Editing Arlington, Washington (section)

===Incorporation and early 20th century===
[[File:Arlington, WA - Arlington Hardware and Lumber 01.jpg|thumb|left|Storefronts on Olympic Avenue in downtown Arlington were built during the city's early history and have since been preserved|alt=A small, two-story building with a sign for "Arlington Hardware & Lumber" facing a city street, joined by similar-sized buildings with business of their own.]]

Arlington was [[Municipal incorporation|incorporated]] as a [[City government in Washington (state)|fourth-class city]] on May 20, 1903, including the remnants of Haller City (located north of modern-day Division Street).<ref name="HistoryLink"/> The incorporation came after a referendum on May 5, in which 134 of 173 voters approved the city's incorporation.<ref>{{cite web |last=Oakley |first=Janet |date=December 10, 2010 |title=Arlington incorporates on May 20, 1903. |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/9511 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=April 11, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412063050/http://www.historylink.org/File/9511 |archive-date=April 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Stratton |first=Wickliffe B. |author-link=Wickliffe Stratton |year=1904 |title=Report of the Attorney General of the State of Washington for the Period of Two Years Ending December 31, 1904 |page=101 |publisher=The Metropolitan Press |location=Seattle |oclc=518221388 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJVDAQAAMAAJ |via=Google Books |access-date=April 11, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412065936/https://books.google.com/books?id=KJVDAQAAMAAJ |archive-date=April 12, 2017}}</ref> The new city elected shingle mill owner John M. Smith as its first mayor.<ref name="Pictorial"/>{{rp|16}}<ref name="Whitfield1926"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Prosser |first=William Farrand |author-link=William Farrand Prosser |year=1903 |title=A History of the Puget Sound Country: Its Resources, Its Commerce and Its People, Volume I |publisher=[[Lewis Publishing Company]] |location=Chicago |oclc=32115376 |page=498 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NtYUSP5pFy8C |via=Google Books |access-date=April 11, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412065537/https://books.google.com/books?id=NtYUSP5pFy8C |archive-date=April 12, 2017}}</ref> In the years following incorporation, Arlington gained a local [[bank]], a [[cooperative]] [[creamery]], a city park, a library, electricity, and telephone service.<ref name="HistoryLink"/><ref name="Illust2005"/>{{rp|144}}

During the early 20th century, Arlington's largest employers remained its shingle mills and saw mills. Other industries, including dairy processing, mechanical shops, stores, and factories, became prominent after [[World War I]], during a period of growth for the city.<ref name="HistoryLink"/> The [[Great Depression]] of the 1930s forced all but one of the mills to close, causing unemployment to rise in Arlington and neighboring cities. The federal government established a [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] (CCC) camp near [[Darrington, Washington|Darrington]] to create temporary jobs; the young men built structures and conducted [[firefighting]] in the [[Mount Baker National Forest]].<ref name="HistoryLink"/><ref name="Illust2005"/>{{rp|243–245}} The [[Works Progress Administration]] and [[Civil Works Administration]] funded the construction of the city's sidewalks, a [[High school (North America)|high school]], and a [[Arlington Municipal Airport (Washington)|municipal airport]] that opened in 1934.<ref name="HistoryLink"/>

The entry of the United States into [[World War II]] brought the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] to Arlington, resulting in the conversion of the municipal airport into a [[naval air station]] in 1943. The Navy constructed new runways and hangars and, beginning in 1946, the municipal government was allowed to operate civilian and commercial services. Ownership of the airport was formally transferred from the federal government back to the city of Arlington in 1959.<ref name="Pictorial"/>{{rp|72}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Airport History |url=http://www.arlingtonwa.gov/index.aspx?page=101 |publisher=City of Arlington |access-date=May 11, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511154752/http://www.arlingtonwa.gov/index.aspx?page=101 |archive-date=May 11, 2017}}</ref>

On October 19, 1959, a [[Boeing 707-227]] crashed on the banks of the Stillaguamish River's North Fork during a test flight, killing four of eight occupants. The plane, being flown by Boeing test pilots instructing personnel from [[Braniff International Airways]], lost three engines and suffered a fire in the fourth after a [[dutch roll]] had been executed beyond maximum bank restrictions. The plane made an emergency landing in the riverbed while unsuccessfully trying to reach a nearby open field.<ref>{{cite web |title=Accident description: October 19, 1959, near Arlington, WA |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19591019-0 |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]] |access-date=April 16, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417235615/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19591019-0 |archive-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Barr |first=Robert A. |date=October 20, 1959 |title='Superb Flying': Survivor Lauds Courage of 2 Who Died at 707 Controls |page=1 |work=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Powell |first=Steven |date=July 16, 2016 |title=Oso was site of Boeing's only commercial-jet crash in state |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/oso-was-site-of-boeings-only-commercial-jet-crash-in-state/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 16, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417005406/http://www.heraldnet.com/news/oso-was-site-of-boeings-only-commercial-jet-crash-in-state/ |archive-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref>