Lost & Forgotten
Lost & Forgotten
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a true history of Snohomish's first cemetery
a true history of Snohomish's first cemetery
Perched on a bluff overlooking the Pilchuck River, a sacred burial ground holds a forgotten past.
Perched on a bluff overlooking the Pilchuck River, a sacred burial ground holds a forgotten past.
To Coast Salish families, and later American settlers, it was a place of reverence and rest. In 1876, it became Snohomish County’s first cemetery.
To Coast Salish families, and later American settlers, it was a place of reverence and rest. In 1876, it became Snohomish County’s first cemetery.
But within a few generations, the cemetery was abandoned, its records lost and graves forgotten. Soon, the burial ground had been bulldozed and built over. Local memory held faint traces of what had been. More than a century later, a descendant came looking for ancestors—and instead found a parking lot. Buried beneath was evidence of a past long denied.
But within a few generations, the cemetery was abandoned, its records lost and graves forgotten. Soon, the burial ground had been bulldozed and built over. Local memory held faint traces of what had been. More than a century later, a descendant came looking for ancestors—and instead found a parking lot. Buried beneath was evidence of a past long denied.
This is a story of what the city forgot.
"In Lost and Forgotten, Taylor Russell has crafted a historical whodunnit, or perhaps who-didn’t-do-it. In this meticulously researched narrative detailing the complex and tragic history of Snohomish’s pioneer cemetery, Russell describes the cost to a community when, in the name of progress, it erases its history. Lost and Forgotten is also the finest history of Snohomish’s early days I have ever read."
-Malcolm Bates, local author & historian
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“There are no unsacred places;
There are only sacred places,
And desecrated places.”
“There are no unsacred places;
There are only sacred places,
And desecrated places.”
-Wendell Berry, "How to Be a Poet"
-Wendell Berry, "How to Be a Poet"
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