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A Memory of 1940 North Bend
Interview of Lucille Bonifas Smith from 2012. Lucille passed in 2017 at the age of 93. In 1940 I baby sat by the month for people by the name of Van Dykes. She worked at Thompson Cafรฉ and he drove a truck. They had one child, I think he lives in Monroe now. I lived…
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Upcoming Exhibit
Snoqualmie Valley in the 1950s will be the topic of the upcoming new exhibit at the Museum. The 1950s was an unique time in the Snoqualmie Valley signalling a transition era between a time when residents could get everything they needed without leaving the Valley and today’s reality of regular purchases from outside the area,…
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Another Officer Involved Shooting
Many new to the Snoqualmie Valley move here for its relative safety, natural beauty and warm community. It is always shocking when an act of violence happens here, in part because such acts are so infrequent. In the past weeks after the officer involved shooting in Torguson Park, the Museum has noticed several social media…
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2021 Annual Meeting
Each year the Museum has an Annual Meeting. It is an opportunity for our members and the general public to get together for a fun history program and allows the Museum to hold its election. This years program will include two parts! A program on the history of the North Bend Theatre by a question…
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Preserving History in the Digital Age
When board member emeritus Gloria McNeely joined the Museum’s board in the 1980s an electric typewriter was the latest technology being used for Museum business. By the 1990s, through her advocacy, the Museum upgraded to using a computer. When Assistant Director Cristy Lake started with the Museum in 2006, the Museum had just purchased its…
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Harley Brumbaugh
It is with deep sadness that the Museum must share the passing of retired board member Harley Brumbaugh on July 25, 2021. Harley passed away peacefully, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease . He was surrounded by his family, including his wife of 63 years. Born in Renton, Washington, Harley moved to the Snoqualmie…
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On the FBI’s most famous cases list is a kidnapping case with a Snoqualmie Valley connection. “On May 24, 1935, George Weyerhaeuser, the nine-year old son of prominent lumberman J.P. Weyerhaeuser of Tacoma, Washington, disappeared on his way home from school.” – FBI Weyerhaeuser Timber Company owned and operated the Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company in…
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BEFORE MODERN MEDICINE
The first documented doctor serving the Upper Valley was a Dr. Adams, who came on horseback. He was almost like a circuit rider, galloping through the communities periodically to check his patients. The most prevalent major medical emergency was childbirth, which rarely rated the luxury of a doctor. Most infants were born at home with…
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Lucille Smith Recalls North Bend in 1940
Ten years ago Lucille Bonifas Smith was kind enough to answer some questions about her life in 1940 for Assistant Director Cristy Lake during a dinner visit to the Eagles in Snoqualmie when the Museum had been working on a 1940 exhibit. Lucille was Cristy’s Great Aunt. Below is what she had to say: My…
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Fifteen Mile Crossing was the first fording over the Snoqualmie River after leaving North Bend going over Snoqualmie Pass. It is located about 15 miles east of North Bend. James Beard became one of the toll collectors when the Snoqualmie Pass Wagon Road became a toll road in 1883. Beard built a cabin at the…
