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Maison à flanc de colline à Steilacoom, dans l'État de Washington, conçue en 1967 par l'apprenti de Frank Lloyd Wright, Milton Stricker. Photos via Redfin - source MCM Daily.

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La città di Snohomish si trova alla confluenza del fiume Pilchuck con il fiume Snohomish. 

I primi coloni dell'area furono gli Sdohobsh, pescatori, cacciatori e raccoglitori nativi americani che erano una suddivisione della tribù dei nativi americani di lingua Snohomish Lushootseed. 

Nel 1855, i membri della tribù Snohomish erano presenti a Mukilteo per firmare il Trattato di Point Elliott. 

Lo scopo del trattato era risolvere le controversie sulla terra in cui nativi e coloni erano immediatamente adiacenti l'uno all'altro e risolvere altre questioni con i nativi americani. Il trattato prevedeva l'istituzione di quattro riserve. Quando i coloni bianchi iniziarono ad arrivare alla confluenza dei fiumi Snohomish e Pilchuck alla fine del 1850, la maggior parte dei nativi americani si era trasferita nella riserva di Tulalip vicino a Marysville.

I primi coloni bianchi in quella che oggi è la città di Snohomish includevano Heil Barnes e Edson Cady: il loro obiettivo era stabilire un insediamento alla foce del fiume Pilchuck, dove sfocia nel fiume Snohomish. 

Cady rivendicò la sua terra e chiese un permesso postale per Cadyville. Nel frattempo, Barnes rivendicava Emory C. Ferguson proprio accanto a quella di Cady; nel 1859, fece spedire un cottage in barca da Steilacoom alla terra rivendicata e lo rimontò per l'uso di Ferguson. Quel cottage è ancora in piedi. Ferguson arrivò un anno dopo, nel marzo/aprile 1860, e stabilì un mercantile a Cadyville.

Con l'arrivo di più coloni nella regione, la contea di Snohomish fu fondata il 14 gennaio 1861. Il primo capoluogo della contea fu Mukilteo, ma nel luglio 1861 fu trasferito a Cadyville dopo un voto popolare.

Woodbury Sinclair acquistò la quota di Cady nel 1864 con l'intenzione di aprire un negozio a sostegno della fiorente industria del legname della zona. Quando sua moglie, Mary Low Sinclair, arrivò a Cadyville il 1 maggio 1865, divenne la prima donna bianca residente permanente di Cadyville. 

Nel 1871, Ferguson avanzò la sua affermazione dando un numero alle strade che correvano da est a ovest e una lettera ai viali nord-sud; un anno dopo, Mary e Woodbury Sinclair firmarono il reclamo che avevano acquistato da Cady, e diedero un nome ai viali dopo gli alberi.

Cadyville divenne nota come Snohomish nel 1871, quando il plat di Snohomish City Western Part si unì alla rivendicazione orientale di Ferguson con la rivendicazione occidentale di Sinclair a Union Avenue. Ferguson è spesso chiamato il padre di Snohomish mentre Mary Low Sinclair è ricordata come la madre delle scuole di Snohomish.

Originariamente, Snohomish fu fondata per sostenere la comunità agricola circostante, ma presto divenne anche una città di disboscamento a causa delle fitte foreste di Douglas Firs della zona. 

I fratelli Alanson, Elhanan e Hyrcanus Blackman migrarono a Snohomish dal Maine e stabilirono il loro primo campo di disboscamento nel 1875 su quello che allora era chiamato Stillaguamish Lake, ora è noto come Blackmans Lake. 

Hyrcanus divenne il primo sindaco della città dopo un'elezione speciale nel giugno 1890 per incorporare la nuova città (tuttavia, cinque mesi dopo, durante le elezioni generali di novembre, Ferguson fu eletto primo sindaco a tempo pieno di Snohomish). La prima segheria di Snohomish iniziò le sue operazioni sul fiume Pilchuck nel 1876. Nel 1878, i Blackman aprirono la loro segheria che si trovava sul fiume Snohomish. 

Nel 1884, 700 persone chiamarono Snohomish casa: c'erano un tribunale, un edificio scolastico, sei saloon e una chiesa in città. 

La stazione ferroviaria di Snohomish fu costruita nel 1888. Il primo treno ad arrivare in città fu un treno Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway. L'illuminazione elettrica seguì l'arrivo del primo treno nel 1889. Nel 1893, fu completata la Great Northern Railway da St. Paul a Seattle, inclusa una fermata a Snohomish.

