On July 4, 1910, North Bend area pioneers gathered for a photo below towering Mount Si. The residents, all of whom had lived there 20 years or more, celebrated in the yard of North Bend founder William H. Taylor.

At the turn of the century, the North Bend livery was owned by Peter J. Maloney. He was also the town's first mayor.

In this view looking east on Sunset Way, motorists flocked to Sunset Garage around 1923. Downtown North Bend was dealt a blown when Interstate 90 opened in 1978. New retailers and restaurants sprouted near the interstate, slowing traffic and commerce in downtown.

A monumental fir tree was placed in North Bend by the town's founder, William H. Taylor, seated at left. This photo was taken about 1912.

Ellensburg's Rodeo Posse leads off a July 17, 1955 parade that drew crowds to the North Bend Jamboree. 

Mrs. Paul Pieper, curator of the Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum, looks at an old-fashioned stereopticon slide through its viewer as she sits before a wagon wheel from pioneer days.