Editing North Bend, Washington (section)

==History==
[[Image:North Bend, WA 1900.jpg|thumb|left|Downtown North Bend with Mount Si in 1900]]
[[Image:Jeremiah Borst (1830–1890).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Jeremiah Borst (1830–1890), father of the Snoqualmie Valley community]]
[[Image:William_Taylor_(1853-1941)_founder_of_North_Bend.jpg|thumb|left|upright|William Taylor (1853–1941), founder of North Bend]]
[[Image:Downtown North Bend, WA 1943.jpg|thumb|left|Downtown North Bend in 1943]]
The [[Snoqualmie Indian Tribe]] has resided in the Snoqualmie Prairie, including the area now known as North Bend, for thousands of years. This prairie southeast of [[Snoqualmie Falls]] was the ancestral home, hunting and forage grounds for the Snoqualmie people and was located in the upper [[Snoqualmie Valley]] near the Snoqualmie River fork confluence, [[Mount Si]], and the western foothills of the [[Cascade Range]].

One of the first American explorers to the upper Snoqualmie Valley was Samuel Hancock, who arrived in 1851. Hancock traveled upriver with his Snoqualmie guides, fording canoes around the falls to reach Snoqualmie Prairie, searching for coal deposits. He was taken to a "very extensive and fertile prairie" about two miles above Snoqualmie Falls.<ref name="auto">Ada S. Hill, ''A History of the Snoqualmie Valley'' (North Bend: Snoqualmie Valley Historical Society, 1970, fifth printing, 1981)</ref> The beautiful open grassland came to be known as the Snoqualmie Prairie, the heart of which is now known as Tollgate and Meadowbrook farms.<ref>{{cite web |title=North Bend: How Our 100 Years Began |url=https://northbendwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/895/North-Bend--How-our-100-Years-Began |publisher=City of North Bend |accessdate=January 16, 2024}}</ref> The Snoqualmies, led by Chief [[Patkanim]], later sided with early settlers in the 1850s [[Indian Wars]] and were one of the signatory tribes of the [[Treaty of Point Elliott]] in 1855, which failed to designate an [[Indian reservation]] for the Snoqualmies. Some of the soldiers in those wars, such as the Kellogg brothers, established cabins near remaining Snoqualmie blockhouses; however, the most well known American resident in the valley was [[Jeremiah Borst]], who arrived in 1858.<ref name=evans>*{{Cite book
|author=Evans, Jack R.
|title=A Little History of North Bend - Snoqualmie|publisher=SCW Publications
|year=1990|isbn=1-877882-03-8}}</ref>

After the [[Homestead Act of 1862]], more settlers ventured to the Snoqualmie Valley, with the first families settling near Borst on the easterly end of Snoqualmie Prairie. In 1865, Matts Peterson homesteaded the site that ultimately became North Bend.<ref name=majors>{{Cite book|last=Majors |first=Harry M. |title=Exploring Washington |publisher=Van Winkle Publishing Co |year=1975 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ |isbn=978-0-918664-00-6}}</ref> In 1879, Peterson sold the property to Borst and moved east of the Cascades. Borst wrote to [[Will Taylor (land speculator)|Will Taylor]], who had left the [[Pacific Northwest]] to pursue mining in California, and offered him the Peterson homestead in exchange for labor. Taylor returned and became the driving force in developing the city while expanding his property to include a thriving trading post and boarding house for travelers over [[Snoqualmie Pass]]. On February 16, 1889, with the upcoming railroad boom, Taylor formally platted a city including his farm, upcoming street plans and building lots, giving it the name "Snoqualmie Prairie".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snovalley.org/vl_history.html |title=Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce |access-date=April 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070117145734/http://www.snovalley.org/vl_history.html |archive-date=January 17, 2007}}</ref> Later that summer, competing Seattle land speculators subsequently platted nearby "Snoqualmie Falls", choosing a similar name. Pressured by demands of the [[Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway]] to avoid confusion, Taylor reluctantly renamed his city "Mountain View".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=423 |title=North Bend Beginnings: Snoqualmie (renamed Mountain View, renamed North Bend) Post Office opens on May 20, 1870. - HistoryLink.org }}</ref> However, the [[United States Post Office Department|U.S. Post Office Department]] objected to "Mountain View", as a city with that name already existed in northern [[Whatcom County, Washington|Whatcom County]]. To conclude the matter Taylor agreed to permanently rename the community "North Bend", after its prime location near the large northward bend of the South and Middle Fork of the [[Snoqualmie River]].<ref name=majors/> Taylor was proud of his new, thriving city, but by historical accounts, "He never got over having his city name taken away."<ref name="auto"/> North Bend was officially incorporated on March 12, 1909, and grew throughout the 20th century, with an early economic focus on logging, sawmill production, agricultural and dairy farming.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historylink.org/File/10750|title=North Bend -- Thumbnail History|website=www.historylink.org}}</ref>

The city government issued a moratorium on new construction in April 1999 after it exceeded the limits on its existing water rights to pump groundwater. It was lifted in 2009 after North Bend secured an agreement with [[Seattle Public Utilities]] to provide water and construction of a new pipeline from the [[Cedar River (Washington)|Cedar River]] watershed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tuinstra |first=Rachel |date=December 15, 2007 |title=Seattle water deal may bring building boom to North Bend |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/eastside/seattle-water-deal-may-bring-building-boom-to-north-bend/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=August 16, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Times-Scruggs">{{cite news |last=Scruggs |first=Gregory |date=September 22, 2022 |title=How North Bend became a true Northwest mountain town |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/how-north-bend-became-a-true-northwest-mountain-town/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=August 16, 2024}}</ref> North Bend, which had transitioned into a bedroom community by the late 20th century, began attracting recreation and outdoors businesses in the 2010s.<ref name="Times-Scruggs"/> The city also developed tourist activities centered around the 1990s television series ''[[Twin Peaks]]'', which was partially filmed in North Bend, Snoqualmie, and Fall City.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wija |first=Tantri |date=November 20, 2018 |title=It's happening again: Inside Western Washington's 'Twin Peaks' tourism |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/travel/its-happening-again-inside-western-washingtons-twin-peaks-tourism/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=August 16, 2024}}</ref>