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>>> WESTERN WASHINGTON IS FILLED WITH BEAUTIFUL TOWNS AND
CITIES BUT ONLY ONE IS IN THE
RUNNING FOR BEST MAIN STREET IN
AMERICA.
AMERICA.
AMERICA. SNOHOMISH IS THE ONLY TOWN WEST
OF THE ROCKIES STILL IN THE
RUNNING.
RUNNING.
RUNNING. I SPOKE WITH FRANK SANDOVAL, A
LIFELONG RESIDENT, TO TELL US
FIVE THINGS THAT MAKE SNOHOMISH
SO SPECIAL.
SO SPECIAL. YOU ARE THE OWNER OF THE SNOW
TOWN BREWERY AND LIVED IN
SNOHOMISH YOUR WHOLE LIFE?
>> YES, MY SON IS IN SNOHOMISH
HIGH SCHOOL AND HE IS THE FIFTH
GENERATION TO GO TO SNOHOMISH
HIGH SCHOOL.
HIGH SCHOOL. >> SUPER PROUD.
WHAT WE CALL A SNOHOMISH
RESIDENT?
RESIDENT?
RESIDENT? OF
OF
OF >>
OF >> SNOHOMIAN.
>> SNOHOMIAN. >> I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT MAKES YOU
GUYS GREAT CANDIDATES FOR MAIN
STREET AMERICA WINTER.
GROUND FROG TODAY.
WHAT HAPPENS ON GROUND FROG
DAY?
DAY?
DAY? >>
DAY? >> IT IS PUT ON BY THE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE.
OF COMMERCE. WE HAVE HERE IN THE SUMMERTIME,
TOWN FESTIVAL AND THE MASCOT IS
THE FROG.
THE FROG.
THE FROG. WE NEEDED SOMETHING WE COULD DO
IN LATE WINTER TO BRING PEOPLE
DOWNTOWN AND GET PEOPLE OUT OF
THEIR HOUSE A LITTLE BIT.
WHILE THE NORTHEAST AS
PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL BUT WHAT DOES
THE TONY FILLED KNOW ABOUT THE
NORTHWEST WEATHER?
NORTHWEST WEATHER? NOTHING.
NOTHING.
NOTHING. SO SNOHOMISH SLOUGH COMES OUT
AND PREDICTS THE WEATHER.
>> AREN'T WE ALL SHOOTING FOR
THAT?
THAT?
THAT? LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR MOST
FAMOUS RESIDENCE.
FAMOUS RESIDENCE. CHRISSY TEAGAN IS A HUGE STAR
AND SHE OFTEN MENTIONS HER
HOMETOWN, BUT TELL ME MORE
ABOUT HOW THAT AFFECTS THES.
>> EARLY APRIL.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND MY
GREAT-GRANDMOTHER WENT TO HIGH
SCHOOL WITH HIM.
HE WENT ON TO PLAY FOR THE
CLEVELAND INDIAN INDIANS AND HE
IS IN THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME.
>> THAT IS COOL, I DID NOT KNOW
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> THE BEST PART WAS THE EARL
FAMILY DONATED A PLOT OF LAND
IN THE MIDDLE OF SNOHOMISH AND
DEDICATED TO BE A FIELD SO IT
IS FOR DECADES AND DECADES AND
GENERATIONS IT HAS BEEN A PLACE
FOR KIDS TO PLAY AND HANG OUT
AND THERE IS A SKATE PARK THERE
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. IT
NOW. IT WAS A WONDERFUL THING THAT
THEY DID.
THEY DID.
THEY DID. >> I LIKE IT.
THAT'S AWESOME.
THAT'S AWESOME. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A BIT OF
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. THE COUNTY SEES SEAT WAS STOLEN
FROM SNOHOMISH AND MOVED TO
EVERETT IN 1896.
WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED?
>> YOU USED THE WORD MOVED.
WE USE THE WORD STOLEN.
IT IS QUITE POSSIBLY A RUMOR
BUT BASED IN TRUTH, THAT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, BUNCH OF
PEOPLE FROM EVERETT CAME OVER
ON THEIR HORSE AND BUGGY AND
BROKE INTO THE COURTHOUSE AND
STOLE ALL THE COUNTY RECORDS SO
THEY COULD HOLD THE SEAT SO
THEY ARE NOW THE COUNTY SEAT.
