The Snohomish Historical Society
The Snohomish Historical Society was established to acquire, preserve, and perpetuate the artifacts and history of the greater Snohomish area as well as to educate and distribute historical information to those interested in the area's history. BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2007: The Society currently owns and operates the following facilities:
Other Buildings - the visual character of the city is also influenced by other buildings including churches, the old Armory at Second Street and Union Avenue, Carnegie Library, government buildings (including the former Post Office), and public schools. Also visually significant are the garages, woodsheds, utility buildings, and shacks that occur with houses on building lots (120 Avenue C, for example), and generally located along alleyways.  Snohomish 1911 FireThe Snohomish Historical Society invited you to a special presentation by historian David Dilgard on Tuesday, March 9 at 7pm on the subject of the 1911 fire that destroyed much of the historic downtown Snohomish business district. The slide show and talk will be at the Waltz Building 116 Avenue B, and is hosted by the Snohomish Historical Society as part of their general meeting. Admission was free. David Dilgard tracked Snohomish County History for the Northwest Room of the Everett Public Library, and is known for his popular "Breakfast at the Carnegie" series of talks in connection with the city's annual Tour of Homes, hosted each fall by the Snohomish Historical Society. Glad we saw you at this interesting event! |
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Historic Snohomish WA - Quick Fact| 1903 City Streets In 1903 Snohomish had many dirt streets, and if there was a sidewalk, it was a wooden sidewalk. There was a plank road on some of the downtown streets for a ways. The planks were about three inches wide running across the street. This is were you walked and if you stepped off the planks you stepped into water or mud. These planks were torn out and First Street was paved with brick. When the brick pavement was finished there was a three day celebration! Every Saturday they would wash First Street witha fire hose. It was kept cleaner than it is today. |
| 1911 Disastrous Fire Hits First Street First Street between Avenues B and C, was destroyed when a small blaze in the Palace Cafe on the South side of the street got out of control on Memorial Day, 1911 at about four a.m. Thirty-five business structures were put out of business, with $173,000 worth of goods destroyed. |
| 1890 Snohomish Fire Department Established The earliest fire fighting in Snohomish was the so called "Bucket Brigade", with buckets and wet sacks. In 1883, the first move towards concerted fire protection in the small community was taken, with the installation of a force pump and 100 feet fo hose on th bank of the Snohomish River. In 1887, the first city water system from Blackman's Lake was put into service. On August 8, 1890 the City Council established a fire department. G.W. Head was elected the first Fire Chief. |
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Register now for the Snohomish High School All Classes Reunion, July 17-19. In honor of Snohomish's 150th Anniversary, we are inviting all SHS graduates to "Come Home Snohomish" and celebrate with us at the SHS All classes Reunion, July 17-19. Regist
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Economic Stimulus 
Looking to encourage consumer spending in a tough economy, Snohomish Legislative District 44 Rep. Mike Hope, R-Lake Stevens, has introduced a package of five economic stimulus bills.
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Glacier Peak Shows Skill
Grizzlies Basketball Team went out to the local elementary schools and invited the kids to Friday nights game.
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Ground Frog Day
Ferguson Park in Snohomish was filled with about 300 people anxiously awaiting the arrival of Snohomish Slew for today's annual event, Ground Frog Day.
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Teen Serves as a Page
If legislators were looking for a "cool, fun and awesome person" to serve as their page, Tyler Aspinwall of Snohomish would fill the ticket.
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Frog-monumental Event 
January 31, 2009, frog-monumental event will take place at almost precisely 11:30 a.m., Ferguson Park, 1330 Ferguson Park Road, Snohomish, WA.
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Food Bank, No Peanutbutter
As a preventative safety measure, the Snohomish Food Bank has withdrawn all Peanut Butter related products.
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