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City of Bothell
Washington
The City of Bothell
Washington was a popular
steamboat stop along the
Sammamish River when it
became a town in 1908.
Logs were felled in the
heavy forests north of
town, then floated into
a North Creek flume
toward shingle mills on
the river, or rowed via
Lake Washington log
booms to Seattle and
Ballard. The town lay in
a fertile valley
yielding milk, butter,
eggs, potatoes, hay,
corn and other crops.
In 1917, when the Hiram
M. Chittenden Locks were
finished and
dramatically lowered
Lake Washington,
Bothell's identity as a
transport point for
natural resources began
to change. The Sammamish
River became known as
the much smaller, less
navigable "Sammamish
Slough."
Growth in the past 30
years has changed the
town even more
dramatically. The City
of Bothell Washington
now touts itself as the
"gateway to the state's
high-tech corridor,"
home to Immunex (soon to
be Amgen Inc.) and other
biotech and tech
companies along with the
University of
Washington's Bothell
campus and Cascadia
Community College.
Tech industries and
growth have transformed
the valley from fields
of crops and clover to
office parks and a
cloverleaf -- the
elevated intersection of
Interstate 405 and state
Route 522.
Nevertheless, the City
of Bothell Washington
has preserved its rural
character, with popular
attractions like the
Country Village, and its
history, with the log
cabin, museum and
schoolhouse at Bothell
Landing. And walkers,
joggers, bicyclists and
skaters enjoy the
Sammamish River Trail,
which begins at
Bothell's Blyth Park and
connects with Seattle's
Burke Gilman Trail.
For more information,
check out the City of
Bothell Washington
Chamber of Commerce, and
the Bothell News
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