A Frontier Oasis at the Union Avenue Hotel
A look at the amenities of 19th-century Snohomish, where local business owners courted settlers with 'first-class' board and fine spirits.
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The Union Avenue Hotel is the best in Snohomish County in every respect. First-class board is always furnished at moderate rates. The bar is supplied with the best wines and liquors north of San Francisco. Also, a first-class billiard table to accommodate the patrons of this house. Isaac Cathcart, Proprietor.
“The bar is supplied with the best wines and liquors north of San Francisco.”
While modern Snohomish has traded its saloons for a high-density, coffee-centric downtown, the fierce competition for 'first-class' service and local status remains a permanent fixture of our civic identity.
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