The Ferguson Mansion, circa 1900
The Snohomish School District’s Maple Avenue Campus is located on the former grounds of the Ferguson Farm. Soon, construction will begin on the new Aquatic Center on this site for an anticipated...
View ArticlePresbyterian Church, circa 1910
This month we remember Second Street when it was part of a neighborhood. It came out of the woods to the west and ended with a name change to “Hill” in the east. Only four blocks long, family homes,...
View ArticleThe Knapp and Hinkley Livery, circa 1890
Leaving the Getchell House at 1122 Second Street to continue our imaginary 19th-century walking tour, we would most likely follow our nose to Knapp and Hinkley’s Livery next door (#3). Owners Sewell M....
View ArticleOdd Fellows Hall, 2012
Photograph by Otto Greule It’s early evening by the time we reach the last stop, #5, on our 19th-century walking tour, where a long line of mostly men, engaged in several sotto voce conversations, are...
View ArticleStilled by a Blanket of Snow, 1916
There are reports of the Snohomish River freezing — 1880 and 1893 come to mind — but it was not until the record snowfall of 1916, that a photographer, standing on the roof of the Mark’s Building,...
View ArticleEagles Hall, 1915/2013
The Fraternal Order of the Eagles building was at the time, 1904, Snohomish’s largest building. It was dedicated two years later with a grand ball for 1,000 members and guests. The second floor...
View ArticleFourth Street and Avenue B Looking West
My promise to share with you a second, early image of the Eagles Hall is postponed until next month in order to follow up on the front page story in last week’s Tribune – the story of apodments and the...
View ArticleFirst Street Bridge Looking West c.1885
With an eye on recent front page news, let’s look back to the time when Snohomish was once a city of bridges. Regular readers may remember last month’s historic image of the Eagles Hall that included a...
View ArticleFirst Street Bridge Looking East, 1913
Our story that could be titled, “The Bridges of Snohomish City” continues this month, featuring a stunning photograph of the First Street Bridge under construction 100 years ago in 1913. [singlepic...
View ArticleBell Cabin, Brighton Beach, Whidbey Island, 1916
Every August, beginning in the 1880s, the leading families of early Snohomish boarded a stern-wheeler, headed down river, out into Gardner Bay, pass Hat Island and landed on Brighton Beach near Clinton...
View ArticleVideo: LET ‘ER BOOM: 125 Years Later!
Snohomish’s newspaper “The Eye” followed the progress of the track laying crews as they moved north toward Snohomish preparing the way for the arrival of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad....
View ArticleSnohomish Now and Then: A train station here?
[singlepic id=254 w=550 h=386 float=none] J.Craig Thorpe Rendering (Click to Enlarge) We are flipping the adjectives of our blog title this month over our excitement to be sharing with you a future...
View ArticleElwell House: Built 1888; Divided 1913; Renovated 2013
Fade-in: “SNOHOMISH, 1883. A True Story.” Crossfade to a young family walking single file down the wobbly gangplank from the stern-wheeler Nellie tied up at Ferguson’s Wharf, near Avenue D. It’s the...
View ArticleGorham House, circa 1915
This month’s historic image emerged from a slowly decaying glass plate negative at this time because of an inspired initiative by the Sno-Isle Libraries to “Digitize Our Community’s History.” The...
View ArticleThe Great Snowball Fight of 1916 — (Maybe)!
This month’s image is an enlarged detail from a glass plate negative, measuring 4 by 5 inches, that came tucked in a strip of folded scrap paper with the handwritten title “School children at play.” It...
View ArticleThe Ferguson Mansion, circa 1900
The Snohomish School District’s Maple Avenue Campus is located on the former grounds of the Ferguson Farm. Soon, construction will begin on the new Aquatic Center on this site for an anticipated...
View ArticlePresbyterian Church, circa 1910
This month we remember Second Street when it was part of a neighborhood. It came out of the woods to the west and ended with a name change to “Hill” in the east. Only four blocks long, family homes,...
View ArticleThe Knapp and Hinkley Livery, circa 1890
Leaving the Getchell House at 1122 Second Street to continue our imaginary 19th-century walking tour, we would most likely follow our nose to Knapp and Hinkley’s Livery next door (#3). Owners Sewell M....
View ArticleOdd Fellows Hall, 2012
Photograph by Otto Greule It’s early evening by the time we reach the last stop, #5, on our 19th-century walking tour, where a long line of mostly men, engaged in several sotto voce conversations,...
View ArticleStilled by a Blanket of Snow, 1916
There are reports of the Snohomish River freezing — 1880 and 1893 come to mind — but it was not until the record snowfall of 1916, that a photographer, standing on the roof of the Mark’s Building,...
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