Nel 1897, il capoluogo della contea si trasferì a Everett dopo un'elezione contestata.

Intorno alla fine del secolo, l'economia di Snohomish si è diversificata per includere l'industria conserviera, poiché il suolo e il clima dell'area sono ideali per la coltivazione di frutta.

Una Carnegie Library fu costruita nel 1910 sul sito di una scuola con una sola stanza in Cedar Avenue. Il Carnegie Building esiste ancora, anche se non ospita più la biblioteca; è l'edificio pubblico più antico della città.

Nel 1911, molti degli edifici di First Street furono distrutti da un incendio che si estese lungo le Avenue B e C; furono in gran parte sostituiti da edifici in mattoni e muratura.

Uno dei maggiori datori di lavoro, all'inizio di Snohomish, era la Bickford Ford in First Street, fondata da Lawrence Bickford nel 1934. La concessionaria è ancora aperta e a conduzione familiare, sebbene si sia trasferita dal distretto storico di Snohomish a Bickford Avenue all'estremità settentrionale della città. 

Snohomish apprezza e celebra la sua storia attraverso vari gruppi dedicati alla conservazione del suo patrimonio e del suo carattere unico. Negli anni '60 c'è stata una spinta per preservare il carattere storico di Snohomish e per incoraggiare la vitalità commerciale dell'Historic Business District. La Snohomish Historical Society è stata fondata nel 1969 e ha sede presso il Blackman House Museum, la vecchia casa di Hyrcanus Blackman. Il legname locale, il primo lavorato dai Blackman, fu utilizzato per costruire la casa nel 1878.  

Nel 1973, Snohomish è stata la prima città della contea ad approvare un'ordinanza che istituisce un distretto storico, che è elencato nel registro nazionale dei luoghi storici. Il quartiere storico è un'area di 26 isolati lungo il fiume Snohomish, contenente un mix di usi commerciali e residenziali. Il Design Review Board della città di Snohomish, un organo consultivo, è stato creato nel 1979 per garantire che lo sviluppo nel distretto storico sia coerente con gli standard storici stabiliti. 

Historic Downtown Snohomish, fondata nel 2004, è un'organizzazione senza scopo di lucro di volontari e aziende che lavorano per promuovere, preservare e migliorare il quartiere degli affari del centro storico della città.

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Footage from my dive this morning!

Rock soles, speckled sanddabs, helmet crabs, graceful crabs, red rock crabs, longnose crabs, snake pricklebacks, anemones, and more await you beneath the emerald sea surface off the shore of Steilacoom, WA.

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i.................................................... fucking saw a Possibly garter snake on my run right in the path of LEFT FOOT STEP OH NO in the shade of a trail today and fucking basically barked at it.

for fucks sake.

i've been around The Dogs for too long.

it was such a visceral and sudden reaction i had no control of it. i saw someone on an adjacent path look over at me. i know i looked like a complete loon. arms in the air. dancing backward slightly going "WO-WO-WO!"

and the speed at which she fled clearly indicated the fright was mutual

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Jblm is weird to me like I am curious as to how other military bases are laid out, like it cuts through half of American Lake and the other half is residential and public parks so you could just take your kayak there. And also i-5 runs through the base, and also steilacoom-dupont road?

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I'm from Washington State, and we have some fun ones :)

Sequim

Puyallup

Skamokawa

Tshletshy

Steilacoom

Wahkiakus

Any guesses?

I love the native languages from around here. They're just so cool.

it bothers me that Kansas and Arkansas are not pronounced the same

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"I'm, I suppose, TRULY old school. My 🚗 is "vintage" & I haven't an adapter; ONLY way I can listen to 🎵 is CDs - no streaming! Currently checked these out from the library. I play a game with my son: GUESS WHICH CD IS IN THE PLAYER. He LOVES (HATES) this game. Y'ALL. GUESS WHICH CD IS IN THE PLAYER."

