I don’t know much about these photos except that they are of the Kludts Hop Farm and that hop farming was an important crop for Washington State around the turn on the 20th century.
Here’s a …

Robert Fiander came to Pierce County in 1874 and homesteaded at Swan Lake. For the full story you can click here.
Looks like Robert came into town for something.  The three-hourse team is pretty impressive and …

Before there were big yellow school buses, Eatonville transported kids in busses like these. They look a little like trolley car glued to the front end of a truck, but the kids seem to like …

Before it was the Tall Timbers, the restaurant was known as Babe’s Cafe. Mildred Lister, better known as Babe, opened the cafe on Mashell Ave. in 1947 and operated the establishment for decades.
So, when you …

Today you know it as a parking lot next to Kirk’s Pharmacy, but for decades it was the place people came to shop — first as T.C.’s General store, it changed hands a few times …

Here are a few things you might know about the Eatonville Lumber Company, which operated in Eatonville from 1907 until 1954.
• Tacoma Eastern/Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad arrived in 1904 — followed by the …

The Ohop Weekly was a school newsletter from the Edgerton School, which was located in — you guessed it — Ohop Valley. (I think the 1920 date at the top is a typo, which I …

With the NBA basketball playoffs about to start, it seems appropriate to take a look at Eatonville’s first basketball team. This team played the same year the Titanic went down.
Team members were left to right: …

After putting a post up on Hazel Williams, I received this from Rich Williams (I think he’d be her grand nephew). Here are a few more images and words on Hazel.
“Hazel Williams was born in …

In 1912, T.C. Van Eaton sold his store — the town’s first business — and A. Y. Lindsey Co. started selling groceries and men’s furnishings that year.
This building sits on Mashell Ave., where there’s currently …