Snohomish Visitor Center, Tourism Information
1301 First Street - Snohomish, WA 98290 | OPEN 10am - 5pm | Phone: 360-862-9609
Snohomish VIC - Managed By: Snohomish County Tourism Bureau
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Visitors say snohomish is the best place to see history in snohomish county.
Tourists and visitors always ask, how do you "saysnohomish"? Its easy, SNO HO MISH. Now that you know how to SAY SNOHOMISH you will be ready to tell your friends and neighbors what a great time you had in Historic Snohomish Washington. HISTORIC SNOHOMISH Snohomish is THE place to visit! Our community has made every effort to insure the preservation of our historical beginnings while creating an wonderfully livable city. Snohomish has 8 parks, offering everything from boat launch facilities on the Snohomish River to tennis courts, fishing docks, and loads of play equipment.
The Centennial Trail head is located at the intersection of Pine and Maple Avenues. Shop Snohomish means finding a treasure in one of our specialty shops or browsing the wares of over 450 antique dealers, plus all your daily needs are conveniently met by shopping locally. We look forward to seeing you in Snohomish!
Contact the Snohomish Chamber of Commerce for other visitor information.
The City of Snohomish
The City of Snohomish, with the cooperation of the Chamber of Commerce & the HDS move forward with the opening of the new Snohomish Visitors Center. The Snohomish Chamber of Commerce along with the City and HDS have come together for this fantastic new local resource. Designed in homage to the Old Snohomish Train Depot, the Snohomish Visitors Center is at First street and Avenue D.
The Visitor Information Center interior is furnished with authentic antiques donated from Chamber members and from down town Snohomish shops are used to furnish the center, in addition, there is a interpretive historical display and a 10-minute video loop about the city's past and present. See the new visitor video!
State and federal grant, money collected from city licensed businesses through a VIC project assessment funding from the Snohomish Chamber of Commerce and HDS, and numerous other donations are funding this project. The grand opening celebration was in July 2005.
| Snohomish Washington Area History Quick Fact |
| 1876 Isaac Cathcart is Married On August 9, 1876, Isaac Cathcart and Miss Julia J. Johns were married in Seattle. There was a "free social" at the Exchange "for all friends and patrons". The town and countryside accepted this invitationen masse. Crowds greeted the bridal couple. There was a dinner and then dancing. This was noted to be the greatest wedding celebration in Snohomish's history! |
| 1877 The Bicycle Tree A landmark south of Snohomish that became very popular in the late 1800's was a large cedar tree measuring 48 feet in circumference. When the bicycle became so very popular, a path was made that ran parallel to the road to ride on. The cyclists hired a logger, by the name of Milligan to cut an arch through the tree, for the sum of $15. The arch was 12 feet high and 5 feet wide. |
| 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. |
Thank you to the Snohomish Tourism Bureau for their support and cooperation.