State Route Five-Twenty-Two — Fairgrounds and the Farm

Sal on US 2 Westbound: Gold Bar to Everett · Oct 29, 2026 · 4m

Sal: Between Eighty-Eighth Street Southeast and State Route Five-Twenty-Two. Sal: This stretch runs through farm country on the Snohomish River valley floor, between the city of Snohomish and Monroe. In 1929, more than 400 railroad cars of lettuce were shipped from Snohomish County, each worth about $450. Charles Frye, who also owned a meat-packing plant, bought most of the lettuce farm just west of downtown Monroe in a foreclosure sale. He later became the benefactor of the Frye Art Museum in Seattle. Sal: The farm became the backbone of the local economy during the Great Depression. In…