001 |title=Hillman, Clarence Dayton (1870-1935) |url=https://www.historylink.org/file/3080 |work=[[HistoryLink]] |accessdate=February 6, 2025}}</ref><ref name="IllustratedHistory">{{cite book |last1=Cameron |first1=David A. |last2=LeWarne |first2=Charles P. |last3=May |first3=M. Allan |last4=O'Donnell |first4=Jack C. |last5=O'Donnell |first5=Lawrence E. |year=2005 |title=Snohomish County: An Illustrated History |page=155 |publisher=Kelcema Books LLC |location=Index, Washington |isbn=978-0-9766700-0-1 |oclc=62728798}}</ref> A community at the site was established and renamed to Warm Beach in 1924.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jennings |first=Mary |date=February 22, 2022 |title=Exploring History: The grand scheme behind the failed city of Birmingham |url=https://www.goskagit.com/scnews/news/exploring-history-the-grand-scheme-behind-the-failed-city-of-birmingham/article_8992b432-652d-506a-aa8d-ca519ebf314d.html |work=[[Stanwood-Camano News]] |url-access=subscription |accessdate=February 6, 2025}}</ref>

A Christian [[summer camp]] was established at Warm Beach in 1956 by the [[Free Methodist Church]] and opened two years later. It hosts an annual [[Christmas lights]] festival in December that was inspired by the [[Opryland Themepark]] in Tennessee.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kapralos |first=Krista J. |date=February 7, 2008 |title=Warm Beach Christian camp still singing after 50 years |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/warm-beach-christian-camp-still-singing-after-50-years/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 6, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wright |first=Diane |date=November 29, 2006 |title=Flipping the switch: Let there be lights |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20061129/lights29n/flipping-the-switch-let-there-be-lights |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 6, 2025}}</ref> The Free Methodist Church also operates a [[senior living]] center in Warm Beach that includes [[nursing home]] and assisted living units.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=August 17, 2007 |title=Warm Beach debates housing |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/warm-beach-debates-housing/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=February 6, 2025}}</ref>