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Thought you might like a look at this timeline for the Upper Nisqually Valley. Just click on it to enlarge. Courtesy – Eatnoville History Project.
This articles ran in the Dispatch in 1975. It reads: Pictured above are members of the Sliver Lake 4-H Club who last Monday began building a stone monument to Indian Henry. The grave site also was cleared of weeds and scotch broom. The rock monument will have a plaque commemorating Indian Henry. A formal dedication…
You need to zoom in on this shot of Murray Logging & Timber Co., out of Mineral, Wash. Look at the men in the bottom lefthand corner to get feel for how BIG these logs really are. I believe the pictures was taken in the 1920s, but if someone has more information on it, please…
The text that went with this Mineral, Wash., photo read: M. R. Smith shingle mill after one dry kiln burned. (Looking West). For those not familiar with kilns, they are a basically an oven used to dry wood. In this case, it looks like they were lucky it didn’t spread. Courtesy of Mineral Lake, The…
The Eatonville Motor Co. would later become Christensen Motors. Notice the primitive gas pump out front. “Early gasoline transfer was a dangerous business, due to storage concerns, spillage and the extreme combustibility of gasoline. Gasoline transfer in these early filling depots consisted of an attendant who either placed his ear to the filling spout of…
The Pleasant Valley School by the East Creek was a perfect example of the one room schoolhouse. It was about 2.5 miles from Elbe and was later consolidated with Mineral. Miss Serena Marshall (later the wife of Adam Sachs) was the teacher. I believe that’s her on the left. Photo courtesy of Russell Sachs and…
The Elbe bridge has always been an important access — especially in the early years. Here is a shot of an older bridge, covered in show, taken the early 1900s. Photo courtesy of the South Pierce County Historical Society. Click on image to enlarge.
A glimpse of Elbe under a blanket of snow in the early 1900s. The main street would have been off to the right. For a similar picture — sans snow — just click HERE. Photo courtesy of the South Pierce County historical Society. Click on image to enlarge.
The Paradise Inn lobby has been a cozy spot for lots of years. This photo was taken around 1949. The same clock stands by the same fireplace. Speaking of the clock . . . “An elderly German carpenter, Hans Fraehnke, was hired to carve the woodwork in the lobby. It was Fraehnke who built the…
The happy group of watermelon eaters are (l to r) Andrew Fyfe, James Walsh, Larine Gemmell , Dick Walsh, and Mildred Fyfe. Pat Van Eaton says, “Andrew Fyfe was married to my great aunt Minnie Boettcher. Mildred was their youngest daughter. Larine was Andrew and Minnie’s granddaughter by Violet Fyfe Gemmell, their middle daughter. Dick and James…
The new Alder dam as it looked August 21, 1945. “Alder was a concrete arch structure, 330 feet high, two miles above the smaller dam at LaGrande. The town of Alder, population 200, was inundated by the reservoir in 1944. Construction was hampered by faults in the bedrock that required more excavation than planned. The…
Eatonville To Rainier 