Carnation is a great town located on Highway 203 in the lower Snoqualmie Valley.  We suggest you visit the Carnation Chamber of Commerce to obtain the "Self-Guided Walking Tour" brochure.

The Snoqualmie tribe were Carnation's original residents.  They have been in the valley for 11,000 years and were recently recognized as a tribe.  Their name for Carnation was "Tolthue",  which means "river of swift waters".  The Tolt river joins the Snoqualmie River in Carnation and was the main village site of the Snoqualmie Indians, (also known as moon "Snoqual" people).  The tribe was the largest in the Puget Sound Region, but their numbers were diminished by a smallpox epidemic.

The first white settlers include James Entwistle, who "proved up" 169 acres in Carnation during the 1870's, and Shamgar Morris (great-grandfather of Carnation Elementary employees Jackie Norris and Galen Trabont), who donated land for the first school. Other pioneers include the Solberg brothers, loggers of Ames Lake, and Frederick Bagwell, builder of the Tolt Hill Road.  Joseph Langlois, who was a French orphan turned ship cabin boy, settled and raised his family at Lake Langlois after starting restaurants in Ballard and Fall City.  Student pictures of these pioneers are posted at the bottom of this website, along with a photo of the descendants of Chief Pat Kanim.

Please visit the Carnation Historical Society for more information and artifacts, or a Carnation Elementary student. 

 The cemetery is another fascinating place to visit.  Mr. Bagwell, who donated the land to the city, was also the first person buried in the cemetery in 1901.  Visit our beautiful city  and honor our town!

 Look at Pictures Of Carnation Pioneers

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