Red & White Store
May 14, 2013 – 9:00 am | No Comment

The Red and White store used to be a familiar feature on Mashell Ave. For years you’d walk in and find Keith Malcom and Jesse Dawkins ready to serve you.
The building is no longer standing, and …

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Eatonville Buildings Now and Then
September 22, 2012 – 9:00 am | One Comment
Eatonville Buildings Now and Then

Many of the shops and buildings in Eatonville have had previous lives. Here are just a few.
Napa:  The part store has also been a pool hall, a bowling alley, a bakery and a church. The …

Above Eatonville in 1946 & 2012
September 13, 2012 – 12:44 am | No Comment
Above Eatonville in 1946 & 2012

Check this out — Eatonville on September 1, 1946. And compare it against this shot taken in August 2010, by Bob Walter when he was up with Steve Van Cleve flying around.
It’s not exactly the …

Eatonville Center of Hunt for Lost Airplane (December 1946)
March 16, 2012 – 9:00 am | No Comment
Eatonville Center of Hunt for Lost Airplane (December 1946)

This article ran in the Eatonville Dispatch, December 19, 1946.
Eatonville Center of Hunt for Lost Airplane
Eatonville was “in the news” for a brief period last week end.
Walter Winchell, the New York radio gossipeer, gave it …

Eatonville Redmen Basketball team (1946-47)
February 7, 2012 – 1:16 am | One Comment
Eatonville Redmen Basketball team (1946-47)

I’m making the jump that this was the Red Men Hall’s basketball team. The appeared to do well during the 1946-47 season in the Pierce County A.A.U. Tri-County League.
The Redmen Hall sat where the Jebino’s …

The Galbraiths & the Hills
November 1, 2011 – 9:00 am | One Comment
The Galbraiths & the Hills

This post comes from David Breneman:
John Galbraith was my grandfather’s best friend. My grandfather, William Hill, managed the Standard Oil depot in Eatonville. The last time I was in town, it was still there, as …

School Days – 1940s
September 7, 2011 – 4:58 pm | 5 Comments
School Days – 1940s

This week is the first week of classes for Eatonville students. I thought it might be a good time to show some of the cherry students headed back to school 70 years ago.
Photos courtesy of …

The Smith Brothers
August 21, 2011 – 4:28 pm | No Comment
The Smith Brothers

Samuel P. and Mary West Smith struck out for the West from North Carolina. They  settled outside Eatonville in an area called Stringtown back in around 1888.
They had eight sons. One remained in N.C., but …

The Alder Store – 1946
August 10, 2011 – 9:00 am | 2 Comments
The Alder Store – 1946

The Alder Store (around 1946) serviced folks not only in Alder, but those headed up to to Mount Rainier.
Much of Alder was moved or taken down when the dam was built and the area was …

Lumberman’s Hospital (ca 1920s)
July 8, 2011 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments
Lumberman’s Hospital (ca 1920s)

Recognize this building? It’s the home across from the high school on Mashell, only back in the day it was the Lumberman’s Hospital.
Insurance for Loggers
Dr. A. W. Bridge has a contract with the Eatonville Lumber …

Malcolms Make Their Mark
June 25, 2011 – 7:00 am | 5 Comments
Malcolms Make Their Mark

When Olaf Malcom arrived in 1918, he couldn’t have imagined the impact his family would have.
Olaf Malcom was a second-generation butcher from Norway. He homesteaded just outside Eatonville (where Rich Collins lives today) and built …