H. W. Light Prepares River Side Hotel for Guests
A classic 19th-century hospitality update from the heart of early Snohomish.
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H. W. Light, having recently leased this convenient and well-known hotel building for a term of years and fitted it in good style, begs leave to inform the community that they are now prepared to accommodate the public. They propose keeping a strictly first-class hotel. The table will be supplied with the best the market affords, and the finest quality of wines, liquors, and cigars will always be on hand. Every attention will be shown for the convenience of the patrons of this house.
“The table will be supplied with the best the market affords.”
Early Snohomish relied on these 'first-class' hotels as vital hubs for travelers and laborers arriving by riverboat. Today, Snohomish retains much of this historic hospitality in its preserved downtown, though the 'spirits' served at local establishments have shifted from the era's whiskey-heavy menus to a more modern craft beverage scene.
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