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Snoqualmie’s Centennial Log
By Dave Battey Have you ever had a vision, a hope, or a plan, that you felt was important to your community? One dream that has come to fruition after many years of work by Valley citizens and businesses is the log shelter and interpretive center north (toward the Falls) of the Snoqualmie depot. Starting…
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First Brick Building In Town
Originally written by Dave Battey for the Valley Reporter Newspaper in 1992, updated in 2021. The building that Buckshot Honey now occupies is unique in that it was the first and one of the few brick buildings built in Snoqualmie. Built in 1923, it has served as a bank, city hall, chamber of commerce and…
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The field between Two Rivers and North Bend Elementary School in North Bend is named for William Claggett, a local student who drowned in Derry Lake in 1922. In the 1920s this field was the athletic field for the North Bend High School. In honor of their classmate North Bend students planted trees along the…
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by David Battey (originally published in 2004) The plan was to build the second โall electricโ mill in the nation.ย The first such mill being an upgrade of Weyerhaeuserโs Everett Mill B, completed in 1916. ย It is important to remember that the underground power plant at Snoqualmie Falls, the first hydroelectric plant in the State…
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Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Co Where DirtFish is located in Snoqualmie was once part of the second all electric mill built in the United States. The Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Co was formed in 1914 and began operating in 1917. At its peak, the mill and associated mill town included 250 homes, a hotel, community center, 50-bed…
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by David Battey My niece asked me how difficult it was for my mother and her parents and her siblings during the Great Depression. Here is my answer: The Ralph and Hazel Swenson family did quite well on Monte Vista (means mountain view in Spanish) farm during the Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 until…
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Learning More About Your Property
One of the frequent types of research requests the Museum gets is for information about a house or property. But, the first thing we need to know is the full address of the property when you contact us. There are several ways we can potentially help with researching the property: Maps Images Help using King…
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Research Inquiry: Meadowbrook Hotel
One of the Museum’s research inquiries this month was for information on where the Meadowbrook Inn or Hotel was located. Built by the Hop Ranch Growers’ Association around 1884 to act as a summer hotel for tourists and business men to the upper Snoqualmie Valley, it operated for about 16 years. The Snoqualmie Hop Ranch…
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Originally republished in our 2015 Snoqualmie Valley History Magazine, we have since found the original publication at the University of Toronto featuring more information including additional text and images, please check the original out here! In this blog we are republishing the condensed version of the text but adding the new images. Please check out…
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Research Requests
The Museum regularly gets inquiries from researchers, historians, students, genealogists, civil servants and other members of our audience. Sometimes these can be answered quickly and other times they take much more in depth search. Over the years we have found that we often get similar inquiries later on from others so we have begun documenting…
