SnohomishWalks

30/11/2024

✨ Shop Small Saturday! ✨

I’m thankful for all 2,324+ of you—you empower me to record & preserve the stories of our town. History matters, and it’s a joy to keep it alive with this community. 🥰

When you shop local with SnohomishWalks, you support meaningful work that:
👏 builds our town's identity & community
👏 deepens our understanding of who we are
👏 and equips future generations to connect with the past.

That's huge! 😮

And simple: buying one coloring book or pin gives me money & momentum enough to keep at this super important work!

If you're shopping for family, friends, or neighbors, there are one-of-a-kind local treasures available in my online shop - and you'll save 10% through midnight Sunday with code GRATEFUL at checkout. 🛍️🔗 www.etsy.com/shop/snohomishwalks

Thank you for being part of SnohomishWalks' historical legacy! 🙏

🔜 Shop my entire inventory in person December 15 at the Parlor Tour vendor fair, or December 21 at the Solstice Market at the Carnegie!

13/11/2024

Audley Applegate on a dusty Snohomish road, 1914 📸

Audley was a traveling salesman for the Chicago Portrait Company. The company, founded in 1893, transformed black-and-white pics into painted portraits, enlarging family photos and overlaying them with pastels, watercolor, or oil paint. These portraits, printed on curved cardboard and displayed in a distinctive domed wooden frame with curved glass, became prized family heirlooms.

Audley's route was door to door in Snohomish, and other nearby towns. For $15 a week (about $250 today), he and his wife Omie (Naomi) pitched this unique art form to families in small towns and rural areas.

These portraits are getting rarer every day, but I have one on my own family wall, passed down through generations. (Say hello to Lovica & Amos! 👋) Does your family have photos like this? 🕵️‍♀️



B&W photo courtesy of Washington State Historical Society.

02/10/2024

"From humble origins, Snohomish High School has grown into an institution renowned as much for academic and athletic excellence, as for its deep roots in tradition and local history."

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I was honored when HistoryLink reached out and asked me to write the history of our local high school. I had been using HistoryLink's website and resources since I was a student! To be published amongst their many talented historians is a dream. 🙏

This article has meant a lot to me, and I've been happy to share many of my favorite factual nuggets live, in-person on my campus walking tour. Perhaps my favorite is that my graduation class, 2009, was the biggest and last complete class before Snohomish gained a second high school. I didn't know the importance of that then, but I do now.

For 11 graduating seniors in 1894, to 591 (including me!) in 2009, Snohomish High School has been an incredible place to learn and grow. I am excited to share its history with you.

Read the article at the link: https://www.historylink.org/file/23065

The origins of formal education in Snohomish can be traced to the living room of Mary Low Sinclair. Mary, whose husband Woodbury had purchased a land claim at a remote logging outpost

10/09/2024

Head back to school and back in time - this Saturday! 🎒

▪️ Snohomish High School history tour
▪️ Saturday 9/14 - 11am

Tickets at the link: 🔗 SnohomishWalks.com

Don't miss it!

06/09/2024

On the hallowed grounds of a legendary campus... head back to school & back in time... on the Snohomish High School History Tour! 🍂

▪️Saturday, September 14
▪️11 AM

Packed with photos, artifacts, fun facts, and poignant memories, from the pioneer courthouse past to the traditions that endure today, this is a can't-miss experience. 🐾

Ready to take a seat at the front of the class? 🎒

Tickets at https://snohomishwalks.square.site/

(Panther cubs - kids under 13 - join free. 🐈‍⬛)

13/08/2024

ARTIFACT OF THE DAY: This little dog tag from 1946. Ain't it cute?

Registering pets began in the 1880s in an effort to control the dog population and prevent the spread of rabies. A small licensing fee helped fund local animal control services and the work of the "poundmaster." A year's license in the 1940s cost $1 for male dogs, $2 for females.

Unlicensed dogs would be held at the pound, and the owner charged $1 to retrieve them, plus 25 cents a day for feed. After seven days, the dog would often be destroyed if unclaimed.

As Snohomish and the dog population grew, tags helped cities track vaccinated dogs and reunite lost (or delinquent) ones with their owners. Made of aluminum with a unique registration number, it's meant to attach to a furry friend's collar. 🐶

03/08/2024

DID YOU KNOW? My monthly newsletter is the best way to get updates on all things Snohomish history. Feature stories, upcoming events, product launches, vintage finds, and more. Not on it yet? I'll add you.

Send me a message with your email!

27/07/2024

Sad to say this is my last weekend in the shop. It's been such a fun experience being on First Street everyday!

