Snoqualmie Valley Museum

Katie (Kate) Kanim Borst was a Snoqualmie Tribe member whose life spanned the dramatic transition of the Snoqualmie Valley from an Indigenous homeland to a majority Euro-American farming community. Born in 1855 at the mouth…

Josiah “Uncle Si” Merritt (c. 1814–1882) Josiah Merritt—widely known as “Uncle Si”—arrived in the Snoqualmie Valley in 1862. The prominent peak now known as Mount Si was named in his honor, a reflection of his…

Lucinda Collins Fares Gordon (c. 1830s–1880s) Lucinda Collins is remembered as one of the earliest non-Native women to settle in the Snoqualmie Valley. She and her husband, Joseph Fares, homesteaded what became known as the…

Dear Friends, Exciting things are happening at the Museum! I’m thrilled to share that I am stepping into a full-time role as Executive Director in June after 19 years of being here part-time. This means…

Guest Post by David Dreyer My father, Bill Dreyer, apprenticed as a boiler maker with the Union Pacific.  He worked as a welder and heavy equipment repair for the contractor, Guthrie and Co., which was…

We would like to welcome Kaitlyn as the Museum’s new Visitor Services Assistant. She began working at the museum as a collections volunteer, and is excited about her new role. She enjoys welcoming visitors into the museum,…

Join us for our Annual meeting on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 1pm! This year it will be held in the Northwest Railway Museum’s Train Shed Exhibit Hall at 9320 Stone Quarry Rd in Snoqualmie.…

adapted from a 1992 article by David Battey The Snoqualmie Tree Farm is 90,000 acres, which is nearly twice the size of Seattle and stretches from Snoqualmie Falls nearly 25 miles north into Snohomish County…