Arlington Pickers

Arlington Pickers Everyone has been asking us for years to sell all the cool stuff, we find during the day. So we have Spend a day downtown visit shops and restaurants!

On the Quiet historic Streets of old Downtown Arlington,
You'll find Arlington Pickers nestled between thriving businesses, Our kind employees may greet you, there hands may be busy,
Harvesting junk and making things! Typically you may find Country hymns music playing, as your handling some vintage item from your childhood, old pictures ect, children are always welcome to play on the pianos! You will find most of our prices are wholesale, creating many frequent loyal antique vendors.

06/21/2026

This is me at Arlington Pickers every Wednesday morning !



06/16/2026

We properly dispose and sell a lot of American flags!

06/15/2026
We can’t keep those old wagons in the store at all!
06/08/2026

We can’t keep those old wagons in the store at all!

"The Mother Who Pulled Her 5 Kids in a Wagon From Oklahoma to California After the Dust Bowl Killed Her Husband, 1936
June 1936. Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Dust Bowl.
Husband: Paul Briggs died of dust pneumonia. Farm gone. Bank took it.
Left: Lila Briggs, 34. Kids: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4.
Relief office said: “We got work in California. You got a way there?”
She had a Radio Flyer wagon. That’s it.
She sold the stove for $3. Bought flour and beans.
June 10: She started walking Route 66. 1,500 miles.
Put the 4 and 6-year-old in the wagon. 8-year-old pushed. 10 and 12-year-old walked. Lila pulled.
June – September: 90 days.
Arizona desert, 115°F. She soaked their shirts in her urine when water ran out. Kept them wet.
Blisters turned to calluses. Then calluses split. She wrapped her feet in rags.
Made Bakersfield September 8.
Picking camp boss saw her. Gave her a tent. Gave the kids milk.
All 5 lived. All 5 graduated high school.
Lila died 1971. Kept the wagon. It’s in the Kern County Museum. Sign says: “She Pulled Us Here.”
""1936 Dust Bowl. Husband dead, farm gone. Mother, 34, pulls 5 kids 1,500 miles to California in Radio Flyer wagon. 90 days. Arizona desert 115°. Soaks shirts in urine to cool kids. All 5 live, graduate. Wagon in museum: 'She Pulled Us Here.'""
#1936 "

We are partnered with this wonderful family Farm!They love visits!
05/27/2026

We are partnered with this wonderful family Farm!
They love visits!

We know our customer base loves reminiscing about the old days !
05/27/2026

We know our customer base loves reminiscing about the old days !

05/05/2026

DABA Meeting• 6pm Tuesday

We’ve got Snohomish County Councilmember Nate Nehring joining us to share what’s happening at the county level and what’s ahead for programs that impact our businesses and community.

If you’ve got questions or just want a clearer picture of where things are headed, this is a good one to be at!

Oh, we always have to share this every so often !
04/25/2026

Oh, we always have to share this every so often !

There are so many ways that you can take out your frustration, and a lot of people are finding an opportunity to do just that at — of all places — an antique...

Don’t forget that we host a feed coop and there still room for this months order
04/11/2026

Don’t forget that we host a feed coop and there still room for this months order

Bringing Natural Farm Feed to the PNW since 2017, serving large farms & backyard flocks with wholesome products.

04/04/2026

Address

332 N Olympic Avenue
Arlington, WA
98223

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 6pm

Telephone

+13604356683

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