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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. Click on images to enlarge.
The 1928 EHS basketball team was small buy mighty. Pictures left to right: Beaureau, Williams, Hortenstine, Fitzer, Smith, Brown, Webster and coach Hugh Beckett. Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton. Click on image to enlarge.
Sometimes it feels like Mashell Ave. has been photographed more than any other street in Pierce County. Here’s another shot of Mashell Ave. looking up toward the high school. This photo was taken around 1917. Amazingly, it still looks much the same 97 years later. Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton. Click on image to…
The photo of the east side of Mashell Ave. isn’t great, but you can see the wooden sidewalk at the bottom. Judging by the horse and wagon and the dirt roads, cars hadn’t arrived yet. Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton. Click on image to enlarge.
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 in her garden, where she obviously had a green thumb. Her grandson, Terry Van Eaton says that among other…
These pictures come straight from the Eatonville History Facebook group. This accident took place at the intersection of Washington Ave. and Center St., in the 1940s. Hope no one was in the vehicle. Even though logging is safer than it was in the past, Forbes reported in 2013 that it was still first on American’s…
Randolf Fyfe and this young Alder lady are dressed up for something in the early 1900s. The black gloves were a symbol of mourning. There is another playful picture taken at the same time with Arthur Fyfe. To see it, just click HERE. Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton. Click on image to enlarge.
As long as there have been sports games, there have been cheerleaders. Here is Mildred Fyfe at the Andrew Fyfe home in Alder back on 1943. The boots. The baton. She had it all going on. Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton. Click on image to enlarge.
This photo comes from the Tacoma Public Library Archives. The caption reads: “These are believed to be medical facilities used by Dr. Albert W. Bridge, pioneer Tacoma and Eatonville physician and surgeon, in 1924. This equipment was most likely used in taking X-rays. Dr. Bridge had an office in the Fidelity Building in downtown Tacoma…
This shots of an early Eatonville school house came to me with the note “from the Tacoma Public Library“. (They have a great image archive.) If anyone knows anything about this picture, like where the schools were located or any of the individuals in the photos, please share. Courtesy of Rich and Ruthie Williams. Click…
Not that long ago, you threw hay on the wagon instead of bales. Here is young Clint — with his pup — helping hay at the Larson family farm in Ohop Valley. The home is still there today. The photo looks like it was taken around 1925, judging by the tractor. Photo courtesy of the…
This picture of Eatonville ran in a paper September 1, 1946. Caption with Picture: Eatonville, named for T. C. Van Eaton, who platted its townsite in 1888, was in early days surrounded by dense, virgin forest. Its location on the line of the old Tacoma Eastern Railroad made it one of Washington’s most important lumber-producing…
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