Prosser, William Farrand.  "A History of the Puget Sound Country."  Vol. 2. New
York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1903. p. 357-358.

William C. Butler

William C. Butler is the president of the First National Bank in Everett and the
general manager of the Puget Sound Reduction Company. He has been connected with
the latter enterprise since its inception. It was incorporated in 1892, and the
business has grown to mammoth proportions. The smelter is one of the industries
which gave rise to the city of Everett, and Mr. Butler came here when it was
established at this point. It was started in a  small way, but the business has
constantly grown until employment is now furnishes to two hundred men. They
handle ore which comes to them from thousands of miles in all directions, from
Alaska to Mexico and from many intermediate points along the coast. The local
business is also steadily growing, and the plant is a very complete one,
equipped with the latest improvements and capable of handling seven thousand
tons of ore each month.

The First National Bank of which Mr. Butler is the president is the oldest bank
in the city. It is a combination of the Old First National Bank and the Everett
National Bank and with the latter Mr. Butler was identified prior to the
consolidation. He thoroughly understands the banking business, and under his
capable control the institution has won a very creditable position in banking
circles of the state. Associated with him in the enterprise are men of business
capacity and financial strength, and the First National Bank received the
unqualified endorsement of the confidence of the public.

In connection with the business of the Puget Sound Reduction Company
considerable building has been carried on in Everett. At the time of the
establishment of the smelter here a large number of residences were erected  for
the men employed in connection with the plant, and as the business has grown
more homes have been built, and still more are being erected in the vicinity.
The work carried on in the smelter is that of extracting the metal from the
ore-gold, silver, copper ad lead being thus transformed the into marketable
products. The buildings of the company cover about twelve acres.

Mr. Butler is also interested in the timber lands and logging to a considerable
extent and was one the organizers of the Norman Logging Company and also the
Lime and Lumber Company. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and is
pre-eminently a business man, alert, enterprising, far sighted and energetic,
and his ability in the control of varied and improvement of this section of the
state.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios. Project in September 2005 by Teressa Lenkey.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.