AT THE TIME I'M SURE THAT UPSET
THE PEOPLE OF THE HOME IS.
LOOKING BACK, AT LEAST WE DON'T
HAVE TO HAVE THE JAIL.
EVERETT CAN KEEP IT.
>> IT MIGHT'VE BEEN A GOOD
THING.
THING.
THING. ARE THE HARD FEELINGS GONE?
>> NO HARD FEELINGS AT ALL.
KEEP IN MIND NOW THAT THEY ARE
THE COUNTY SEAT THEY HAVE TO
HAVE THE COURTHOUSE AND THE
JAILHOUSE AND WHEN YOU LET
SOMEONE OUT OF JAIL THEY COULD
STAY IN EVERETT IF THEY WANT.
>> ALL RIGHT EVERETT, OVER TO
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. >>
YOU. >> CAPITAL OF THE NORTHWEST.
>> DECADES AND DECADES AND
SEVERAL GENERATIONS AGO,
SNOHOMISH WAS NOTHING BUT
CABINS AND CHURCHES AND
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE FIRST
STREET SLOWLY STARTED CONVERTING
INTO ANTIQUES AND JUNK SHOPS,
AS THEY WERE CALLED THEN, AND
THEY REALIZED IT IS A GOOD WAY
TO BRING TOURISTS IN IT ALL
SUMMER LONG YOU WILL SEE
BUSLOADS OF PEOPLE COME IN JUST
TO HAUNT THE SHOPS.
THERE'S ALL KIND OF SHOPS UP
AND DOWN FIRST STREET ALL
WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE. MAKE A
DAY OF IT.
IT IS REALLY EASY.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE FUN AND YOU
MENTIONED HAUNTED.
MENTIONED HAUNTED. THERE IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO
TALK ABOUT.
TALK ABOUT. THE OXFORD SALOON.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A
PERSONAL CONNECTION TO IT AND
PEOPLE THINK IT IS INHABITED BY
SPIRITS.
SPIRITS.
SPIRITS. >> THE OTHER KIND OF SPIRITS.
>> THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
IT IS ALMOST PROVEN.
>> LIKE THE FACT THAT CAME OUT
OF RUMOR.
OF RUMOR.
OF RUMOR. THIS IS ALMOST TRUE.
[LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHTER] >> IT'S ALL TRUE.
OXFORD SALOON, MY GRANDMOTHER
USED TO BARTENDER AND THERE IS
A SPIRIT THAT HAUNTS THE PLACE.
HER NAME IS KATHLEEN.
YOU CAN SEE HER FROM TIME TO
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. SO
TIME. SO THERE'S THE OXFORD, THERE'S
THE OLD MARKS BUILDING, THE
CABBAGE PATCH RESTAURANT,
MOSTLY THE OLD LIBRARY, HAD A
LIBRARIAN IN IT AND PASSED AWAY
AND SHE IS TO HELP CHILDREN AND
SHE WORKED IN THE CHILDREN'S
SECTION AND BACK THEN YOU COULD
STILL FIND HER ONCE IN A WHILE
IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION, NOT
A SCARY SPIRIT, NOT A BAD
PERSON.
PERSON.
PERSON. SHE WAS THE LIBRARIAN AND HER
NAME WAS KATHLEEN McMURTRY AND
YOU COULD STILL SEE HER THERE
AND SHE WAS A KIND OLD LADY AND
EVEN HER SPIRIT WAS KIND.
>> IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A
GHOST STORY IT IS NICE IT FOR
IT TO BE A FRIENDLY ONE.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ON BEHALF
OF SNOHOMISH?
OF SNOHOMISH? IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS THINKING MY
TOWN IS PRETTY COOL.
WHAT MAKES SNOHOMISH THAT MUCH
BETTER?
BETTER?
BETTER? >> YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING
LIKE IT.
LIKE IT.
LIKE IT. WE ARE A SMALL, TIGHTKNIT
COMMUNITY, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO LIVE HERE STAY HERE FOR A
LONG TIME.
LONG TIME. >> BECAUSE THEY LOVE IT.
>> BECAUSE THEY LOVE IT.
>> LET'S HELP SNOW TOWN.
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