This pictures ran in a 1989 edition of the Dispatch. The caption reads:
Logging quickly became the main industry in the area, supporting a number of mills in Eatonville, Alder, Elbe, Ashford, National and many other …

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 …

The names Chevrolet and Van Eaton will always be linked. The Van Eaton Chevrolet showroom was part of the town for decades. Here’s an ad out of the Eatonville Dispatch for the new 1952 four-door …

The Depot Hotel was built in 1912 by R. Marti. The building changed hands at least a few times.
In 1930, Marti sold the hotel to Gertrude Faris of Oakland, Calif. In 1941 Gertrude sold it …

When you think of “Prohibition”, bootleggers and moonshine may come to mind. You rarely imagine angry mobs in the streets of Eatonville.
From January 1919 to December 1933, people were prohibited from selling, manufacturing and transporting …

The Eatonville Bank experienced two big hold ups — one in 1922 and another 1933.
1922 Robbery
On a March afternoon three robbers drove into town. At 2:55 — five minutes before closing time — two men entered …

in 1959 the Dispatch had a 50th Anniversary section. It was filled with information of years gone past.
This particular piece shows the women behind the town’s men — and a few of the kids a …

It was 1943 and the world was at war. Even in the tiny town on Eatonville, far from the front lines, the impact the war was having on the country was obvious.
Articles of the Time
In …

History of Southeastern Pierce County
Besides a history of Eatonville, Ohop Valley, Longmire, Ashford, National, Elbe, Alder and LaGrande, this 235-page book also includes 154 photographs, an every-name index to text and photographs and the …