City of Snoqualmie King County, Washington

Name: City of Snoqualmie
Address: Washington

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General information on City of Snoqualmie

Feature Type: Incorporated

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Snoqualmie

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name	Description
City of Snoqualmie	Official
Snoqualmie	Official

Origin Notes and History of City of Snoqualmie

References to City of Snoqualmie that document the origin of its place name

SNOQUALMIE, the name of a tribe of Indians, of a river, a pass through the Cascade Range, and a sawmill town near the beautiful falls, also of the same name, in King and Snohomish Counties. On most of the earlier maps the spelling was "Snoqualmoo." The river joins with the Skykomish River near Monroe, forming the Snohomish River. The white men have softened the native word Sdoh-kwahlb-bhuh; which refers to the legend that their people came from the moon. Sdoh-kwahlb means moon. (Charles M. Buchanan, Indian Agent at Tulalip, in Names MSS. Letter 155.) Colonel J. Patton Anderson visited the falls in July, 1852. He was accompanied by Lieutenant Floyd Jones, of the United States Infantry. Only one white man had visited them before that. (James G. Swan, Northwest Coast, page 395.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 280 | Origin of Washington Geographic Names

A Selected Bibliography of City of Snoqualmie, King County, Washington

A compilation of essential readings detailing the history, geography, and culture of the region.

Little history of North Bend-Snoqualmie, Washington by Jack R. Evans

Jack R. Evans’s Little history of North Bend-Snoqualmie, Washington explores the rigorous industrial and agricultural adaptation and the enduring community resilience forged within the upper reaches of the Snoqualmie Valley. The narrative illustrates how the demanding environmental realities of this Cascade foothill topography—defined by the towering presence of Mount Si, the massive hydrological barrier of Snoqualmie Falls, dense stands of ancient timber, and the constant threat of seasonal river flooding—required immense physical labor and shared, cooperative adaptation from early pioneers. By detailing the gradual transition from isolated frontier logging claims and sprawling hop farms to the cooperative establishment of connected, enduring civic centers driven by railway expansion and the monumental Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company, the text highlights how the valley's economic survival relied heavily on a community-driven response to a formidable landscape. Ultimately, the account demonstrates that patiently harnessing the valley's immense natural resources and collaboratively navigating the geographic isolation of the Cascade convergence zone were essential steps in transforming a rugged wilderness outpost into a deeply rooted, cohesive civic and industrial cornerstone of western Washington.

61 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Non-circulating [ 1 ]

History · 1st Edition · SCW Publications, Seattle, Wash., 1990
Related Catalog Items: City of Snoqualmie · City of North Bend · King County

A history of the Snoqualmie Valley by Ada Snyder Hill

A history of the Snoqualmie Valley examines the intense old-growth logging, early infrastructural engineering, and isolated agrarian homesteading situated within the deeply incised, riverine macro-geography of Washington's western Cascade foothills. Hill details how the region's formidable riparian topography—specifically the immense, impassable hydrological barrier of Snoqualmie Falls, the dense, heavily timbered slopes of the surrounding mountain barricade, and the fertile, flood-prone alluvial bottomlands—strictly dictated the margins of pioneer mobility, aggressive timber extraction, and specialized agricultural settlement. By mapping the arduous transformation of this dense river valley from an impenetrable temperate rainforest into a productive agrarian and industrial corridor, requiring precarious railroad lines to breach the isolating foothills and bypass the massive falls to link interior timber wealth with coastal markets, the narrative highlights how this specific constrained geography anchored a profoundly industrious, resource-dependent pioneer society. Ultimately, this historical and civic record serves as a localized spatial history, demonstrating how the severe hydrological barricades, immense botanical scale, and vital riparian flatlands of this Pacific Northwest landscape fundamentally shaped the highly resilient, valley-bound character of the early Snoqualmie settlements.

163, [4] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Non-circulating [ 1 ]

History · 1st Edition · Snoqualmie Valley Historical Society, North Bend, Wash., 1970
Related Catalog Items: City of Snoqualmie · King County

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