I am researching my husband’s family who lived in Snohomish in the early 1900’s and, I believe, may have operated a mill either north or south of town. I have addresses for them and I understand the houses are still standing. I am interested in knowing who I could contact at the historical society or elsewhere, to determine if there are photos of that neighborhood in that time period and, hopefully, of their particular homes.
Thank you for whatever assistance you can provide in referring me to the appropriate person.
P.S. I enjoyed the photos and accompanying articles on each!
Very nice piece. I enjoyed reading it and liked seeing the contrasting photos. Since I live in Oregon, I don’t get to Snohomish very often, so it’s pleasant to read something like this once in a while. Most of the time, it’s a once a year to bring my mother at Memorial Day to tend the family plots in the GAR cemetery.
My great-grandfather, Elling Hoem, homesteaded property adjacent to Lord Hill on the old Snohomish-Monroe Hwy. As a young boy I lived on the farm and remember seeing some of the floods in the 1950’s. My grandfather was Edward Albert Hoem and served on the School Board for many years. He was first cousins with the Cedargreen children.
I have checked the archives in the Historical Society and brought many files connected to our family up-to-date (as of three years ago). There is more to do, of course. As it stands, I am very happy that there is a Snohomish Historical Society where this information can be archived.
My grandmother, Myrtle Hoem, was a painter in her later years and made a couple paintings of the Bicycle Tree, which figured in a previous email. I have several photographs as well as her paintings. They are in a primitive, self-taught style, yet done by someone who had first-hand experience. If these items would be interesting to the Historical Society, I would be happy to donate them.
Thank you again for revitalizing an important community resource,
Diana Klocksays:
August 21, 2010 at 10:19 am Edit
I am researching my husband’s family who lived in Snohomish in the early 1900’s and, I believe, may have operated a mill either north or south of town. I have addresses for them and I understand the houses are still standing. I am interested in knowing who I could contact at the historical society or elsewhere, to determine if there are photos of that neighborhood in that time period and, hopefully, of their particular homes.
Thank you for whatever assistance you can provide in referring me to the appropriate person.
P.S. I enjoyed the photos and accompanying articles on each!
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Very nice piece. I enjoyed reading it and liked seeing the contrasting photos. Since I live in Oregon, I don’t get to Snohomish very often, so it’s pleasant to read something like this once in a while. Most of the time, it’s a once a year to bring my mother at Memorial Day to tend the family plots in the GAR cemetery.
My great-grandfather, Elling Hoem, homesteaded property adjacent to Lord Hill on the old Snohomish-Monroe Hwy. As a young boy I lived on the farm and remember seeing some of the floods in the 1950’s. My grandfather was Edward Albert Hoem and served on the School Board for many years. He was first cousins with the Cedargreen children.
I have checked the archives in the Historical Society and brought many files connected to our family up-to-date (as of three years ago). There is more to do, of course. As it stands, I am very happy that there is a Snohomish Historical Society where this information can be archived.
My grandmother, Myrtle Hoem, was a painter in her later years and made a couple paintings of the Bicycle Tree, which figured in a previous email. I have several photographs as well as her paintings. They are in a primitive, self-taught style, yet done by someone who had first-hand experience. If these items would be interesting to the Historical Society, I would be happy to donate them.
Thank you again for revitalizing an important community resource,
Eric Hoem