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 |
| 1868 E.C. Ferguson gets married In 1868 Ferguson married Lucetia Morgan of Olympia, the daughter of a prominent pioneer. They raised three children: Sylvia, Ivy, and Cecil Emery. |
| 1863 First Postmaster E.C. Ferguson is appointed the first postmaster in 1863. |
| 1888 Board of Trustees of Snohomish is organized The Board of Trustees of the Village of Snohomish met at the demand of E.C. Ferguson, on April 17, 1888 for the purpose of organization. Mr. Ferguson was elected chairman by the board. They met again on April 19, and appointed H. Blackman as Chief of Police with a salary of $20 per month plus $2 per arrest. |
Thank you to the Snohomish Tourism Bureau for their support and cooperation.