 In the month of April, the town annually hosts the majority of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival events.The center of town, roughly bounded by Second, Morris and Commercial Streets and the Swinomish Channel, is a historic district and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.La Conner was first settled in May 1867 by Alonzo Low and was then known by its post office name, Swinomish.