More Work on the Canyon Road (ca. 1919)
June 4, 2013 – 9:00 am | No Comment

It’s hard to imagine the back breaking work that went into building the Canyon Road ‚ at times rock by rock.
There are a number of pictures of the crews toiling away (and blowing away) on …

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Mr. Dunkhorst – Eatonville’s Blacksmith (early 1900s)
June 19, 2013 – 4:29 pm | No Comment
Mr. Dunkhorst – Eatonville’s Blacksmith (early 1900s)

The job of blacksmith was an vital one before the advent of automobiles. Per the Parnell family, Frank Dunkhorst had is blacksmith shop on Mashell Ave. Frank and his wife Julia were two very active …

Clara and John Jensen Wedding (1902)
June 13, 2013 – 3:58 pm | No Comment
Clara and John Jensen Wedding (1902)

We’re coming up on the wedding season, so it seemed appropriate to share the 1902 wedding photo of Clara and John Jensen.
The story goes . . . In 1900, Clara was finished with school and …

Dining at Hotel Snow (early 1900s)
June 12, 2013 – 3:59 pm | No Comment
Dining at Hotel Snow (early 1900s)

In the early 1900s, the Mill Villiage Motel in Eatonville wasn’t around. In fact, the man who would build it, Keith Malcolm, wasn’t even born yet. Back in the teens, you would have gotten a …

Eatonville High School Wow’s them in 1915
June 11, 2013 – 4:54 pm | No Comment
Eatonville High School Wow’s them in 1915

On the 4th of July, 1915, Eatonville residents paraded down the Mashell to not only celebrate independence day but to also lay the cornerstone of the new high school.
This school would be first class all …

The Building of Pioneer Garage (aka Tall Timbers)
June 8, 2013 – 9:00 am | No Comment
The Building of Pioneer Garage (aka Tall Timbers)

The Tall Timbers restaurant wasn’t always a restaurant. It got its start in 1915 as a garage. A big piece of the building crew here included Nate Williams, his brother Ed Williams and Bill Oxley.
For …

Cecil Williams and Otto Haynes with their Dogs
June 7, 2013 – 9:00 am | No Comment
Cecil Williams and Otto Haynes with their Dogs

Photos of Eatonville’s past are filled with people and and their dogs. Here are two shots of boys with their dogs — Cecil Williams and Otto Haynes and his dog Jiggs Jr.
If you’ve got a …

A Page from the Kjelstad Photo Album (ca. 1917)
June 6, 2013 – 9:00 am | No Comment
A Page from the Kjelstad Photo Album (ca. 1917)

This page comes straight from the Kjelstad family photo album. Several of the photos give you a glimpse of farming in Ohop Valley back in the early 1900s when tractors weren’t part of the landscape yet. …

More Work on the Canyon Road (ca. 1919)
June 4, 2013 – 9:00 am | No Comment
More Work on the Canyon Road (ca. 1919)

It’s hard to imagine the back breaking work that went into building the Canyon Road ‚ at times rock by rock.
There are a number of pictures of the crews toiling away (and blowing away) on …

Building the Canyon Road (ca. 1919)
June 3, 2013 – 9:00 am | No Comment
Building the Canyon Road (ca. 1919)

The Canyon Road was quite an undertaking in 1919. Built on a cliff side, roads had to often be blasted out of rock. Today the road is being repair, but they should feel lucky it’s …

Snow Hotel and Van Eaton Cabin (ca. 1912)
June 2, 2013 – 1:36 pm | No Comment
Snow Hotel and Van Eaton Cabin (ca. 1912)

This is an early shot of Hotel Snow, which was built around 1912. There are a number of pictures of this hotel on this site, as well at the Eatonville Hotel that took its place …