If you were around in the area in the 70s and 80s, then you are familiar with Moore family. The Moore Family Mountain Crafts in Ashford, Washington provided a place for a multitude of talented …
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T.C. Van Eaton Stationery
What’s really impressive about T.C. Van Eaton’s stationery is the detail at the top. The illustrations show the layout of the town of Eatonville, the Van Eaton home, Mt. Rainier and the mill.
This image is worth enlarging to see all the detail.
Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton.
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I don’t know much about this photo other than what is written on it — Alder Camp from Water Tank E., August 19, 1942.
I’m assuming it’s a logging camp. In the back right of the photo, …
This wonderful shot of a crew at the Pacific National Lumber Co. was taken by Kinsey in the early 1900s. A few things to note:
Not much safety equipment back then. No hard hats to be …
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 …
Barneey’s
Barneey’s has recently exchanged hands again. Thought it might be a good time to post a shot of the early days — probably the early 60s based on the cars.
Matchbook cover from Barneey’s Motel and Restaurant.
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[…] you wanted to buy a piece of Eatonville in 1917, it was T. C. Van Eaton that you talked to. He homesteaded the timberlands in 1889, which later became the […]