Places

November 13, 2024
Post By: Shenise Ramirez, Communications Coordinator
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The Puget Sound region is full of protected forests that are close to urban areas like Seattle. But how do lands become protected forests, especially when the prices of these lands are usually unattainably high for our state land management agencies?   The answer can be found in a newly protected patch of forest in the Snoqualmie...

January 3, 2022
Information provided by Sadie Thayer, Museum Director, Kittitas Historical Museum
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Visitors to Roslyn, Washington might be there to check out the Roslyn Café, famed for its appearance on the cult hit Northern Exposure; to wander the downtown area; or to explore the many recreational activities it offers, either on bike or on foot. Nestled just a few blocks away is the Roslyn Cemetery, where...

January 18, 2018
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Shootouts with bandits have become the myths of Western movies, but nearly a century ago it happened in real life in the City of Carnation, in a series of events that gripped the region for weeks. In early August 1924, a major robbery of the Snoqualmie Valley Bank (formerly Tolt State Bank) was being...

December 20, 2017
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On December 23rd, 1918 a pregnant Emma Koester slept snugly in her row house in Edgewick, just outside North Bend. What Emma didn’t know was that something was about to happen that would change her life forever. Emma was one of the only people to record the events of that fateful night—the letters that...

October 18, 2017
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The Snoqualmie Valley is no stranger to flooding. During the months of October to March, residents up and down the Valley hold their breath and watch the forecast hoping the waters will stay down. When floods do come, everyone jumps into action, moving farm equipment and animals to high ground and finding road reroutes...

August 3, 2017
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A trip to the grocery store or local farmers market gives you access to hundreds of different kinds of produce and dairy products, but it wasn’t always that easy to get fresh food. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, before paved roads or trains, a round trip from Snoqualmie Valley farms to market...

May 25, 2017
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Guest Blog by Cristy Lake, Registrar and Volunteer Coordinator for the Northwest Railway Museum People who visit our Victorian-style train depot in Snoqualmie often ask why it’s so fancy. It’s reminiscent of a depot in a much larger city, with its beautiful wood paneled gentlemen’s waiting room, lovely curved ticket office, large ladies’ waiting...