Here’s an old envelope from 1921 to Julie Dougher c/o of the the Eatonville Hospital. Don’t know anything about Julie — whether she was a nurse or a patient. (If you have any information, please …
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Grove Ave. — now Center Street
This photo of Grove Street (which I believe is now Center Street) makes you wonder what drew people here. This picture makes Eatonville look more like a ghost town than a growing pioneer community.
To the far right I’m told is the well that stood in front of T.C. Van Eaton’s trading post.
Photos courtesy Debbie & Gary Saint.
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With the old Christensen’s store, (which also became the Sears store) being currently remodeled into a thrift store, this seemed like a good time to post this shot taken in 1942.
Alice Wingrove writes, “My parents …
We did a post a while back about the flag pole going up in 1914. Roni Johnson had an even better photo (from her family album) of the event. Here is Henry Christensen waiving from …
The Eatonville School District has come a long way in the last 100+ years. This was Eatonville’s first schoolhouse. You can find it today at Glacier View Park.
Here is some information about the little school house …
Joe Larin captured this group cleaning up at the Mashel Prairie Indian Cemetery Shaker Church. Anyone have any names?
The Indian Henry grave monument is there today in La Grande, Wash.
This isn’t something new to Eatonville. In …
People have been driving up to Mt. Rainier since the first car. Here’s a great shot of Nisqually visitor entrance , probably around 1920.
As you can see, not many things have change in the last …
I notice Mashell Ave. looks like it did about month ago. HAHA (when it was down to dirt and gravel before being repaved) I think all the pioneer towns looked like this in their primative beginnings. If the town had a tavern, a church, and a general store, that’s all they needed !!
Hi you’re right & the Groe Hotel would be to the far right of the well. There are no tetephone lines so the picture must be older than 1910
Hi Up until the 1950’s it was Groe St named after Eatonville’s 1st inn keeper.
So, I’m assuming that the person who wrote “Grove” on the picture, just had it wrong. Right?
[…] picture has a little wear and tear, but it’s one of my favorites of Center Street, taken around 1926. You can clearly see Christensen’s Clothing (now the Sears building), and […]