 Movie actress Ella Raines was born on August 6, 1920, in Snoqualmie Falls, a mill town across the Snoqualmie River that is now part of Snoqualmie.The name "Snoqualmie" is derived from the Lushootseed name "s•dukʷalbixʷ", generally interpreted to mean "ferocious people", a name applied by another Coast Salishan people in reference to the Snoqualmie people.The second written record of the exploration of the Snoqualmie Valley comes from the notes of Samuel Hancock, who ventured up-river with the Snoqualmie tribe in 1851 in search of coal.