Posted this on my more Twitter-y account; thought I would bore everyone (NO-ONE) with answers*! The CDs: 💿 Alice in Chains: Dirt 💿 Concrete Blonde: The Essential Concrete Blonde 💿 Death: For the Whole World to See 💿 Hole: Live Through This 💿 Living Colour: Vivid 💿 Bob Marley: Easy Skanking in Boston '78 💿 My Chemical Romance: Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge 💿 New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions 💿 Nirvana: Bleach 💿 Nirvana: Nevermind (Superdeluxe 30th Anniv Ed.) 💿 Skating Polly: The Big Fit 💿 Skating Polly: Fuzz Steilacoom

Answer #1 (when first asked): Skating Polly: The Big Fit I just started listening to Skating Polly in April, and I adore them! The Big Fit is from 2016; it's eclectic "ugly pop" inspired by a lot of 90s alt-rock but youthful exuberance and edge. Later releases from the band show more maturity and depth, but TBF has bangers. My faves include "Pretective Boy," "Cosmetic Skull," "Nothing More Than a Body," and "Picker of His Words."

Answer #2 (when image taken): Bob Marley: Easy Skanking in Boston '78 We recently watched Bob Marley: One Love (my review is mixed) and I wanted to listen to more of the music I heard in the movie, as I haven't intentionally exposed myself to much reggae. (Obviously knew some Marley, just not in depth.) This was the only CD vs e-music at the library. I most admire "War," "Get Up," and "Exodus."

Answer #3 (before CDs changed*): Nirvana: Nevermind (Superdeluxe 30th Anniv Ed.) (I mean, I also listened to Alice, Concrete, Hole, and Living Colour, but this was what was in the player at changeout.) It's hard to get newer CDs, especially of music that appeals to me, from the library. I didn't listen to the studio recording on this at all; just live. Sing-alongs: "Negative Creep," "Sliver," "Breed," "Smells Like THAT SONG," and "Territorial Pissings." * If I keep making y'all play this game, I'm only going to do it once a week with one answer, but I thought I'd do three days at first go really make it exciting! IT'S GRUELLIN… I MEAN GLORIOUS FUN, INNIT?

- Granny Anarchy

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81) Corvus brachyrhynchos caurinus; Wrona alaskańska, northwestern crow (wrona północno-zachodnia) - występująca w lasach deszczowych strefy umiarkowanej Pacyfiku, była wcześniej uważana za odrębny gatunek jako C. caurinus, średniej wielkości mniejszy niż inne wrony amerykańskie i z wyraźnie chrypniejszym wołaniem. Tworzy rój hybrydowy z wroną amerykańską (sensu stricto) na przybrzeżnych obszarach Waszyngtonu i Kolumbii Brytyjskiej. Amerykańskie Towarzystwo Ornitologiczne w 2020 r. wrzuciło wronę północno-zachodnią do wrony amerykańskiej. Obecnie uważa się, że jest to odmiana geograficzna w obrębie C. b. hesperis.

Podgatunek wrony amerykańskiej (Corvus brachyrhynchos) – ptaka z rodziny krukowatych (Corvidae). Takson o niepewnej pozycji systematycznej, dawniej był uznawany za osobny gatunek (i przez niektórych autorów nadal tak jest traktowany), niekiedy jest synonimizowany z wroną amerykańską. To w całości czarny rdzenny ptak północno-zachodniej części Ameryki Północnej (poza okresem pierzenia się). Bardzo przypomina inne rozpowszechnione szeroko zachodnie formy wrony amerykańskiej, ale przeważnie osobniki są nieco mniejsze i mają proporcjonalnie mniejsze nogi oraz nieco bardziej wysmukły dziób.

Takson ten został opisany przez Spencera Fullertona Bairda w 1858 roku jako osobny gatunek Corvus caurinus. Jako miejsce typowe autor wskazał Terytorium Waszyngtonu i północno-zachodnie wybrzeże, co później uściślono na Fort Steilacoom w stanie Waszyngton. Badania przeprowadzone w 2020 roku przez Slagera i współpracowników wykazały, że takson ten nie jest odrębnym gatunkiem tylko młodszym synonimem podgatunku wrony amerykańskiej C. brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos. Zmianę tę jeszcze w tym samym roku zaakceptował North American Classification Committee (NACC). Międzynarodowy Komitet Ornitologiczny obecnie (2023) uznaje wronę alaskańską za podgatunek wrony amerykańskiej – C. brachyrhynchos caurinus, podobnie jest ona klasyfikowana na Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. Na wykorzystywanej przez IUCN liście ptaków świata opracowywanej we współpracy BirdLife International z autorami Handbook of the Birds of the World takson ten nadal klasyfikowany jest jako osobny gatunek.

