Locals know Barney’s Corner as a gas station, but early on it was much, much more.
I believe this matchbook cover comes from around the 1940s. Back then there was food and dance.
Barney was Keith Malcom’s brother …
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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These images come from Sandra Wood, who found them in her father’s things. Since he logged up in National, she assumes they are from that area.
Enjoy!
Photos courtesy of Sandra Wood.
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This little piece of history was just for sale on Ebay. It’s a postcard from W. Harding to Elsie Holgate in Longmire Springs (the area seven miles outside Mount Rainier National Park). It’s a shot of …
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 …
The Burwash family is sitting outside at the farm, checking out the newest addition to the family.
Sarah Rabel writes this February 16, 2017:
“Today, my mind has rested on Grandma Burwash [Carolyn Burwash], who passed away …
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 […]