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| | HISTORIC LOWELL WASHINGTON |
 | | The Snohomish tribe's culture was based on salmon fishing, fishing for sturgeon or cod, hunting seal, trading for deer and elk, with the other tribes, and gathering the variety of berries, such as huckleberries, flberries, and salmonberries, and the salmonberry sprouts in the river wetlands. |
 | | The village was called Chi-cha-di-a by the Snohomish tribe that lived in this region, living along the banks of the Snohomish River, and using it as a highway to the interior of the tribes. |
 | | The territory of Snohomish County, was acquired by the United States with purchase of the Oregon Territory, and Snohomish County was formally established on Jan. 20, 1861. |
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