The Northwest Railway Museum shares borders with many fabulous individuals and organizations. One of the largest neighbors is the Meadowbrook Farm, a public open space that preserves a prairie dating back prior to European/American settlement, to Native American settlements of the Snoqualmie Tribe. By 1890, this prairie had become the world’s largest hop ranch.
Meadowbrook Farm is central to the Snoqualmie Valley and incorporates land in both the Cities of Snoqualmie and North Bend. A variety of public and private funders and organizations contributed to the assembly of more than 400 acres of public open space, which today is best known as the signature open space between Snoqualmie and North Bend. It is also the open space that borders the Northwest Railway Museum, and helps preserve the context of this representative Washington State branch line. Consequently, more than two miles of right of way will continue to border open space rather than housing developments.
This month marks the 20th anniversary of the public open space purchase that created today’s Meadowbrook Farm. The Northwest Railway Museum congratulates Local, Regional and State officials who cooperated to create this jewel of the Snoqualmie Valley, and the many local volunteers who contributed their time an talent to make this dream a reality!
