Fall City Historical Society explores the history, memories and artifacts of the community’s past, preserving it for future generations.
This mission involves a number of community activities. Volunteers conduct an annual Fall City Cemetery tour for elementary students. Each year, a teacher at Fall City Elementary runs a local history unit for second graders. At the end of the unit, teachers bring students to the cemetery, showing them the gravestones of the Fall City pioneers and the original tribal residents.
The Society puts on booths and displays at Fall City Days and the Holiday Market in December.
They have loaned a Hops Craze tabletop display to the Fall City Roadhouse, where diners can explore local history.
They are also beginning new small-scale historic signs project to show off local sights. Using a grant, the society will place small, letter-sized signs with QR codes, to draw interest and direct visitors online. Two prime contenders for signs are Fall City’s historic Masonic hall and the Neighbor-Bennet townhouse across the street. Both are about a century old, and on the historic register.
Another place that deserves some signage is the community’s historic Hop Shed at Fall City Park.
They sell a collector’s glass showing a local historic site every year, and are publishing the ninth annual Fall City Calendar, this year in color for the first time.
The society is also engaged in its annual fundraising drive, and has launched a new website, http://fallcityhistorical.org. They continue to be a presence on Facebook.