Wrona alaskańska zasiedla przybrzeżne regiony i wyspy leżące blisko stałego lądu w południowej Alasce. Południowa granica areału przebiega przez Kolumbię Brytyjską i stan Waszyngton w USA. G��ówne żerowiska znajdują się na plażach i wzdłuż linii brzegowej. Widuje się też ją wokół terenów zurbanizowanych.

IUCN uznaje wronę alaskańską za gatunek najmniejszej troski (LC – Least Concern). Trend liczebności populacji uznawany jest za wzrostowy.

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A Bughouse in Bug Town

Some people think the derogatory name Bughouse came from Northern State Hospital in Sedro-Woolley. The town was, after all, originally named Bug by its first settler, Mortimer Cook, thanks to the copious amounts of mosquitos in the area. But it just isn't so: The term was used in the 1800s, before Northern State Hospital was built.

In 1909, Washington had two overcrowded asylums: Western State Hospital in Steilacoom and Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, near Spokane. Rather than enlarging these asylums, the state decided to build a third. Several towns submitted proposals, seeing an asylum as a new source of jobs. Sedro-Woolley won the bid, and the first patients arrived at the new hospital in December 1912. At its height, the facility housed down two thousand patients and employed one thousand people.

It was amazing what kind of "illness" could land someone in Northern State. Men committed their postmenopausal wives when the women became "too excitable." At least one man was committed because he had what was called "religious mania." There were cases of orphaned children being sent to the facility for what today would likely be diagnosed as attention deficit disorder. Many more were committed due to "imbecility" or other learning disabilities. Perhaps a third of the inmates had diseases like senile dementia, manic depression, schizophrenia, and other mental illnesses.

Northern State Hospital treated its patients with occupational therapy, hoping that physical labor, like farming and felling timber, would aid in patients' recovery, many of them learned a trade for the day when they would be released. But the doctors also used other techniques popular in the twentieth century to help cure mental illness, including electroshock therapy and lobotomy. Many patients were also sterilized, following the belief of the times that it was for their own good as well as society's.

The hospital closed in 1973, and Washington converted part of the complex into a Job Corps facility and drug treatment center. Although some of the buildings are still in use, some have been torn down, and others are empty and deteriorating. In 2006, local citizens erected a monument to the forgotten dead in the hospital's graveyard. While some of the deceased may be at peace, there have been reports of unquiet dead who walk the crumbling halls of the old buildings. Several people have said they saw a little girl darting around, sometimes playing with a red ball. A man who never seems to find her followers. Other people claim to have seen a nurse in a certain building, pushing a man in a wheelchair.

She's Got (Ghostly) Legs

In 2006, a paranormal investigation group received permission to visit the old hospital, and one person, Vanessa Rent, took pictures in the basement using infrared film. She didn't see much when she was taking the photographs, but the following described what happened when she developed her film:

It was at the end of the night and I was getting lazy about documenting how I took each photo. Plus running around that big place with all that equipment was cumbersome, anyway. I didn't think anyone was wearing shorts that night, so I doublechecked at the [after ghost hunt] meeting. No one remembers anyone in shorts. It is clearly bare legs in what may either be a patient's gown or nurse's uniform.

Also, someone in the group helped validate it a little more, since I had my shutter open more than 10 seconds. It couldn't be a real person or else it would be lots of more blurry. And I'm 95% sure I took that pic without anyone there 'cuz it looked creepy as long, lonely hallway, I probably wouldn't have taken it if someone was standing there already!

Remember, some of the buildings at Northern State are condemned, and for good reason. Most of them are filled with debris and asbestos, and it can be dangerous to walk through them without an employee as a guide.

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The total solar eclipse of 1860 was recorded near Fort Steilacoom, Washington Territory.

Here is one of the older documents describing the total solar eclipse that happened right here in (what is now Washington) near Steilacoom, only about an hour south of Seattle! Our most recent total solar eclipse occurred April 8th, 2024. Citation An account of the total solar eclipse of July 18, 1860, as observed for the United States coast survey near Steilacoom, Washington Territory, by Lieut. J.M. ... (n.d.). HathiTrust. Retrieved October 25, 2023, from https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hxdd34?urlappend=%3Bseq=11