Snoqualmie, a rural community founded early in the Puget Sound region’s history, is located about 30 miles east of Seattle along the Snoqualmie River just above Snoqualmie Falls.
we sighted the point [Barrow] on the afternoon of September 8 [in 1881], and came to anchor about one mile to the northeast of Cape Smythe, thus successfully accomplishing the first and most important stage of our work.