Articles in To The Present

The Depot Hotel was built in 1912 and was an happening place in the early 1900s. But like all of us, the years took its tole on the building. Here’s a shot of it around …

Another class of Eatonville graduates just left the nest and are headed out for untold adventures.
Here’s the class of 1961. See how many you can name.
Looks like Rich Williams wins. He knew them all:
Front Row: …

It’s hard to believe that the 1970s are historical. This pictures transports me back in time when things were simple, and bell bottoms were in style.
Brian Feldtman says the picture if of “the basketball hoop …

Dick Logston shares these pictures, facts and memories of Eatonville’s fabulous basketball coach Ernie Cope.
“Ernie Cope was a coach at the old Kapowsin high school in the early forties before coaching at Eatonville. His first Eatonville …

This article ran in the Eatonville Dispatch , July 22, 1987. It’s about the George Dean home, the Swan Lake Dairy, Robert Fiander and more.
Courtesy of the Eatonville Dispatch.
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T. C. Van Eaton may be known as Eatonville’s founder. But what about his wife? Because everyone knows that behind every man there’s a great woman.
Meet that great women, Nellie Van Eaton. She’s pictured here …

A glimpse of Barneey’s in the 1970s. Today a gas station sits there — also named Barney’s, I think because they realized the local still called the spot Barney’s.
On Facebook, everyone started talking when these …

Years back Eatonville had a train depot — and I believe the bottom story is now the Country Real Estate building on the corner of Washington St. and Center St. But when it was still …

This picture was on the front page of the Dispatch in 1977. It wasn’t about Madora Dawkins‘ teaching, but the less-than-excited kids heading back to school after their summer vacation.
Paul Ford probably captured the feeling …

Thought you might like a look at this timeline for the Upper Nisqually Valley. Just click on it to enlarge.
Courtesy – Eatnoville History Project.