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Mount Si lies on the western margin of the Cascade Range just above the coastal plains around Puget Sound, and towers over the nearby town of North Bend. The mountain was named after local homesteader Josiah "Uncle Si" Merritt. It was made famous in the show Twin Peaks, which was filmed in North Bend. Only about a 45-minute drive from Seattle, the mountain is a favorite outdoor destination for residents of Puget Sound. Between 80,000 and 100,000 hikers visit the mountain annually. The 4-mile (6.4 km) long Mount Si trail climbs a total of 3,500 feet (1,100 m) reach to the summit ridge. The summit of Mount Si can then be reached by an exposed scramble, class 3, up the north side of the summit block which is known as the "Haystack." Mount Si figures prominently in a creation story from the Snoqualmie tribe. According to the story it is the dead body of Snoqualm, the moon. Snoqualm had ordered that a rope of cedar bark be stretched between the earth and the sky. But Fox and Blue Jay went up the rope and stole the sun from Snoqualm. Snoqualm chased them down the cedar rope, but it broke and he fell to his death. Fox then let the sun free in the sky and gave fire to the people. A face like Snoqualm's is visible on the rocks near the summit Coordinates 47°30'27"N 121°44'24"W |
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473.058 - Oil Painting- "Drizzle Day- Study in Gray" View from Snoqualmie Point Park in July 2008. Painted by Sandy Robinson, artist who helped with Veterans Memorial, painting won by Dave Battey in Raffle for Veterans Memorial Fundraiser.
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991.014 - Painted wood plaque of Mount Si from King Si's Agate and Gift Shop, North Bend.
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PO.015.0624 - Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum. 1988. Front of Museum at 320 S Bendigo St, North Bend. Color Image.
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PO.015.1005 - Snoqualmie High School building being torn down.
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PO.015.1009 - Snoqualmie High School building being torn down.
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PO.015.1062 - Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum Grand Opening at Bendigo location. Looking at Mount Si from backyard of new Museum, formerly the Brastow house on S Bendigo St near Snoqualmie river. Apple tree planted by Bill Brastow SE Corner of back yard.
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PO.017.0156 - Snoqualmie Falls Golf Course, Fall City. Large area of golf course with two men in foreground on green. One man holding flag in hole, other is squatted down to study ground. Golf cart is at edge of green. Blue sky and white clouds are in background above Mount Si. Trees line golf course and are on hills and mountains.
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PO.020.0015 - Snoqualmie River with bridge. Scene of river in natural state. Looking toward steel girder bridge in distance. Mountains in background; winder scene, no leaves on trees. Water is high, covering bush to near at left corner. Large tree leaning out over water from bank on right.
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PO.030.0203 - Mount Si with clouds and farm. Mount Si with snow on top. Partly cloudy day with a fog bank half way down mountain. Farm located at Valley floor. Large barn and out buildings located left. Barn in image is in 2010 the Jim Jordan barn in Snoqualmie.
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PO.039.0521 - Mount Si with a farm near Ernie's Grove. Lower left farm buildings, lower right field. Mount Si in background. Taken from near Reinig Road near Ernie's Grove.
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PO.039.0530 - USFS station in North Bend with Mount Si in Background.
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