Logging camps and lumber and shingle mills dominated the early development of Snohomish County.
The Darrington Timber Bowl
For decades, the town of Darrington has held an annual Timber Bowl festival, celebrating its logging and lumberjack history.
Dancing on a Cedar Stump
Posed atop a huge stump, the musicians are set and this group is ready to dance.
Marysville’s Worst Train Wreck
Shortly before 4am on June 6, 1969, a Great Northern train roared into Marysville.
Grading Main Street in Edmonds
Infrastructure was labor intensive in 1917.
The Lure of Gold in Monte Cristo
Now a ghost town, money from coast to coast once banked on Monte Cristo and its promise of silver and gold.
Flood on the Snohomish River
On January 5, 1969, melting snow raised the Snohomish River five feet above flood stage.
The First Airplane Flight in Snohomish County
Pilot Fred J. Wiseman and his Curtiss-Wright-Farman biplane visited the town of Snohomish on May 7, 1911.
Boeing Comes to Everett
In 1966, the Boeing Company purchased 780 acres of land next to Paine Field in Everett.
Fire Ravages Snohomish
In the early morning hours of May 30, 1911, fire broke out in the business district of the town of Snohomish.
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