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This picture of Ohop Bob was taken probably in the 1930s. In the late 40s, when my dad, Louie Mettler, was a kid, he used to cut grass out front for 25 cents an hour. His sister, Rosemarie (Mettler) VanCleve was a waitress. If you’d like to see what was for dinner back then, click HERE to…
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 1960 when it was boarded up and ready to come down. Below is another shot of it (ca. 1920s) when…
Bootstrap an initiative to keep Eatonville alive after the mill shut down. Everyone got to work to see who Eatonville could be more productive. This Land Use Survey was part of what was produced during that time. You’ll see that the issue then are the same as now. It reads . . . Land Use Survey…
This building doesn’t look all that different today sitting behind Sorensen’s Auto between Mashell Ave. and Washington Ave. Back then it was known as Eatonville Welding Works and owned by Van Eaton Chevrolet. Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton. Click on image to enlarge.
The Nisqually Glacier was something to behold in the early 1900s when you traveled up to Mount Rainier. Unfortunately, it’s doesn’t quite look like that today. The National Park Services says, “The Nisqually is one the 25 major glaciers at Mount Rainier. [It] has shown dramatic changes in dimension within the last century.” To give you…
Torger Peterson, a pioneer from Norway, came to Ohop Valley in 1887. He built a farm, but road building may have been a bigger passion. These are the words from his autobiography. “After we had cleared up some land, the main thing was to get a road, and the County helped us in this way;…
This post comes to us from Ronald Dijkstra, from Holland, grandson of one of the passengers, of the fated plane. Thank you Ronald for sharing. Click on images to read the full story.
These two saw filers (probably out of National, Wash.,) played an important role in the woods. If the saws weren’t sharp, the trees couldn’t come down. Today there are still saw filers who maintain and repair the saws in the sawmill. If you’d like to read an article about current saw filers, just click HERE.…
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 on the old shed that belonged to the old house next to the entrance to the cemetery.” (Brian is…
Eatonville To Rainier 