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Everyone welcome!
Annual Meeting
History of Snoqualmie Power Co.
Sunday, October 16th 2-5 pm
Fall City United Methodist Church
Refreshments!
Our program will be presented by Elizabeth Dubreil, historian
for Puget Sound Energy. She will have some amazing early photographs
to share as she talks about the incredible engineering and
construction in the late 1890s to build the Snoqualmie Generating
Station.
We look forward to a chance to visit with you, to talk briefly
about our work in the past year, and do the annual election of board
members. We’ll have some interesting items from the Collections
out to see as well.
Come join us on the 16th.
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Current Projects
Preserving the Stories of Fall City
Preserving the Stories of Fall City, 350 pages, was published in November 2010 by the Fall City Historical Society.
It is the result of a three-year Memory Book Project, partially funded by a Special Projects Grant from King County
Heritage 4Culture. 
Workbooks were distributed in 2007, and oral histories were done with selected individuals. Excerpts were then
chosen according to section topics and graphics were selected from the Fall City Historical Society Archives and
other sources. A total of 54 authors are included, with photos and short biographies at the end of the book.
We thank the many people who were part of this wonderful project, and especially the individuals and businesses
who made generous donations to help with the costs of the first printing.
Preserving the Stories of Fall City is a well-organized and well-researched local history anthology
that showcases a rich array of primary sources, including oral history interviews and first-person reminiscences,
but also maps, photographs, documents and newspaper advertisements and reporting. The edited memories are a delight
to read, with surprises on every page - this book opens doors into Fall City's past that would otherwise remain
closed, and helps the contemporary community make more sense, encouraging good choices in the future. As such,
it will appeal to youthful readers and dramatically increase popular appreciation of the Fall City Historical
Society and the vital role of local history in the community. The book itself is beautifully-designed and a
pleasure to read - I think it will be a major contribution to our shared history in central Puget Sound.
Dr. Lorraine McConaghy, Public Historian, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle
We hope you will be inspired by Preserving the Stories of Fall City to record and share your own
memories. If you would like a Memory Book Workbook for your family history, contact us at the address below.
(We ask a donation of $5, to cover the cost of printing.) When you fill it out, we would like your permission to
make a copy to add to the Fall City Archives and return the original to you. Your donations of other historical
materials are always important and welcome. Photos and documents can be scanned so that the originals remain
in your family. If you would like to receive a Memory Book Workbook, please send a note to the Historical
Society at P.O. Box 293, Fall City, WA 98024.
November 14th Book Launch was a great success...
Future History Project
The Society is collecting photographs, articles, and stories about current events and major happenings in Fall City. These materials will be added to our archives and preserved for future generations of Fall City Residents. In addition, we will periodically have exhibits using some of these materials in conjunction with earlier source material to show the continual change and growth in our town.
Please help by sending us your photographs or other materials. Contact information below.
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Historical Society Office
Located upstairs in the United Methodist Church building, the Fall City Historical Society office houses a Reference Library and an archive of historic artifacts, as well as providing a home for our administrative activities. The Library includes:
- Census indexes
- Fall City Cemetery indexes
- Information on Fall City Civil War Veterans
- Historical Photographs
- Archive notebooks of all back issues of the Fall City Neighbors Newsletter
- Fall City Scrapbooks
- And a variety of books and other reference materials
The office is open to the public by appointment only. If you would like to visit or to use the Reference Library, please contact Ruth Pickering at 222-6242. If no answer at this number, call Ruth's cell phone: (206) 999-2022.
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Membership
Several levels of membership are available. Yearly membership can be Basic ($15) or Supporting ($50). These
memberships are for one year from the time of joining, and a renewal reminder will be sent to you. A Standard
Lifetime Membership is $250. Our newest membership category is Lifetime, Treasured Elder, which is
available for anyone 80 years old or older, for a donation amount of your choosing.
Download a membership form.
Mission Statement
The Fall City Historical Society is formed to collect, preserve and interpret the History of the unincorporated town of Fall City and the surrounding area, from the arrival of the Native Americans until the present day, with special emphasis on the period since the first white explorers came through this area (1840). The Society will provide a collection point for books, photographs, documents, artifacts, and other cultural objects that pertain to Fall City history and will strive to make local history visible and accessible in the community through a variety of media, with the ultimate goal of establishing and maintaining a Fall City Museum. The Society will also encourage others to collect, preserve and interpret the history of Fall City.
The Society is a non-profit corporation organized under the Washington Non-Profit Corporation Act, Revised Code of Washington 24.03, and has been granted Federal 501(c)(3) status.
Contact Us: P.O. Box 293, Fall City, WA 98024 or fallcityhistorical@juno.com
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2011 Board
Download Board Member information
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. . . . .
The 2012 Fall City Calendar
is coming together!
It will be based on Clint Whitaker’s Fall City
Days display, CONNECTIONS.
Watch for it.
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JACK'S HISTORY OF FALL CITY
NOW AVAILABLE
AT FARMHOUSE MARKET
33521 SE Redmond-Fall City Rd
425-222-7005
$60 PLUS TAX
ASK AT
CHECKOUT
STAND
or click here for info
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