Stop by today and Sunday 11a-6p. Still a few local antiques looking for a good home! 🏡

📍1015 First Street (the pop-up!)

16/07/2024

Once-in-a-lifetime local gift emporium. 👀 History, art, and all things Snohomish.

12 more days and it's gone forever. 🗓️

Own a piece of Snohomish's story. 📍1015 First Street, 11a-6p

13/07/2024

Snohomish alumni? 10% off in the shop today! (Saturday 7/13)

I've got vintage Panther logo shirts, plus collectible SHS antiques like this yearbook from 1907! That's the first graduating class from the campus we all know and love.

I'm here 11a-6p at 1015 First Street.

P.S. $1 from every SHS pin purchase supports the Snohomish Education Foundation.

09/07/2024

Last call for my special edition women's history tour! This Saturday at 3pm, uncover the hidden stories of the town's female founders. 🏋️‍♀️

This is a very accessible route, with one slight hill, minimal stairs, and lots of shade! 🌲☀️

Tickets available at https://snohomishwalks.square.site/

"Information shared in such interesting ways! Not the stuff you can find on Wikipedia. So fun and informative!" - NR

"Taylor provides a fun and interesting tour of historical Snohomish. Highly recommend whether you're a long time resident of the area, or want to get a great introduction to a charming PNW town." - TB

05/07/2024

Highlighting some of my favorite items in the shop: first up, these vintage local feed bags! 🚜

Central Feed was an agricultural supply and milling business established in the 1930s. Initially located across from the Carnegie, it moved in the 1940s to the current site of the Sno-Isle library. By 1953, the company had invested in a large warehouse and grain elevator, receiving shipments of grain via the railroad tracks beside it. (Spy the elevator in the background of the pic of Kla Ha Ya parade preppers. 📸)

Oats, barley, corn, and wheat were milled into feed, dispensed into these feed bags, and shipped to local farmers. By the 1990s, the mill had closed and the land was redeveloped into the new Snohomish library. 📚

I love their beautiful, clear, colorful lettering. I'm using mine as a funky textural wall hanging. 😎

I've got four more, so you too can own a piece of vintage Snohomish. Shop is open today 'til 6pm! 💛

📍1015 First Street

03/07/2024

Living large in a tiny shop! 😆 First day has been AWESOME so far. Thanks for the support. 🙏

I'm here 11-6 through the end of July. New & old, all of it local!

📍1015 First Street, Snohomish, WA

02/07/2024

Introducing.... the SnohomishWalks Souvenir Shop! 🗝️🎉

Join me for a month-long celebration of local history wonders: I'm popping up on First Street with stories old and new!

Delve into an expanded collection of books, prints, and memorabilia, plus a few treasured and hard-to-find local artifacts. (WOW!! 😱)

I'm also planning walking tours every weekend in July! Find dates for both Sundays and Saturdays on my website.

Grand opening is this Wednesday, July 3rd. See you there! ❤️
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July 3rd to July 28th

11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (most days)

1015 First Street, Snohomish, WA ( )

26/06/2024

Ready for that new pin I mentioned? Here it is! The wonderfully timeless time capsule that is the Blackman House! 🎉

Stewarded by our friends at the , this one-of-a-kind house museum is a treasure to our community. Built in 1878 for mill owner Hyrcanus Blackman, it's been lovingly cared for by the Society since 1969. A family home with masterful woodwork and charming pioneer Victorian details, it's also open Sundays for viewings.

And if you know old homes, you know they need upkeep - and that's why $1 of every pin sale gets donated directly to the Blackman House! 💪🥳⚒️

Help support this cultural icon and show off your Snohomish pride. Limited quantity, as always. Find it and its neighbor pins in the Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/snohomishwalks

03/06/2024

Excited to launch the first of two new pins: Snohomish High School! 🎒

This beauty honors the original 1890 building. Intended as a courthouse, its legal life was fleeting as the county seat moved to Everett just four years later. The building was occupied by the private Puget Sound Academy, then sold to the city for use as a high school in 1906. Much of the structure was demolished in a 1938 campus expansion, but the footprint of the replacement "A Building" remained the same. (Legend had it that the 1890s jail cells remained underground - and you know I spent all four years of my time there trying to get a tour!! 🕵️‍♀️)

Snohomish School District has supported my quest for knowledge since SnohomishWalks was only a tiny seed in my heart. Now we're finding new ways to partner and learn from eachother.

$1 from every high school pin sale will support the Snohomish Education Foundation. I'm so thankful to be a graduate and part of the SHS community! 🙏❤️📌

Stock is limited. Available in my shop now: etsy.com/shop/snohomishwalks