Category Archive for 'Events'

General Membership Meeting

Wednesday, March 16th | 7p  | Waltz Building This meeting is for You!  Please join fellow Snohomish Historical Society members for a presentation on the historic Carnegie Library project.  Come hear about the current plans and future use of Snohomish’s own gem presented by Melody Clemons, president of the Snohomish Carnegie Education Center.  You won’t want to [...]

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The Gift of Edith Blackman’s Album

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?

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Steilacoom Historian Visits Snohomish

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.”

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"LetterHome"

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. “LetterHome” is the title Jeff used for the message found on his laptop computer several [...]

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To Dance with Eleanor

Eleanor Leight taking care of details at Emerson School as the days countdown to opening night of the 31st Annual Variety Show on Thursday, May 7th. Tickets may be hard to come by, so you may need to sign up as an usher and see the show for free! We still need volunteers for the [...]

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Sunday Afternoons at the Blackman House

Writer, naturalist and teacher Frances Wood spoke on Sunday, February 15, about her book “Down to Camp: A History of Summer Folk on Whidbey Island”. Frances is related to the Blackmans who lived in our historic home. Her great-grandmother was Nina Blackman, a cousin to Hycranus Blackman who hired her to teach school in Snohomish [...]

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