HISTORIC DOWNTOWN SNOHOMISH, WASHINGTON
Posted in Events on Dec 1st, 2009
And to help encourage your visit, we are happy to present CHLOE WILCOX in a concert on the folk harp, Sunday, December 6th at 3pm in the museum. Titled, “A Winter’s Peace” the concert will feature both traditional and non traditional music for the holiday season.
And Membership Chair, Gary Ferguson, led the full house of attendees in a once every 150 year toast to the future of Snohomish!
I couldn’t help wonder while turning the thick pages of the recently acquired Edith Blackman Album — what would have happened to this priceless treasure of local history if our Society and its archives did not exist?
A picturesque fog slowly lifted like stage smoke just before the start of the Society’s first annual tour of the GAR Cemetery. As the couple dozen participants toured from one historic marker to the the next the sun broke through creating dramatic fall shadows to complete the perfect setting.
A guided tour of the GAR Cemetery on Saturday, October 24th, 10 to 11:30 am, includes the story of the why there are two graves for Clifford Blackman. Warner Blake, author of “Early Snohomish,” will lead the tour that features the tombstones of Snohomish’s earliest settlers.
Joan Curtis, historian and author of “Town on the Sound” the history of Steilacoom, traveled to Snohomish on Sunday to participate in the discussion and exhibition titled, “E. C. Ferguson in Steilacoom, 1858-59.”
Steilacoom is where ‘old Ferg’ built the cottage that was shipped up river, reassembled, and is still in use!
Posted in Events on Sep 5th, 2009
38TH ANNUAL HOME TOUR TO HONOR THE FOUNDERS
OF THE SNOHOMISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Ruth Brodigan married Stanley Dubuque in the 1930s and for 70 years the couple made their home at 214 Avenue D (pictured above). Stanley lost Ruth in the 1980s, and he joined her in 2002. The Sterley’s purchased the Dubuque home [...]
TWO OPPORTUNITIES to show your support for the Historic Districts are coming up this week.
First, a Public Hearing with the Planning Commission on July 15, 2009, at 7p in the George Gilbertson Boardroom, 1601 Avenue D; and the second opportunity is to walk with the Society in the annual KlaHaYa Sunset Parade, on Saturday, July [...]
CLICK ON THE ARROW to begin a 11 minute documentary about the letter Snohomish resident, Jeff Starr, left behind on his computer, which was intended for his girl friend if he should not return from his third deployment to Iraq. [You may view a higher quality QuickTime version HERE.]
“LetterHome” is the title Jeff used [...]
