Snoqualmie Pass Kittitas County, Washington
Mapped Location
Snoqualmie Pass: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Snoqualmie Pass
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Snoqualmie Pass
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Snoqualmie Pass | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Snoqualmie Pass
References to Snoqualmie Pass 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.)
Related Catalog Titles
A Bibliography for Snoqualmie Pass, Kittitas County, Washington
Snoqualmie Pass from Indian trail to interstate by Yvonne Prater
Colorful history of the Washington Cascades pass. Published in conjunction with the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust.
[8], 167, [1] pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
CIRC [ 1 ]
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Last updated: 2017-07-03