 The area that is currently Snoqualmie was platted in August of that same year as "Snoqualmie Falls" by investors from Seattle.The oral history of the area places the first residents of Snoqualmie as Edmund and Louisa Kinsey, who established the first hotel, livery, general store, dance hall, post office, and meat market – in addition to helping build the very first church in the town.Two of their sons (out of six children) are most famous for their photography documenting the early timber works in the region.