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Want to get a glimpse of Eatonville in 1912? Just look at the advertisements. This page of ads comes from the 1912 EHS High School Catalog. You may recognize some familiar names. A. W. Bridge M.D. was one of the town’s first doctor’s. When he passed away he gave his money in his mother’s (Mary…
The Jensen family were pioneers in the community. Once settled they farmed here for many years. This first shot is of the barn and milk house. The crooked trail runs up to the house. The second shot is of the hired hands’ quarters. One of the hired hands was Red Bray, well known around the…
Martin Burwash took this shot while he was helping his dad, Steve Burwash, move from the Burwash/Kjelstad farm and home. The original family members were pioneers in Ohop Valley and generations of the family lived on the homestead for over 130 years. That is the house in the rearview mirror. Image courtesy of Martin Burwash. Click…
With a state full of of Seahawk fans, it’s hard to image that not long ago it was baseball that got folks excited. You didn’t just root your team on, you joined a team. “Nothing unified a company town—or any other town in the early 1900s—like baseball. Virtually every company town and many family camps had…
Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest “Company town.” The words evoke images of rough-and-tumble loggers and gritty miners, of dreary shacks in isolated villages, of wages paid in scrip good only at price-gouging company stores, of paternalistic employers. But these stereotypes are outdated, especially for those company towns that flourished well into the twentieth century. In…
Many of you may know Madora Dawkins as Eatonville’s retired 4th grade teacher. She’s had a much more exciting life than that of just of a 4th grade teacher. To read the whole story, click HERE. Here are a couple shots of Madora (left in both shots) working up at Mount Rainier during the summer…
The Ohop Weekly, printed in 1928 by the Edgerton School, shows that not a lot has changed — just the names. Ohop Weekly Editor: Alice Peterson Assist. Editor: Fred Johnson Sports Editor: L. Anderson Society Editor: J. Anderson Reporters: Jewel Anderson, Rahma and Harley Henricksen The purpose of the Ohop Weekly is to acquaint the…
Coach Ernie Cope (top left) stands next to his 1949 EHS Basketball team. “Cope was a coach at the old Kapowsin high school in the early forties before coaching at Eatonville. His first Eatonville Basketball team was in 1945. He coached at Eatonville from 1945 to 1967 before retiring,” says Dick Logston. Rich Williams, thank you for sharing…
This is the Kjelstad farm back around 1946 and Steve Burwash (today 93 years old) in the middle of a pig slaughter. (Yes, you have to get your bacon somewhere.) Behind him in the brooder house where they raised the small chicks. The second photo is the brooder house today — almost 70 years later.…
For over a century, people have been traveling up to Mount Rainier National Park. Some things have stayed the same, the mountain, the big trees and the fresh air. The Nisqually entrance however has seen a bit of an upgrade. Here it is . . . then and now. Image courtesy of the National Park…
Here’s a postcard from Leo out of Kapowsin from the early 1900’s (based on the dress) and the age of the card. The first post office in Kapowsin was called Kapousen, which was open from 1890 to 1899. The City of Tacoma coveted Kapowsin Lake as a municipal water supply and acquired considerable land about…
Eatonville To Rainier 